2026 © Selina Thüring
TEAM
Musical Direction
Manuel Nawri / Ni Fan
Composition
Josep Planells Schiaffino
Libretto
Debo Kötting
Director
Selina Thüring
Set Design
Ivan Ivanov
Costume Design
Lena Bohnet, Helene Subklew
Dramaturgy
Sebastian Hanusa
Orchestra
Echo Ensemble
Violetta
Serin Park
Friedrich
Michael Kim
Hans
Oliver Boyd
Sun Woman 1
Christa Barrett
Sun Woman 2
Laura Hagemann
Mermaid
Angela Lamprianidou
Cyclist
Wilson Raúl Vargas Torres / Johannes Stubenvoll
DATES
Premiere
11.4.2029 - Tischlerei, Deutsche Oper Berlin
Performances
13./14./16.4.2019 - Tischlerei, Deutsche Oper Berlin
Three searching figures break away from a state of stagnation. They journey towards the sea — but what they encounter there is not a peaceful place of renewal, but a landscape of the surreal: a cyclist crashes and dies, a giant snail crawls across the sand — and suddenly everything begins to shift.
Amid grotesque coincidences, absurd encounters, and the strangely poetic chaos of their journey, they stumble into each other and confront their own demons. Waves crash, sand sticks to their bodies — the sea becomes a nightmare and a mirror of life itself: unpredictable, wild, and uncompromising.
Aufbruch is a journey between madness and existence, a dark comedy about movement, vulnerability, and the collision between longing and reality. It is a theatrical experience that shakes you, moves you, and stays with you long after.
AUFBRUCH
PREMIERE 2019
Tischlerei Deutsche Oper, Berlin