As soon as the first sounds are heard, the entire hall of the Elbphilharmonie comes to life. Musicians, dancers and singers fill the room – not just on the stage, but spread out in every corner, in the stands, between the audience members. Voices mingle with melodies, bodies move to the rhythm of the city. The »Social Symphony« is a lively soundscape of the city in which music and movement merge into a rousing performance. The »Social Symphony« marks the end of the TONALi festival, created by the Berlin ensemble DieOrdnungDerDinge, which was honoured with the TONALi Award »Courage for Utopia« in 2024.

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»Social Symphony«

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

This opera is the world in a theatrical nutshell: it deals with growing older, with trials and tribulations, with intransparent decisions. One person searches for individuality, another is too lazy to do so. Others postulate that the community is the only adequate place for the individual. Power has either been legitimised by long tradition or usurped by new regimes. Values such as assimilation and loyalty are set against self-assertiveness and independence. There is loving and dreaming, cheating and trusting. Suicides are prevented, tests passed, adventures survived. Who is right? Who has been wronged? The world of the magic flute is opaque, and everyone is looking for a pathway: within it, into it or out of it. Who holds the reigns? Who can be trusted? Could it be music?

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Staatsoper Hamburg

Scarpia, Rome’s chief of police, desires Tosca. Since her lover, the painter Cavaradossi, is among the government’s political enemies, Scarpia has him imprisoned. He orders Cavaradossi’s execution and hopes to force Tosca into granting him one night with her, in exchange for Cavaradossi’s release. She, however, thwarts his plans…

Hamburg Boys' Choir

Jul 4, 2025

»Social Symphony«

Dec 21, 2024 - Jan 3, 2026

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Hamburg Boys' Choir