comPOSITION
comPOSITION
The two finalist teams of the Berliner Opernpreis present their works: the development, composition and staging of a half-hour musical theater each, inspired by two short stories by the much-discussed author and criminal defense lawyer Ferdinand von Schirach: Subotnik (Libretto based on motifs by Ferdinand von Schirach) is about the first trial of a young, […]
To 26. June 2022.
Casting Clara
Casting Clara
Wunderkind, piano virtuoso, composer, wife of Robert Schumann, mother of eight children, professor and working almost until her death at the age of 76 – Clara Schumann. Who was this power woman of the 19th century?
To 20. September 2019.
BODY WORK
BODY WORK
Pelvis forward. Back straight. Barbell to hips. Lower down. Repeat. Don’t cry. Pain is just weakness leaving the body! Three sets of eight repetitions. Calories burned 168 kcal, weight loss 23g. These, you wimp, are deadlifts. Life is a gym: this is not a place to play. This is work. The will subdues the body, […]
To 14. February 2025.
Bis keiner Weint
Bis keiner Weint
Junior producer Vanessa Edler is faced with an insurmountable task: she has to make a new blockbuster that won’t offend even the most sensitive viewers: A politically correct version of “Snow White.” The management of her streaming provider expects a box office success for everyone. But is that even possible? Can a politically correct fairy […]
To 30. December 2023.
Betterplazes
Betterplazes
What would the city be without a Google campus, and what would Kreuzberg be without a few people who have little sympathy for it?
To 19. May 2020.
Bésame Mucho
Bésame Mucho
What does love mean? What, sending music into the world? Is there such a thing as destiny that connects the two? Bésame mucho – how do we want to translate that: Kiss me often, kiss me hard, kiss me always? – is the hit song that a young Mexican pianist and composer made from a […]
To 08. October 2023.
BERLIN KARL-MARX-PLATZ
BERLIN KARL-MARX-PLATZ
BERLIN KARL-MARX-PLATZ ist der dritte Teil von Hakan Savaş Micans Stadt-Trilogie: Ein Singspiel über das Verschwinden der Arbeiter*innenklasse und eine Liebeserklärung an viele verloren gegangene Träume der 90er in Berlin. Ein Singspiel über das Verschwinden der Arbeiter*innenklasse und eine Liebeserklärung an viele verloren gegangene Träume der 90er in Berlin.
To 14. November 2021.
BEETHOVEN BACKSTAGE
BEETHOVEN BACKSTAGE
Due to the pandemic, our production for the Beethoven anniversary can unfortunately not be premiered this year. Instead, we invite you to get to know the artists of the team personally and musically…
To 12. December 2020.
ANNA & EVE
ANNA & EVE
Anna and Eve – what a couple. Anna is a project manager at a large American IT company. Her job is to develop an AI – artificial intelligence – that makes us “laugh and cry”: what could be more suitable than music? Eve is Anna’s AI, she is supposed to give us hits and make […]
To 26. May 2024.
ANGST VOR MELODIE?
ANGST VOR MELODIE?
Free Admission, please sign up in advance at: tickets@neukoellneroper.de.
To 24. June 2022.
Amnesie Atlantis
Amnesie Atlantis
Performing a play about the war and actually only singing Abba?. Dig into the rubble and come across Atlantis. In the middle of Berlin.
To 26. October 2019.
Affe.
Affe.
Black to blue, that is the dawn over Berlin in the already legendary lines of text by Peter Fox about the way back home through grubby streets after a night of excessive partying. For F., the hero of the piece, the blue of the day beginning turns back into black. He passes out – and wakes up surrounded by the whiteness of a clinic…World Premiere 23.11.2016
To 18. July 2018.