"An ambitious and successful project by the association for music theatre productions at the subject of music at the University of Oldenburg - which shows how impressive university music theatre can be when courage, artistic quality and passion come together."

Dennis Schrimper on 15.07.25 in the NWZ, p. 18

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+++ We thank our audience for three practically sold-out performances in the middle of summer 2025. Due to the great enthusiasm, there will indeed be a revival of the production in 2026, again at the Theater Laboratorium (with a few changes - Rocco Heins will now play the bandoneón and take over the musical direction):

Tuesday, 16 June 2026 at 8.00 pm
and
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 at 8.00 pm
ADVANCE TICKET SALES HERE. Tickets cost €30 regular, reduced €10. +++


To the review in the NWZ from 15.07.25

To the digital PROGRAMME BOOK of the production

To the press release from 20.01.2026

To the preliminary report from 04.07.2025 on the university website

To the Radio interview with Volker Schindel from 12.07.2025 on Bremen zwei (audio, approx. 5'30'')
With the kind permission of Radio Bremen

To the photo gallery of the AUFTAKT event on 5.10.25 at the University of Oldenburg with three musical contributions from the Tango-Operita.

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The line-up in 2026 is:

Bandoneón and musical direction: Rocco Heins

Project leader and director: Volker Schindel

Co-direction, costumes/stage: Nae Matakas

With professional support, students and teachers from the University of Oldenburg and the University of the Arts Bremen bring the iconic tango opera by Astor Piazzolla (music) and Horacio Ferrer (libretto) from 1968 to the stage in a lavish production with an eleven-piece musical ensemble.

Revival with an adapted cast on:
Tuesday, 16 June 2026, 8.00 pm, Theater Laboratorium Oldenburg
Further performance at the same venue:
Wednesday, 17 June 2026, 8.00 pm
In Spanish and German with German surtitles
Duration: 90 min. + 30 min. interval

Music ensemble (conductor: Rocco Heins)
1st violin: Aida López Borrego
2. Violin: Hansol Kim
Viola: Florian Bartl
Cello: Paula Sagastibelza
Flute: Katharina Kaht*
Piano: Faraz Forouzandeh
Bandoneón - Rocco Heins
Guitar: Mateusz Goraj
Double bass: Klaas Hillmann*
Vibraphone: Dani Catalán
Percussion: Gereon Voß*

Stage ensemble
María & Schatten Marías: Marija Jokovic (mezzo-soprano)
El Gorrión: Jan-Daniel Moulai* (tenor)
El Duende: Paulina Gramatowksi* (narrator) & Juan López Lemos* (narrator)
Speaking choirs, other roles:
Rieke Arnold*, N.N.*, Regina Janssen*, Paul Sethmann*

Technical support (light & sound)
Jan-Phillip Köhler*, Kolja Metschulat*

Supertitles:
N.N.*

* = University of Oldenburg (students, teachers, alumni)

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The cast in 2025 was:

Bandoneón and musical direction: Joaquín Alem

Project leader and director: Volker Schindel

Co-direction, costumes/stage: Nae Matakas

With professional support, students from the University of Oldenburg and the University of the Arts Bremen brought the iconic tango opera by Astor Piazzolla (music) and Horacio Ferrer (libretto) from 1968 to the stage in an elaborate production with an eleven-member musical ensemble.

The premiere took place on:
Saturday, 12 July 2025, 8.00 pm, Theater Laboratorium Oldenburg
Further performances at the same venue:
Sun+Mon, 13 + 14 July 2025, 8.00 pm
In Spanish and German with German surtitles
Duration: 90 min. + 30 min. intermission

Music ensemble (conductor: Joaquín Alem)
1st violin: Aida López Borrego
2. Violin: Hansol Kim
Viola: Florian Bartl
Cello: Paula Sagastibelza
Flute: Katharina Kaht*
Piano: Faraz Forouzandeh
Bandoneón - Joaquín Alem
(Electric) guitar: Eduard Schneider*
Electric bass: Ramón Zöllner*
Vibraphone: Simon Gums*
Percussion: Leonard Wieferig*

Stage ensemble
María & Schatten Marías: Marija Jokovic (mezzo-soprano)
El Gorrión: Jan-Daniel Moulai* (tenor)
El Duende: Paulina Gramatowksi* (narrator) & Juan López Lemos* (narrator)
Speaking choirs, other roles:
Rieke Arnold*, Wiebke Hermsteiner*, Regina Janssen*, Paul Sethmann*

Technical support (light & sound)
Jan-Phillip Köhler*, Kolja Metschulat*

Supertitles:
Gustav Aslin*

* = Students of the University of Oldenburg