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Civic Newsroom – Cocreations

Name: Civic Newsroom – Cocreations
Start: 2022-05-19T00:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-05-22T23:59:59+02:00
Location: Viena

May 19, 2022 - May 22, 2022

Three operas, each written and composed by teams of seven people within three days, and premiered on the evening of the third day: From May 19 to 22, 2022, our audience can witness this seemingly impossible task and its implementation live. “CIVIC NEWSROOM” is the name of the contemporary opera project that artistic director Carmen C. Kruse and creative producer Leonora Scheib have brought to life with their opera start-up, “Civic Opera Creations” (COCREATIONS).

They bring a total of 21 composers, librettists, directors, singers, musicians, stage and costume designers from Germany, Great Britain, Iran, Italy, Russia, Sweden and Austria together for this project and its subsequent premiere in Vienna.

The topics for the new short operas are specified by Kruse and Scheib, as well as their cooperation partners: For the first issue of CIVIC NEWSROOM, the areas are diversity & participation, the hopes for the future & “What do I wish for tomorrow?”, ecology & sustainability are starting points for the artistic work of the three teams. The artists take up current social issues and like reporter engage with local community members. They then use the skills of modern music theater to shine a new light on current discourses.

The following institutions were won as cooperation partners and venues for the first CIVIC NEWSROOM: KUNST HAUS WIEN/Museum Hundertwasser, Kulturhaus Brotfabrik and CAPE 10 – House of Social Innovation.

The entire process of the three operas in development can be followed live via social media from May 19 to May 22. Anyone who is interested in partticipating has the opportunity to get involved directly on May 19 from 4:30 p.m. Three days later, the audience is invited to see the end result in the form of sight-specific, station theater with free admission and an exchangeof thoughts and ideas with the participating artists aftter each performance.

Admission to all events is free. We kindly ask for advance registration up to the start of the performance via EMAIL: contact@cocreations.eu.

CIVIC OPERA CREATIONS (COCREATIONS) is a producer for new innovative music theater and opera created in dialogue and thought exchange between communities and artists. In connection with new technologies and impulses from interdisciplinary scenes,we expand the traditional opera space and its narratives. Founded in Vienna in 2020, COCREATIONS builds bridges between traditional and new structures and creates new methods of cooperation and reference to establish opera as a representative part of the 21st century and a place for repeated encounters.

More info in https://www.cckruse.com/civicnewsroom

Details

Start:: May 19, 2022
End:: May 22, 2022
Website:: https://www.cckruse.com/civicnewsroom

Venue

: Viena
: Various locations