Sunville
Afrofuturistisches Musiktheater von Sofia Jernberg, Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Stephanie Thiersch
World premiere at the Tischlerei of the Deutsche Oper Berlin on 25 September 2026
«The truth about the planet earth is a bad truth», singt Sun Ra 1972. Als Fluchtpunkt wählt er die Musik – und, mit etwas Ironie, das All. Im Afrofuturismus geht es «um Widerstand durch Imagination» (Adyam Tesfamariam) – dieser Spur folgt der Abend und sucht nach neuen Antworten. Der kongolesische Autor Fiston Mwanza Mujila nimmt uns mit in die «Second World» – eine Zone, in der afrikanische Kosmologien, Black Science-Fiction und beißende Satire kollidieren. Manchmal hilft es nur, in Gelächter auszubrechen, bevor wir weiter träumen können.
Sofia Jernbergs Musik ist Resonanzraum und Gegenrede zugleich: Zeitgenössische Komposition trifft auf spirituellen Jazz, Improvisation auf Griyo-Tradition. Beide – Jernberg und Mujila – sind auf der Bühne, als Sängerin und Storyteller, mit dabei. In Stephanie Thierschs Choreografie wird der Raum zum fluiden Körper, Sprache, Klang und Bewegung vibrieren in permanenter Spannung.
Was ist wahr, was Fiktion? Was Vergangenheit, was Zukunft? Sunville taucht in eine ungewisse Unterwasserwelt der Fantasie – und stellt die scheinbar einfache Frage: Wie wollen wir leben?
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