Lost Songs – Opera in one act

What are humans actually striving for? With all our intelligence, our cultural influences and the ideals we uphold, what distinguishes us from the wild? To what extent are we approaching it – or moving away from it? On what foundations and values is our social coexistence based?

The play VERSCHOLLENE GESÄNGE (Lost Songs), written and composed by Mehran Sherkat Naderi, will be staged at the ZK/U on 8 and 9 November 2025.

It centres on the life of Sara, a young woman who sets the images of her memories to music, offering a profound insight into how we treat people and their dignity. Sara encounters some of the characters she brings to life through her memories.

The project is a collaboration with the Leo Kestenberg Chamber Orchestra of the Tempelhof-Schöneberg Music School under the direction of Alexander Ramm, the Schöneberg Choir Workshop under the direction of Thorsten Gietz, and other musicians from the independent scene in Berlin and other cities.

LOST SINGING OPERA IN ONE ACT based on a libretto by Mehran Sherkat Naderi

With:
Mehran Sherkat Naderi (composer), Leo Kestenberg Chamber Orchestra of the Tempelhof-Schöneberg Music School (conducted by Alexander Ramm), Schöneberg Choir Workshop (conducted by Thorsten Gietz), musicians from Berlin's independent scene and other cities

When:
8 November 2025 (premiere):
5:30 p.m. Doors open
6-7:30 p.m. Concert
8-9 p.m. Artist talk with Mehran Sherkat Naderi

9 November 2025:
3:30 p.m. doors open
4-5:30 p.m. concert

WHERE:
Centre for Art and Urbanistics (ZK/U), Siemensstraße