"Full throttle" would be an apt description of the dominant element of this new production by the Berlin opera company Novoflot: OpernCall is an opera installation for the twelve-part glass façade of the Academy of Arts on Pariser Platz, designed by Nina von Mechow.
Freely accessible, the project includes twelve world premieres by various composers, which form the third and unfinished act of Arnold Henze's opera Moses and Aaron. Freely accessible, the project includes twelve world premieres by different composers, who continue the third and unfinished act of Arnold Schönberg's opera Moses und Aaron.
OpernCall is conceived as a three-dimensional transformation of Schönberg's twelve-tone technique into public space. It opens with a text by
Schönberg. OpernCall is conceived as a three-dimensional transformation of Schönberg's twelve-tone technique into public space. With a libretto distilled from texts by Jo Frank and Ulrich Holbein, it opens up the perspective of a specially developed location-based opera format that seeks to combine direct and indirect theater perception.
Between opera premiere and film, musical theater exhibition and audio walk, scenic exploration and newly composed music, a hybrid emerges that takes place in the interior of the Academy of Arts.
The project is supported by the German Cultural Foundation.
Between opera premiere and film, musical theater exhibition and
audio walk, scenic exploration and newly composed music, a hybrid emerges
that can be experienced completely analogously inside the Academy of Arts
and is conveyed visually and acoustically outside by means of a headphone system
and the view of the twelve-part glass facade.
OpernCall is the second part of Novoflot's six-part project OpernCall is the second part of Novoflot's six-part project Die Harmonielehre (The Theory of Harmony) and will be transferred to the Cologne Philharmonic Hall in mid-October 2024.
About the overall project Die Harmonielehre:
Starting with the production "Die Harmonielehre Akt 1 – Akt 5 (Von Novoflot und Arnold Schönberg)" (The Theory of Harmony Act 1 – Act 5 (By Novoflot and Arnold Schoenberg)), Novoflot has been celebrating an anniversary of the special
Freely accessible, the project includes twelve world premieres by various composers, which form the third and unfinished act of Arnold Henze's opera Moses and Aaron. Freely accessible, the project includes twelve world premieres by different composers, who continue the third and unfinished act of Arnold Schönberg's opera Moses und Aaron.
OpernCall is conceived as a three-dimensional transformation of Schönberg's twelve-tone technique into public space. It opens with a text by
Schönberg. OpernCall is conceived as a three-dimensional transformation of Schönberg's twelve-tone technique into public space. With a libretto distilled from texts by Jo Frank and Ulrich Holbein, it opens up the perspective of a specially developed location-based opera format that seeks to combine direct and indirect theater perception.
Between opera premiere and film, musical theater exhibition and audio walk, scenic exploration and newly composed music, a hybrid emerges that takes place in the interior of the Academy of Arts.
The project is supported by the German Cultural Foundation.
Between opera premiere and film, musical theater exhibition and
audio walk, scenic exploration and newly composed music, a hybrid emerges
that can be experienced completely analogously inside the Academy of Arts
and is conveyed visually and acoustically outside by means of a headphone system
and the view of the twelve-part glass facade.
OpernCall is the second part of Novoflot's six-part project OpernCall is the second part of Novoflot's six-part project Die Harmonielehre (The Theory of Harmony) and will be transferred to the Cologne Philharmonic Hall in mid-October 2024.
About the overall project Die Harmonielehre:
Starting with the production "Die Harmonielehre Akt 1 – Akt 5 (Von Novoflot und Arnold Schönberg)" (The Theory of Harmony Act 1 – Act 5 (By Novoflot and Arnold Schoenberg)), Novoflot has been celebrating an anniversary of the special
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Starting with the production "Die Harmonielehre Act 1 – Act 5 (By Novoflot and Arnold Schönberg)," Novoflot has been celebrating a special anniversary since December 2022: 70 years after his death, the rights to Arnold Schönberg's work became free. Now it belongs to all of us!
Together with a team of composers, ensembles for new music, vocal and performance ensembles, spatial, video, and stage artists, Novoflot is dedicated to the new music of the 20th and 21st centuries. Together with a team of composers, ensembles for new music, vocal and performance ensembles, spatial, video, and stage artists, the Berlin opera company is dedicating itself to the intellectual legacy of one of the greatest composers and most daring thinkers in music history, reexamining and reexploring his path to atonality.
Schönberg's theoretical magnum opus, The Theory of Harmony, serves Novoflot as a backdrop for a station drama consisting of six independent yet interrelated parts about the possibilities of art.
Schoenberg's theoretical magnum opus Die Harmonielehre serves Novoflot as a backdrop for a six-part, independent yet interrelated station drama about the possibilities of artistic production in times of violent disharmony.
Especially in the past two years, the emergence of a virus and a terrible war have called into question the self-image of human societies and exposed countless (long-standing) grievances. Sociology, culture, and science must rearrange themselves and, with their questions and answers, spark curiosity about a future that is more uncertain than ever. sociology, culture, and science must rearrange themselves and, with their questions and answers, arouse curiosity about a future that is more uncertain than ever. In light of this, Novoflot aims to explore a wide variety of forms of theatrical expression in its theory of harmony, using Schönberg's artistic oeuvre as a basis. The opera company explores the musical-theatrical utopia of collective ownership, which includes the (albeit unrealistic) attempt to remove material property from this universe. The opera company explores the musical-theatrical utopia of collective ownership, which includes the (albeit unrealistic) attempt to banish material property from this universe as well. For a future that goes beyond a cartography of oppression to invent a world that even Schoenberg, as one of the great musical utopians on this globe. After the rights were released, Novoflot will also honor the 150th birthday of Arnold Schoenberg in 2024, linking this anniversary with the birth of new interpretations of his works. Further parts of Die Harmonielehre will premiere in 2024 at the Kunstfest Weimar, the Bern Music Festival, and the Cologne Philharmonic. Further parts of Die Harmonielehre will be premiered in 2024 at the Kunstfest Weimar, the Bern Music Festival, and the Cologne Philharmonic Hall.
Schoenberg's theoretical magnum opus Die Harmonielehre serves Novoflot as a backdrop for a six-part, independent yet interrelated station drama about the possibilities of artistic production in times of violent disharmony.
Especially in the past two years, the emergence of a virus and a terrible war have called into question the self-image of human societies and exposed countless (long-standing) grievances. Sociology, culture, and science must rearrange themselves and, with their questions and answers, spark curiosity about a future that is more uncertain than ever. sociology, culture, and science must rearrange themselves and, with their questions and answers, arouse curiosity about a future that is more uncertain than ever. In light of this, Novoflot aims to explore a wide variety of forms of theatrical expression in its theory of harmony, using Schönberg's artistic oeuvre as a basis. The opera company explores the musical-theatrical utopia of collective ownership, which includes the (albeit unrealistic) attempt to remove material property from this universe. The opera company explores the musical-theatrical utopia of collective ownership, which includes the (albeit unrealistic) attempt to banish material property from this universe as well. For a future that goes beyond a cartography of oppression to invent a world that even Schoenberg, as one of the great musical utopians on this globe. After the rights were released, Novoflot will also honor the 150th birthday of Arnold Schoenberg in 2024, linking this anniversary with the birth of new interpretations of his works. Further parts of Die Harmonielehre will premiere in 2024 at the Kunstfest Weimar, the Bern Music Festival, and the Cologne Philharmonic. Further parts of Die Harmonielehre will be premiered in 2024 at the Kunstfest Weimar, the Bern Music Festival, and the Cologne Philharmonic Hall.
