Codeborn

Zara Ali, Komposition, Konzept, Text
Hannah Dübgen, Bühnenfassung, Konzept
Florentine Klepper, Deva Schubert , Regie
Hansjörg Sofka, Musikalische Leitung
Wolfgang Menardi, Set- und Kostümdesign
Julia Spinola, Dramaturgie

PHACE
Walter Seebacher, Klarinette
Michael Krenn, Saxophon
Mathilde Hoursiangou, Keyboard
Manuel Alcaraz Clemente, Percussion
Francesco Palmieri, E-Gitarre
Roland Schueler, Cello
Alexandra Dienz, Kontrabass

Nontobeko Bhengu, Sopran
Florian Stern, Tenor
Julien Horbatuk, Bariton
Andrea De Majo, Musical, Tänzer, Countertenor

Zara Ali
Codeborn – musc theatre (2025/26, wp)

In “Codeborn,” the world is exposed to an artificial intelligence. An unstoppable transformation process begins, defying all explanation and simultaneously evoking fascination and unease. Power fantasies escalate to boundless proportions, old hierarchies crumble, and impossible encounters become reality.

Zara Ali’s music theater rejects both apocalyptic sentiment and cultural pessimism—it is neither utopia nor dystopia. Her music encompasses the full spectrum of upheaval and makes the unimaginable audible.

A co-production of the Munich Biennale and the Tyrolean State Theatre Innsbruck, in cooperation with the Bavarian State Opera, Ars Electronica Linz, and Klangspuren Schwaz. Commissioned by the City of Munich for the Munich Biennale.