The Gates are (nearly) open
It is Europe’s very first MBE station that will be set up on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz. MBE is an abbreviation of “Maximum Broad Effect” and stands for multiple adaptable handling procedures; it will serve a wide variety of means of transport for future urban traffic. A completely unique innovation that brings with it great expectations. But before implementation, there will be opening ceremonies across several days – staged by the independent opera company Novoflot for this brand-new Berlin station. Under the banner of “The Gates are (nearly) open”, Novoflot and composer Du Yun invite all city residents and international guests to have a first glimpse of the station.
Composition: Du Yun
Libretto texts: ruth weiss
Singing: Rosemarie Hardy
Acting: Peter Fasching
MC: Mirko Borscht
AuditivVokal Dresden: Coco Lau (Soprano), Lidia Luciano (Sopran0), Marie Bieber (Alto), Constanza Filler (Alto), Olaf Katzer (musical rehearsal)
With: Nils Wogram (trombone), Hayden Chisholm (saxophone), Damir Bacikin (trumpet), Antonis Anissegos (keyboards) Chris Dahlgren (bass), Moritz Baumgärtner (drums)
Direction & Concept: Sven Holm
Musical Direction: Vicente Larrañaga
Stage Design: Elisa Limberg
Costumes: Nina von Mechow
Dramaturgy & Concept: Malte Ubenauf
The performance The Gates are (nearly) open runs in a loop and is freely accessible at any time from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Free entry, no registration required.
A co-production of the Munich Biennale and Novoflot in collaboration with the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz Berlin.
Funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.
