Costume Designer

Forests are burning, glaciers are melting, the world's oceans are being poisoned and the 1.5 degree target seems unattainable. Helping to shape the transition to a sustainable society is not only a matter for business and research, but also for the cultural sector. The Staatsoper Unter den Linden is focussing on this social challenge with the music and discourse format "Sustainable Listening", which will run for several seasons: a walk-in climate capsule will become a place for impulses, exchange and participation with climate experts, activists and visionaries on various sustainability topics. The centrepiece of the new series is the concert performance: music played by musicians from the Staatskapelle Berlin,

Sustainable Listening #5

Apollosaal

Dora is in her mid-twenties and stuck in the sheltered surroundings of her family. Though she still has her whole life ahead of her, she suspects that the future has only the same old worn and well-known ideas to offer than before. Dora, the 21st century’s new heroine of opera, meets her present with total rejection and finds herself in aimless search for something different. Bernhard Lang's rhythm-driven music becomes Dora’s accomplice. In his opera about a longing for something radically new, Lang and librettist Frank Witzel playfully mix varying sounds from different musical epochs whilst laying tracks to centuries old characters, myths and stories.

Valentin Köhler

Costume Designer

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 23 - Apr 8, 2025

Dora · Staatsoper Stuttgart

Past events

May 15, 2024

Sustainable Listening #5 · Staatskapelle Berlin

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