Mit der Erfindung der italienischen Oper begann ein kollektives Missverständnis:
Dass man zuhört während die grosse Bühne spielt.
Denn wer je in Italien in der Oper war, weiß – dort singen immer alle mit.
Orchester Karaoke nimmt diesen Ursprungsirrtum ernst.
Wem gehört die Kunst?
Wer darf eigentlich hier im Haus singen?
Und wer entscheidet das?
Wagner oder Strauss.
Komische oder Staatsoper.
Klassiker oder Uraufführung.
Karaoke oder Impro-Oper.
Zwischen Orchestergraben und Zuschauerraum verschwimmen die Zuständigkeiten.
Das Publikum wird Chor, das Haus wird Instrument, die Oper ein offenes System.
Hier wird nicht perfekt gesungen – hier wird mitgesungen.
Eine Einladung zur Aneignung, zum Zweifel, zur Stimme.
60 Songs stehen auf einer Website zur Auswahl. Anmeldung zur Song-Tombola.
Einführendes Video zum Thema.
Einführung ins Projekt „Meistersinger – Das Volk singt Oper“.
Gemeinsames Einsingen am Flügel, thematische Einführung.
Start der Tombola, Auslosung der Songs.
Special Guest (z. B. Schamane o. Ä.).
Übergang vom individuellen Singen zur kollektiven Handlung.
Katharsis.
ca. 1 Minute.
(Basel, Switzerland / Kinshasa, DR Congo) is a Swiss artist, singer, and director whose productions have attracted attention across continents. His work as director, composer, lyricist, and multimedia artist has brought him to the stages of the world’s most renowned festivals. He is currently touring with Caravan of LUV, a touring rock ’n’ roll project, and will premiere FAITH in 2025 as an agnostic mass. His project Requiem for Alice, dedicated to Alice Weidel, sparked much discussion. He is the founder of the Africa–Europe theatre company GROUP5050 (Faust Prize 2024) as well as the big band Brigade Futur 3 (German Jazz Prize 2025). His close collaboration with Milo Rau (including Antigone in the Amazon, The New Gospel — Swiss Film Award) has won numerous international prizes. He is a TONALi Prize recipient and works as an opera director & composer at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, including as the initiator of the long-running cultural programme Power of the Arts.
is a transdisciplinary artists’ collective and association based in Germany and Switzerland, founded by Benjamin Buchwald and Elia Rediger, dedicated to fostering intercultural understanding and global solidarity through artistic interventions. At its core is the method of “subversive irritation” — a strategic approach that uses targeted disruption of entrenched thought and action patterns to open new perspectives and spark social change. Int Int Irrit’s projects emerge at the intersection of music, performance, film, theory, and social practice. They use artistic means to make global challenges such as resource inequality, colonial continuities, or right-wing extremism visible and to strengthen alternative narratives. The collective understands art as a collective tool for “unlearning” — an invitation to shift perspectives, even when that shift is uncomfortable.
INT INT IRRIT
Production: Benjamin Buchwald
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Elia Rediger
Carolin Müller-Dohle, Sebastian Hanusa
Thea Hoffmann-Axthelm