Civic Opera Creations

24/12/2024

After three years of development, we’re happy to announce the soft launch of our production THE END OF THE WORLD on Dec 28, 2024, with two performances at 12pm, 2pm and 3.30pm.

The opera in development concepted by composer and director and producer with a libretto by tells the story of female experiences of the end of the world and new beginnings. Audience members equipped with an augmented reality capable device and headphones will encounter a choir of our ancestors and nine augmented reality characters aged 8 to 63 in their moments of tumult and transformation as they walk along the Donaukanal.

After Patricia Martínez’s untimely death in October 2022, five female composers from around the world followed our call to finish her work by bringing each one character to life. They are , and .tonia. The opera features voices of .melis.demiray, Anna Schors, Clara Maria Kastenholz and Sofia Pavone, as well as musicians of the SWR Experimentalesemble and .music . It is designed by and , sound design by and , recorded in parts . Civic coordinator , who was integral in coordinating the interviews with womxn from Buenos Aires, Zurich and Wien, whose stories are the basis of these interviews.

At our Soft Launch on December 28, you will experience our AR Walk with us for the first time, your feedback will be integral to further development for upcoming performances in February & March 2025.

Link to tickets and more info in bio or under www.cocreations.eu/teotw !

Funded by the city of Vienna and Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, Öffentlichen Dienst & Sport Austria. With thanks to everyone who helped us bring this project to life, especially Marcelo Topuzian.

24/06/2024

11/06/2024

EINLADUNG ZUM OPENING & ARTIST TALK | 13.06. 18:30 UHR

Die Video- und Klanginstallation TIME SPLITS entstand aus dem Austausch mit Trauernden in Wien und Münster. Eine Kombination aus poetischen Bildern, Gedanken, Orten der Erinnerungen und persönlichen Lebensumfeldern macht das Unmögliche und Unaussprechliche der Trauer behutsam und sinnlich fassbar und eröffnet vielseitige Perspektiven für alle die Eintreten.

Die Videoinstallation von .f.brendel und eröffnet eine 4-tägige Residenz von Civic Opera Creations .eu im .lot zum Thema Trauer und Erinnerung mit Workshops, Performances und Tea Time/Brunch.

18:30 UHR OPENING Time Splits
19:30 UHR ARTIST TALK mit Videodesignerin Susanne Brendel, Regisseurin Carmen C. Kruse & Interviewpartnerin Nina Szekulic

⬆️ RSVP IN BIO
🎟️ Eintritt frei, Spenden willkommen.
📍das LOT, Absberggasse 31, 1100 Wien

ℹ️ www.cocreations.eu/timesplits



Ein Projekt ermöglicht durch die Förderung der Kulturstiftung des Bundes und Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien und in Koproduktion mit dem Theater Münster.

22/04/2024

Was bedeutet 'Q***r Joy' für dich? Die Volksoper Wien, Civic Opera Creations und der Wiener Reportage-Podcast Inselmilieu Reportage suchen gemeinsam positive Momente des q***ren Lebensgefühls, um diesen eine Bühne zu geben.
Dafür brauchen wir eure Unterstützung! ♥️

Basierend auf den vielfältigen Erfahrungen und Erzählungen der Wiener LGBTQIA+ Community entstehen ein bunter Musiktheater-Abend, eine Podcastfolge und eine Fotoausstellung, die die Glücksmomente des Q***rseins und Geschichten voller Freude, Stolz und Empowerment in den Mittelpunkt stellen.

Für weitere Details, Updates, Vorstellungsdaten und Zwischenberichte besuche gerne www.cocreations.eu/q***rmoments!

16/04/2024

CALL FOR INTERVIEWS! // New Work Development

What does q***r joy mean to you?
eu, and are looking for positive moments of q***r life to give them their stage! And we need your help!

Based on your experiences and stories collected, we develop new songs and text by q***r creators and showcase them in a music theater evening, that centers the happy moments of being q***r and stories full of joy, pride and empowerment. In addition we are creating a podcast episode and foto exhibition.
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A project in collaboration with .vienna .wien and ***rmuseumvienna__
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***rjoy ***rart

21/11/2023

Another facet of magazine’s review of our May/June production of by , and .

We’re excited to bring this project in a slightly different format to Vienna next April/May 2024. More news coming soon.

Thank you to all the wonderful artists and collaborators involved, as well as all of our funders Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Fonds Neues Musiktheater des NRW Kultursekretariats and Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport, Österreich. It’s a project we are very proud of.

GREAT OPEN EYES
60 minutes opera on the topic of grief and child loss co-created by composer , librettist Carolyn Amann (aka ) and director for four singers and 35 musicians. With set design by , costume design by Ulf Brauner (), video installation by .f.brendel, dramaturgy by Dr. Katharina Kost-Tolmein, interaction & motion tracking by Peter Venus and creative produced by Leonora Scheib. Big shoutout to our wonderful performers Robyn Allegra Parton as Rita, Johan Hyunbong Choi as Alfred, Hasti Molavian as the Ratwife and Alwin/Finn as Eyolf, as well as our two conductors Henning Ehlert and Boris Cepeda Hernández and the Sinfonieorchester Münster.



📷 Martina Pipprich, Theater Münster

18/11/2023

We’re happy to share this review by the bimonthly Magazine, from our run this May and June!

We’re excited to bring this project in a slightly different format to Vienna next April/May 2024. More news coming soon.

Thank you to all the wonderful artists and collaborators involved, as well as all of our funders Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Fonds Neues Musiktheater des NRW Kultursekretariats and Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport, Österreich. It’s a project we are very proud of.

GREAT OPEN EYES
60 minutes opera on the topic of grief and child loss co-created by composer , librettist and director for four singers and 35 musicians. With set design by , costume design by Ulf Brauner, video installation by .f.brendel, dramaturgy by Dr. Katharina Kost-Tolmein, interaction & motion tracking by Peter Venus and creative produced by Leonora Scheib. Big shoutout to our wonderful performers Robyn Allegra Parton as Rita, Johan Hyunbong Choi as Alfred, Hasti Molavian as the Ratwife and Alwin/Finn as Eyolf, as well as our two conductors Henning Ehlert and Boris Cepeda Hernández and the Sinfonieorchester Münster.

02/06/2023

After a short break, the performance series of GREAT OPEN EYES will continue tomorrow at Theater Münster! Thankful for all the moving feedback we have experienced so far and wishing Toi Toi Toi for tomorrow’s performance.

Performances in June: // 03.06 // 13.06. // 19.06. // 21.06.

Toi toi toi to Henning Ehlert, Robyn Allegra Parton, Johan Hyunbong Choi, Hasti Molavian, Boris Cepeda
with Manuel Zwerger, Carolyn Amann, Carmen C. Kruse, Leonora Scheib, Valentin Mattka, Peter Venus, Susanne Brendel, Ulf Brauner
Thanks to NRW KULTURsekretariat, Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport, Bethanien Sternenkinder Beratungsstelle Münster/Osnabrück, Hospizbewegung Münster e. V.

Fotos by Martina Pipprich