Meryem's Ballad: The Odyssey of a Guest-Worker
After its premiere at Deutsche Oper Berlin (Tischlerei) in 2023, Meryem’s Ballad returns in a newly developed version.
Nov 7 & 8, 2025 · 20:30 · ausland, Berlin
Set in 1970s West Germany, the piece reimagines Wagner’s Flying Dutchman through the meeting of two women on the factory floor: Meryem, a Turkish guest worker, and Senta, an opera heroine in a new reality.
Blending live music, spoken word, and layered visuals (animation, archival material, AI-generated imagery), Meryem’s Ballad traces migration, labor, and solidarity, reclaiming women’s voices from the margins of opera and history.
Languages: Turkish, German with English & German surtitles.
Duration: approx. 75 minutes.
All tickets are general admission. Doors open 30 minutes before the performance.
For accessibility information, please visit ausland-berlin.de/accessibility.
No late seating possible.
Reduced tickets are available for students, trainees, the unemployed, and retirees.
Produced by babelfis in cooperation with ausland · Supported by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.
Questions: ticket@meryemsballad.com
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