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What can the human voice express? Singing, shouting, whispering, praying, protesting, or perhaps telling a story about an experience that no words can adequately describe? "VOX HUMANA. SINGSPIEL" poses these questions, taking viewers on an unpredictable journey through musical styles, historical periods, and extreme emotions. Here, emotion intertwines with unease, laughter with tears, and the beauty of the human voice with sounds that can evoke chills. This is not an opera that can be easily defined. The creators of the performance, the Opera Aperta collective, propose a form known as "rhizomatic theater" – an open, multi-threaded structure that constantly changes direction and defies traditional genre boundaries. The performance seamlessly transitions from experimental vocal techniques, metallic sounds, Ukrainian folk songs, techno rituals, pop performances, to a lecture on art theory and post-documentary theater. Instead of a linear narrative, we receive a multi-dimensional experience in which sound, history, politics, and personal emotions create an unconventional whole. This unconventional experience transforms the voice into a tool for artistic expression, memory, and the attempt to understand war. "VOX HUMANA. SINGSPIEL" is an offering for those who seek more than a ready-made story in theater: an experience that engages the senses, confronts difficult questions, and stays with the viewer long after the performance ends. You don't need to be an opera lover to be captivated by this story. All that's needed is curiosity and a willingness to listen to a sound that can simultaneously delight, unsettle, and move you. Text, theory of theater and space: Illia Razumeiko Musical direction and composition: Roman Grygoriv Dramaturgy: Marichka Shtyrbulova, Denis Depta Electronic music: Valeriia Vynogradova Costumes: Kateryna Markush Photography and editing: Liubov Ploskonosova, Sophia Gera Sound editing: Olha Goncharenko Production management: Cara Freitag Artists: Oleksandr Chyshii, Kateryna Hordiienko, Karolina Muzychenko, Sofiia Pavlichenko, Yuliia Vitraniuk, Marichka Shtyrbulova, Roman Grygoriv, Valeriia Vynogradova, Illia Razumeiko *** The Opera Aperta collective was founded in 2020 by Roman Grygoriv and Illia Razumeiko, whose artistic journey began in 2007. Among their many achievements is the co-creation of the international festival PORTO FRANKO in Iwano-Frankivsk in 2010, which became one of the largest events dedicated to performing arts and contemporary art in Ukraine from 2016 to 2018. From 2015 to 2020, Grygoriv and Razumeiko served as composers, dramaturgs, performers, and artistic directors for the NOVA OPERA ensemble. During this period, they, along with director Vlad Troitsky, created a significant biblical opera trilogy: the opera-requiem "Iyov" (2015), the circus opera "Babylon" (2016), and the ballet opera "Ark" (2017). Their diverse body of work also includes musical-theatrical works such as the sound opera "Impossibi
