Berlin Opera Tango Festival

**english below**

Der Tango verbindet Leidenschaft und Melancholie, Stolz und Sehnsucht und bedeutet vor allem eines: grenzenlose Sinnlichkeit! Nach dem erfolgreichen Tango-Festival in der Saison 2O14/15 wird der Tango in dieser Spielzeit erneut ein Wochenende lang die Bühne, den Zuschauerraum und das Foyer der Komischen Oper Berlin erobern: 48 sinnliche Stunden lang wird musiziert, gelauscht und selbstverständlich bis tief in die Nacht hinein getanzt.


PROGRAMM

Fr, 1. März 2019, 19:30 Uhr
So, 3. März 2019, 19 Uhr
Astor Piazzolla: Ein Sommernachtstraum
Konzertante Aufführung
Mit Katharina Thalbach u. a.

Sa, 2. März 2019, 19:30 Uhr
Gidon Kremer – Kremerata Baltica
Tango-Gastkonzert

Fr, 1. März 2019, 22 Uhr
Milonga
Sa, 2. März 2019, 14 Uhr
Tango-Café
Sa, 2. März 2019, 22 Uhr
Milonga
So, 3. März 2019, 14 Uhr
Tango-Café

https://www.komische-oper-berlin.de/entdecken/tango-festival/

2nd Tango Festival - Komische Oper Berlin (March 1-3, 2019):
milongas, tango cafés, workshops, shows, live music and concerts!

The Komische Oper Berlin, the dance school Mala Junta, Sólo una Vez and Pippo Tango invite you to the 2nd Tango Festival in the Komische Oper Berlin from 1st to 3rd March 2019! In the world-famous opera house, music is played, listened to and of course danced to for 48 sensual hours. From Friday to Sunday there is a unique program of milongas, tango cafés, workshops, shows and live music as well as concerts, performances and a fashion fair.

The well-known milonga series Sólo Una Vez will be resurrected for this unique opportunity, and as in former times, the entire Berlin tango scene and all of its styles will dance and celebrate together in a unique location on several dance floors! The tango cafés are hosted by Pippo Tango.

The Tango School Mala Junta is responsible for the show and workshop program. The Argentinean world champion Clarisa Aragón & Jonathan Saavedra will inspire us with shows, as well as the Berlin champion couple Sophia Paul & Julio César Calderón and the famous show couple Fatima Vitale & Mario de Camillis. Live music in milongas is played by the "Tango-Quartett" and an ensemble of Turkish tangos. Guillermo Monti, Ala MaLisa, Markus Quander, Michael Rühl and Mona Isabelle & Crew are the DJs.

Tango as an art form honors the Komische Oper with a tango concert with Gidon Kremer and his famous instrumental ensemble Kremerata Baltica, night concert of the "Orquesta Tipica" and the bassoonists of the Komische Oper Berlin as well as two concert performances of Astor Piazzolla's music to Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with the grand Katharina Thalbach and the ensemble of the "Mala Junta" from the tango show "Locura Tanguera" with Judith Preuss, Constantin Rüger, Christiane Rohn and Felix Naschke.

BOOK NOW - advance booking has already started.
https://www.komische-oper-berlin.de/entdecken/tango-festival/

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SOLO UNA VEZ @ TANGOFESTIVAL KOMIC OPERA BERLIN

Friday, 1st March 2019
10 pm : MILONGA (18 EUR),
DJ (Foyer): Guillermo Monti
DJ (Stage): Mona Isabelle & Crew
Show: Fatima Vitale & Mario de Camillis
Live Music: Christian Gerber y su quinteto

7.30pm: CONCERTANT PERFORMANCE EIN SOMMERNACHTSTRAUM in the Great Hall (12-49 EUR)
Astor Piazzolla: El sueo de una noche de verano
With Katharina Thalbach and the Mala junta dance couples Judith Preuss & Constantin Rüger, Christiane Rohn & Felix Naschke, and others

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March 2019
2pm - 6pm: TANGOCAFÉ (6 EUR)
DJ: Michael Rühl
Live Music: Turkish Tangos

10pm: MILONGA (18 EUR)
DJ (foyer): Ala MaLisa
DJ (stage): Mona Isabelle & Crew
Shows: Clarisa Aragón & Jonathan Saavedra, Sophia Paul & Julio Cesar Calderón
Live music: Orquesta tipica

from 1pm: WORKSHOPS with Clarisa Aragon & Jonathan Saavedra, Judith Preuss & Constantin Rüger

2pm to 6pm: FASHION FAIR with Tango Fashion

7.30pm: Concert in the Grand Hall (12-49 EUR)
Gidon Kremer - Kremerata Baltica

11pm: NIGHT CONCERT Last Tango (22 EUR)

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Sunday, March 3, 2019
2pm to 6 pm: TANGO CAFE (6 EUR):
DJ: Markus Quander
Live Music: Christian Gerber y su quinteto
From 1pm: WORKSHOPS with Clarisa Aragon & Jonathan Saavedra, Sophia Paul & Julio César Calderón
2pm to 6pm: FASHION FAIR with Tango fashion

7pm: CONCERTANT PERFORMANCE in the Great Hall (12-49 EUR) with Katharina Thalbach and the Mala junta dance couples Judith Preuss & Constantin Rüger, Christiane Rohn & Felix Naschke, and others  
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*** ABOUT THE MILONGAS & TANGOCAFÈS ***
The breathtaking opera stage and the impressive foyer serve as dance floors! As always, we combine all styles and scenes of Berlin tango. You can choose between two pistas at all milongas:
• FOYER - TRADITIONAL: classic tandas and cortinas of the finest quality
• STAGE - NUEVO: mix of traditional tango; Nuevo, electro and contemporary tango, and non-tango

*** WORKSHOPS ***
At the tango festival, the Berlin tango school Mala Junta offers a versatile and special workshop program with courses for beginners, intermediate and advanced students over three days. Discover, learn and practice with Clarisa Aragón & Jonathan Saavedra, Sophia Paul & Julio César Calderón and Judith Preuss & Constantin Rüger.

Workshops topics and times here
https://www.komische-oper-berlin.de/entdecken/tango-festival/
All tango workshops are exclusively bookable by telephone and at the opera cash desk! Inquiries by mail to tangoworkshop@komische-oper-berlin.de

*** ABOUT THE KOMISCHE OPER BERLIN ***
In 1947, the Komische Oper Berlin was founded in the neo-baroque premises of the former Metropol Theater by director and artistic director Walter Felsenstein. The award-winning Komische Oper Berlin is one of the three major opera houses in Berlin. Since its inception, it has been synonymous with contemporary, lively music theater in all its forms - from opera to operetta and musicals - and has become one of the most prominent opera houses in Germany, not least since the directorship of Barrie Kosky.
For the Komische Oper Berlin, we at SOLO UNA VEZ like to make an exception and use this wonderful place a second time. Impressions from the first tango festival in 2015 can be found in the photo gallery.


*** GETTING THERE ***
The Komische Oper Berlin is located in Mitte, near the corner of Friedrichstraße and Unter den Linden. The exact address of the entrance is:
Behrenstrasse 55-57, 10117 Berlin
https://goo.gl/maps/JmO4t
The nearest train stations: U-Französische Straße, U-Stadtmitte, S-Friedrichstraße, S-Brandenburger Tor.

*** ADMISSION FEES ***
Tickets are available in advance and at the box office, for the TANGOCAFÉS (6 EUR), the MILONGAS (18 EUR) and the WORKSHOPS (18 EUR / 28 EUR). The festival pass for all Tangocafés and Milongas costs EUR 36 instead of the regular EUR 48. The festival pass and the workshop tickets can be purchased by telephone (+49-30-47997400) or at the box office (Unter den Linden 41, 10117 Berlin). If you have any questions about the workshops, or would like to book as single leader/follower and not as a couple, you can contact the following email address: tangoworkshop@komische-oper-berlin.de. BOOK NOW: Contingent is limited at festival passes and workshops!

*** CONCERTS AND PERFORMANCES ***
Tango as a musical form honors the Komische Oper with a tango concert with Gidon Kremer and his famous Kremerata Baltica, two concertant performances of Astor Piazzolla's music to Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with the grand Katharina Thalbach as Puck and the show dance couples Judith Preuss & Constantin Rüger, Christiane Rohn & Felix Naschke and a night concert.
Info & ticket presales here:
https://www.komische-oper-berlin.de/entdecken/tango-festival/