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Info

With the beginning of the new artistic directorship of Aviel Cahn, the Deutsche Oper Berlin is undertaking a project which pushes boundaries: Karlheinz Stockhausens Mittwoch aus Licht can be experienced for the first time as a staged opera production in German-speaking countries and will be transformed into an immersive ritual by the multiple award-winning artistic duo Susanne Kennedy and Markus Selg. It will be conducted by the new principal guest conductor and passionate Stockhausen specialist Maxime Pascal. The performance even departs from the theatre location for the spectacular helicopter string quartet in which the four string players each perform in different helicopters circling high above the audience – a unique live event for the entire city which will be documented on film and become part of the performance.

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Artists

Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
String Quartet from the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Ensemble Le Balcon choir
Ensemble Le Balcon musicians
Maxime Pascal musical direction
Tarren Johnson Performance
Marie Groothof Performance
Dominic Santia Performance
Ixchel Mendoza Performance
Laurie Young Performance
Susanne Kennedy stage direction
Markus Selg stage design and video
Andra Dumitrascu costumes
Marcel Weber light
Florent Derex Sounddesign
Jeremy Bines chorus master
Beate Breidenbach dramaturgy

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Programme

Karlheinz Stockhausen
Mittwoch aus Licht (German premiere)

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Additional information

_{In cooperation with Berliner Festspiele/Musikfest Berlin}