Musical theatre as a social and artistic experiment in radical empathy. Opera Lab Berlin reinterprets the genre of “space opera”, usually evoking large-scale science fiction epics, as a poetic and musical journey into the fragile and deeply political spaces between people and the way they encounter each other. On this journey, an international group of 10 performers interlaces experimental vocal techniques and choreography with instrumental timbres from strings, winds, percussion, and electronics. An otherworldly theatre of sound emerges, an immersive search for the key to human communication. How do we hear each other across divides? How does language both connect and separate us? And how might art create the conditions for empathy to replace division?

Oper Lab Berlin will present the world premiere here in February. Stay tuned!

YOU\ME/ALIEN – A Space Opera by Opera Lab Berlin – 4.2.2026 (Premiere) 6.-8.2.2026 – Tickets here available