Silbersee

Silbersee (ex-vocaallab) makes a sensory type of opera. With a group of versatile performers we create total theatre to bewitch, shock, stir or quieten.

Theatre maker, singer and conductor Romain Bischoff initiates artistic collaboration between composers, choreographers, singers, actors and other artists, from the classical domain to urban and hip hop culture. Artistic currents thus flow towards Silbersee from every direction, producing powerful eddies and surging waves. And ultimately merging to create an art form in silver.

At Silbersee we explore and develop contemporary forms of opera. We are convinced that there is no need for this genre to be a bastion of tradition when it can stimulate the senses as a cutting-edge theatre form of the present.

As well as the projects we initiate ourselves, we also make co-productions with organisations that have an affinity with our artistic vision or that wish to draw on our expertise. We perform in a wide spectrum of international venues, from theatres to churches and from site specific theatre festival Oerol to the Holland Festival. 

Our recent productions include:

The Queen Without a Country (in collaboration with Muziektheater Transparant), 2014 http://www.vocaallab.com/producties.aspx?ProductionID=117 

Woyzeck, a Delusional Opera, 2014 http://www.vocaallab.com/producties.aspx?ProductionID=107

Kopernikus (in collaboration with the Dutch National Opera), 2014 http://www.vocaallab.com/producties.aspx?ProductionID=115

Naked Lunch (in collaboration with Club Guy and Roni), 2013 http://www.vocaallab.com/producties.aspx?ProductionID=103

MonteverdISH (in collaboration with cross-over dance company ISH), 2011, 2013 http://www.vocaallab.com/producties.aspx?ProductionID=101

The Cricket Recovers (in collaboration with Holland Festival / Asko | Schönberg), 2011 http://www.vocaallab.com/producties.aspx?ProductionID=64

A Dog’s Heart (in collaboration with the Dutch National Opera and Complicite, 2010)  http://www.vocaallab.com/producties.aspx?ProductionID=25