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!OHO! Offhandopera

Preparation of an ad-hoc opera

Offhandopera mit Reinhard Gagel
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Facilitator: Reinhard Gagel

Location: exploratorium berlin, Saal

Suitable for experienced vocal and instrumental improvisers

For this offhand opera Reinhard Gagel is looking for interested singers, instrumentalists, actors and other creative people with improvisation experience. Rehearsals (2 p.m.) and performances (8 p.m.) take place on the same day.

The Offhandopera (!OHO!) is an impromptu opera. There is a libretto and a working method (rehearsals, conducting). The participants create the music, the singing, the speaking; there are overtures, interludes, arias and choral passages. It is also an opera that translates content (the libretto text) into music, but each performance is unique and unrepeatable. The stage design and theatricality are rudimentary and the performance is rather concert-like.

The performers create the opera as an ensemble, so each performance is a creative social example that utilises collective creation to produce a work of art.

Reinhard Gagel has performed numerous offhand operas at exploratorium berlin from 2012 to 2019; he is now starting a new series.

Further information about the concert can be found here: https://exploratorium-berlin.de/events/buehne/oho-offhandopera/

Details

Facilitator Reinhard Gagel
Times

2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Preparation
8:00 p.m. Concert

Contact

Reinhard Gagel
E-mail to Reinhard Gagel

Participation

Free

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Address

exploratorium berlin

Zossener Straße 24
10961 Berlin (Kreuzberg)

Marheinekeplatz (Bus 248, 20m)
U Gneisenaustraße (Bus 140, U7, 200m)
U Mehringdamm (Bus M19, U6, U7, 900m)

Office Hours

Mo – Di 10.00 – 14.00
Mi 14.00 – 18.00
Do – Fr 10.00 – 14.00