Civic Opera Creations

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

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