© dpa
Weekend Tips: What to Do This Weekend in Berlin
November 22 - 24, 2024: Events, concerts, exhibitions and more things to do for your perfect weekend in Berlin. more
Current language: English
Melencolia
Date details
- Date Friday, 21/March/2025 20:00 (1 more date)
- Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele
- Address Schaperstraße 24, 10719 Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Public transportation
-
Underground
-
U Spichernstr.
- U9
- U3
-
U Uhlandstr.
- U1
-
U Kurfürstendamm
- U9
- U1
-
U Augsburger Str.
- U3
-
U Hohenzollernplatz
- U3
-
U Güntzelstr.
- U9
-
U Spichernstr.
-
Bus
-
Friedrich-Hollaender-Platz
- 204
- N3
- N9
- N7X
- 249
-
Lietzenburger Str./Uhlandstr.
- 249
-
U Spichernstr.
- 204
- N3
- N9
- N7X
-
Pariser Str.
- 249
-
U Uhlandstr.
- 109
- 110
- M19
- M29
- N10
- X10
-
U Kurfürstendamm
- 204
- 249
- N3
- N9
- N7X
- 109
- 110
- M19
- M29
- N10
- X10
- M46
- N1
- N2
- N26
-
Berlin, Bleibtreustr.
- 109
- 110
- M19
- M29
- N10
-
U Hohenzollernplatz
- N3
- 249
-
U Güntzelstr.
- N9
- N7X
-
Theater des Westens
- M49
- X34
-
Bamberger Str.
- 204
-
Uhlandstr./Kantstr.
- M49
-
Friedrich-Hollaender-Platz
Part of:
Melencolia
Melencolia – Bregenzer Festspiele / Anja Köhler
© Bregenzer Festspiele / Anja Köhler
In immersive soundscapes, musicians from Ensemble Modern and the Apollo Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden invite the audience to explore the creative and transformative power of melancholic worlds.
Starting with Albrecht Dürer’s engraving Melencolia I, numerous figures and themes are presented on the stage of Melencolia and set in relation to one another: visiting football stadiums and digital cemeteries from the video game “Second Life”, Austrian folk songs, virtuoso instrumental music and Japanese karaoke, AI voice clones and digital guests including the Iranian ney-anbān virtuoso Saeid Shanbehzadeh, Brigitta Muntendorf and Moritz Lobeck go in search of the liberating melancholic mood in a series of seven tableaux.
Tailored for 14 musicians of the Ensemble Modern and accompanied by singers from the Apollo Choir, this work addresses the historical complexities of melancholy – perceived variously as an illness, as a way of overcoming earthly suffering or as the sister of genius. The puzzling polyhedron in Albrecht Dürer’s engraving has become a symbol for these contradictions amid the human desire for salvation. Melencolia combines classical performance with cutting-edge approaches at the intersection of art and technology and transcends the superficially spectacular.
The work has already been recognised for its innovation by becoming the first music theatre piece to receive an Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica. The commission work of Bregenzer Festspiele and Ensemble Modern will celebrate its German premiere at MaerzMusik 2025 in cooperation with Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
Starting with Albrecht Dürer’s engraving Melencolia I, numerous figures and themes are presented on the stage of Melencolia and set in relation to one another: visiting football stadiums and digital cemeteries from the video game “Second Life”, Austrian folk songs, virtuoso instrumental music and Japanese karaoke, AI voice clones and digital guests including the Iranian ney-anbān virtuoso Saeid Shanbehzadeh, Brigitta Muntendorf and Moritz Lobeck go in search of the liberating melancholic mood in a series of seven tableaux.
Tailored for 14 musicians of the Ensemble Modern and accompanied by singers from the Apollo Choir, this work addresses the historical complexities of melancholy – perceived variously as an illness, as a way of overcoming earthly suffering or as the sister of genius. The puzzling polyhedron in Albrecht Dürer’s engraving has become a symbol for these contradictions amid the human desire for salvation. Melencolia combines classical performance with cutting-edge approaches at the intersection of art and technology and transcends the superficially spectacular.
The work has already been recognised for its innovation by becoming the first music theatre piece to receive an Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica. The commission work of Bregenzer Festspiele and Ensemble Modern will celebrate its German premiere at MaerzMusik 2025 in cooperation with Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
Artists/Collaborators: (Autor/in), Brigitta Muntendorf (Komponist/in)
Ein Auftragswerk der Bregenzer Festspiele und des Ensemble Modern
In Kooperation mit MaerzMusik 2025
In Kooperation mit MaerzMusik 2025
Alternative events
© Eventim
Backstage-Führung - Wintergarten Varieté Berlin
- Next date:
- Theater-Führung (inkl. Backstage)
- Date:
- Friday, 21/March/2025 18:00 (3 more dates)
- Venue:
- Wintergarten Varieté
- Address:
- Potsdamer Straße 96, 10785 Berlin-Tiergarten
- Price:
- from €23.90
© Vincent Chmiel
Mörderische Spreefahrt
Mörderische Spreefahrt – das sind vier Dinner-Krimis auf der Spree. Das Ensemble artdeshauses hat vier turbulente Kriminalgeschichten inszeniert. moreabout: Mörderische Spreefahrt
- Next date:
- Ganovenhochzeit (Dinner-Krim
- Date:
- Friday, 21/March/2025 19:00 (27 more dates)
- Venue:
- Anlegestelle Schiffbauerdamm
- Address:
- Schiffbauerdamm 12, 10117 Berlin-Mitte
- Price:
- from €118.75
© Eventim
Berlin Show Brunch mit Überraschungsacts
Herzlich willkommen beim Berliner Schlemmer Brunch im Knutschfleck! Hier is' nich' nur Brunch, hier is''n richtiger Knaller, 'ne Mischung aus Berliner Schnauze und Gastlichkeit. Wo Genuss, Kultur und Familienspaß Hand in Hand gehen und euch 'n unvergessliches... moreabout: Berlin Show Brunch mit Überraschungsacts
- Next date:
- Berlin Brunch mit Überraschung
- Date:
- Saturday, 22/March/2025 10:00 (107 more dates)
- Venue:
- Knutschfleck
- Address:
- Panoramastraße 1A, 10178 Berlin-Mitte
- Price:
- from €37.43
© Quelle: Reservix-System
Abenteuer Arktis. Auf Nordlandfahrt durch Grönland, Kanada und Finnland.
Anuschka Dinter-Mathei hat ihr Herz an den hohen Norden verloren und berichtet in ihrem Vortrag von Abenteuern in verschneiten Wäldern und unter leuchtenden Polarlichtern. Fasziniert von der Arktis, entschied sie sich, einen Winter lang Schlittenhunde... moreabout: Abenteuer Arktis. Auf Nordlandfahrt durch Grönland, Kanada und Finnland.
- Next date:
- Live-Multivision
- Date:
- Saturday, 22/March/2025 19:00
- Venue:
- Technische Hochschule Wildau Saal 17
- Address:
- Hochschulring 1, 15745 Wildau
- Price:
- from €17.70
© Eventim
Andreas Kieling - Mein Leben mit den wilden Tieren
m Sommer bekam Andreas Kieling, einer der bekanntesten und renommiertesten Tierfilmer und Abenteurer Deutschlands, in Thailand einen der sonderbarsten Fische vor die Linse. Es gelang ihm sogar, diesen weltweit gefährdeten Mondfisch, einen der größten... moreabout: Andreas Kieling - Mein Leben mit den wilden Tieren
- Date:
- Monday, 24/March/2025 19:30
- Venue:
- Admiralspalast
- Address:
- Friedrichstraße 101, 10117 Berlin-Mitte
- Price:
- from €44.65
The help page for the event calendar answers common questions.. Information about coperations and imprint can be found on our page about partners and terms and conditions.