The Bible (in translation of Novoflot)
2017
500 years after Luther nailed his 95 theses to the portal of a chapel in Wittenberg NOVOFLOT glance over the preliminary result of five centuries of reformation and stop beating around the bush: while the reformative spirit occasionally still helps to overcome certain frailties of mind, it also helps to facilitate a perpetual lack of spiritual humour, phantasy, a gnawing moral-monotony and a feeling of inconsolable distance between man and god.
This is where NOVOFLOT enter the scene with the utopia of a counter-reformation in the spirit of Fernando Pessoa and providing music-theatrical spaces in the three parts of their project The Bible (in Novoflot's translation), launched at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, in which the arrival of a new plurality of gods, happily united with humanity, was credibly proclaimed.
#1 The Scream
Premiere:
27 April 2017
Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz (neben der Volksbühne), Berlin
in cooperation with Radialsystem V and Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Composition:
Michael Wertmüller
Ensemble:
Antonis Anissegos Piano
Chris Dahlgren Guitars & E-Bass & Vocals
Rafał Dziemidok Dance
Eric Schaefer Percussion
Komi Mizrajim Togbonou Actor
Yuka Yanagihara Soprano
Team:
Sven Holm Direction
Vicente Larrañaga Musical direction
Elisa Limberg Stage design
Anne Storandt Co-stage design
Teresa Tober Costume design
Malte Ubenauf Dramaturgy
Lisa Böffgen & Karolina Serafin Video
Karolina Serafin Portraits
Rafał Dziemidok Choreography
Luigi Kovacs Ligth design
Dörte Wolter Production management
Achim Klapp Press and Public relations
Martha Ebert Assistant to the director and stage management Cindy Wegner Trainee to the director Taepyeong Kwak Accompanist Emilia Oebel Assistant to the production manager Sophia Weißer Assistant to the costume designer Emanuel Tschumi Graphic design Karolina Serafin & Falko Siewert Photography Philip Kießling & Hans Schauerte Documentation
#2 Oasis
Premiere:
14 October 2017
Parochialkirche, Ex Fitness First/Alexanderplatz, Panoramastraße 1A, Berlin
in cooperation with Radialsystem V and Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Composition:
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Claudio Puntin
Libretto:
Claudio Puntin
Tara Bacia Actress
Maxime Barbasetti Actor
Rafał Dziemidok Dance
Susanne Meyer Actress
Yuka Yanagihara Soprano
Claudio Puntin Clarinet
Johnny La Marama:
Chris Dahlgren Double bass / Guitar
Kalle Kalima Guitar
Eric Schaefer Perscussion
Olivia Grigolli Speaker
Choir:
Adriana
Amada, Noah Damm, Hildegard Folde, Angelika Gerhardt, Damaris Härtl,
Christoph Hoffmann, Emma Silva Jenner, Gudrun Kellner, Malte Kühn,
Benedikt Kuhn, Taepyeong Kwak, Annemarie Kumbier, Julia, Posada, Katja
Reinecke, Carlo Schmitz, Wolfgang Schroff, Angela Suetzen, Marie Weiß,
Nil Zengin, Felipa Zielke, Greta Zielke
Team:
Sven Holm Direction
Vicente Larrañaga Musical direction
Elisa Limberg Stage design
Anne Storandt Co-stage design
Nina von Mechow Costume design
Julia Osmers Co-costume design
Malte Ubenauf Dramaturgy
Lisa Böffgen & Karolina Serafin Video
Rafał Dziemidok Choreography
Henning Streck Ligth design
Sebastian Söllner Technical direction
Dörte Wolter Production management
Achim Klapp Press and Public relations
Martha Ebert Assistant to the director and stage management Ariane Kareev Trainee to the director Ulla Wentenschuh stage management Taepyeong Kwak Accompanist Emilia Oebel & Maxine Devaud Assistant to the production manager Marie-Luise Linke Assistant to the costume designer Greta Bolzoni Trainee to the stage design Jonathan Bruns & Deniz Sungur Sound design Emanuel Tschumi Graphic design Karolina Serafin & Falko Siewert Photography Philip Kießling & Hans Schauerte Documentation
Uraufführung:
14. Oktober 2017
Ex Fitness First/Alexanderplatz, Panoramastraße 1A, Berlin
In Kooperation mit Radialsystem V und der Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Gefördert durch die Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa, die
GVL-Stiftung, Pro Helvetia – Schweizer Kulturstiftung und Fondation
Suisa.
#2 gefördert durch den Musikfonds. #3 gefördert von der
Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien aufgrund eines
Beschlusses des Deutschen Bundestages.
Opernwelt
Michael Wertmüllers Komposition sprengt jede Hörerfahrung:
Gewaltig ist der Rausch, der Schrei der Negation. Laute, entzauberte Welt. Mit
jenem Hauch träumerischer Hoffnung getüncht, der sie zu einem Laboratorium
werden lässt, in dem Glauben wieder möglich ist – auch der an ein diskursives
zeitgenössisches Musiktheater.
Composition:
Michael Wertmüller
Libretto:
Friederike Mayröcker
Tara Bacia Actress
Maxime Barbasetti Actor
Rafał Dziemidok Dance
Maxine Devaud Actress
Benita Koschig Actress
Susanne Meyer Actress
Marena Whitcher Voices
Yuka Yanagihara Soprano
Gods plurality Video:
Komi Mizrajim Togbonou & Antonis Anissegos & Eric Schaefer & Chris Dahlgren
Olivia Grigolli Speaker
Ichi Go Tanz Video
Dominik Blum Hammond & Piano
Claudio Puntin Clarinet
Johnny La Marama:
Chris Dahlgren Double bass / Guitar
Kalle Kalima Guitar
Eric Schaefer Perscussion
Team:
Sven Holm Direction
Vicente Larrañaga Musical direction
Elisa Limberg Stage design
Anne Storandt Co-stage design
Nina von Mechow Costume design
Julia Osmers Co-costume design
Malte Ubenauf Dramaturgy
Lisa Böffgen & Karolina Serafin Video
Rafał Dziemidok Choreography
Henning Streck Ligth design
Sebastian Söllner Technical direction
Dörte Wolter Production management
Achim Klapp Press and Public relations
Martha Ebert Assistant to the director and stage management Ariane Kareev Trainee to the director Ulla Wentenschuh stage management Taepyeong Kwak Accompanist Emilia Oebel & Maxine Devaud Assistant to the production manager Marie-Luise Linke Assistant to the costume designer Greta Bolzoni Trainee to the stage design Jonathan Bruns & Deniz Sungur Sound design Emanuel Tschumi Graphic design Karolina Serafin & Falko Siewert Photography Philip Kießling & Hans Schauerte Documentation
