Novoflot: The 5th Season #4 - NO NAME (GOD)

With *NO NAME (GOD)*, Novoflot explores previously undiscovered potentials of togetherness, finding them in the ancient quests and journeys of pilgrimage. Contemplation, insight, and euphoria are the three central categories through which the Berlin opera company seeks to frame pilgrimage as a distinct form of musical theater. As the audience moves from station to station, they experience their own highly individual opera visit and find themselves right in the middle of Novoflot’s musical-theatrical proposal for a completely new form of pilgrimage: wild spinning instead of walking, drama and ecstasy instead of introspection, Wertmüller’s compositional power instead of silence and contemplation. 

The team behind the pilgrimage research opera NO NAME (GOD) includes several top-tier musicians from the fields of jazz and new music, two choirs with a total of over 50 members, guests from intercultural communities, and an ensemble of performers.

Together, they mark the stations between organ, choir, free-jazz session, and gospel, forming a novel pilgrim community that, a few centimeters removed from penance and vows, seeks new paths to finally draw closer to the nameless God.

Cast:
including Franziska Gross, soprano | Ichi Go, dance | Nils Wogram, trombone | Hayden Chisholm, saxophone | Andi Schnellman, bass | Emilio Guim, guitar | David Meier, drums | Jacopo Salvatori, keyboards | two choirs & additional guests

Composition: Michael Wertmüller
Direction & Concept: Sven Holm
Musical Direction: Vicente Larrañaga
Costumes: Regine Standfuß Set Design Collaboration: Flóra Kruppa
Video Design: Mirko Borscht
Dramaturgy, Concept: Malte Ubenauf
Sound Design: Daniel Körner
Lighting Design: Joachim Hupfer
Company Management: Dörte Wolter
Technical Production Manager: Axel Lambrette
Production Manager: Rania Mavriki

Tickets: €20, reduced €15 plus advance booking fees; available online via Eventim and at the box office. 

Organizers: Novoflot & Citykirche Offener St. Jakob Zurich in cooperation with Kultur Büro Elisabeth

Funding: Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, City of Zurich, Ernst Göhner Foundation, Canton of Zurich, Fondation Suisa

Photo ©Falko Siewert