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طرب / TARAB
Date details
- Date Saturday, 20/June/2026 20:00 (13 more dates)
- Venue Neuköllner Oper
- Address Karl-Marx-Straße 131, 12043 Berlin-Neukölln
Public transportation
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Underground
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Bus
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U Karl-Marx-Str.
- N7
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Werbellinstr.
- M43
- 166
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U Rathaus Neukölln/Alfred-Scholz-Platz
- M43
- 166
- N7
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U Rathaus Neukölln
- M43
- 166
- N7
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Karl-Marx-Platz
- N7
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Geygerstr.
- M41
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Morusstr.
- M43
- 166
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Berlin, Erkstr.
- M43
- 166
- M41
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Hertzbergplatz
- 171
- M41
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Berlin, Fuldastr.
- M41
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Weichselstr.
- N7
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Herrfurthstr.
- M43
- 166
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U Karl-Marx-Str.
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طرب / TARAB
An Ecstasy with Music by Umm Kulthum
© Murat Aslan
© Promo
Still little known in the Western Hemisphere, the singer Umm Kulthum – the “Callas of Egypt” – is one of the great icons of classical Arabic music. Her sometimes 45-minute-long, profound songs and her concerts, lasting up to four hours, took on operatic dimensions in the second half of the 20th century and captivated audiences across the Middle East, transcending boundaries of age, faith, and origin.
Today, it seems more important than ever to activate the cross-border power of this extraordinary artist and to transport people in Berlin-Neukölln into a trance-like state of shared ecstasy. This is what is known in the Arab world as “tarab”: when bodies are seized, enraptured, and enchanted by music.
To achieve this, Nesrine Belmokh and Sjaron Minailo create a collage of diverse Umm songs for an all-female Umm trio on stage, accompanied by the Berlin ensemble transmusica.
WITH Rita El-Achkar, Waed Bouhassoun, Basma Jabr
MUSICIANS ensemble transmusica – Valentin Link (Bass), Bernd Oezsevim (Schlagzeug)
ARRANGEMENTS / COMPOSITION Nesrine Belmokh DIRECTION Sjaron Minailo SET DESIGN Shahrzad Rahmani DRAMATURGY Raphael Amahl Khouri OUTSIDE EYE Dennis Depta ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / PRODUCTION MANAGMENT Joelina Spiess
LANGUAGES Arabic, with German and English surtitles
Today, it seems more important than ever to activate the cross-border power of this extraordinary artist and to transport people in Berlin-Neukölln into a trance-like state of shared ecstasy. This is what is known in the Arab world as “tarab”: when bodies are seized, enraptured, and enchanted by music.
To achieve this, Nesrine Belmokh and Sjaron Minailo create a collage of diverse Umm songs for an all-female Umm trio on stage, accompanied by the Berlin ensemble transmusica.
WITH Rita El-Achkar, Waed Bouhassoun, Basma Jabr
MUSICIANS ensemble transmusica – Valentin Link (Bass), Bernd Oezsevim (Schlagzeug)
ARRANGEMENTS / COMPOSITION Nesrine Belmokh DIRECTION Sjaron Minailo SET DESIGN Shahrzad Rahmani DRAMATURGY Raphael Amahl Khouri OUTSIDE EYE Dennis Depta ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / PRODUCTION MANAGMENT Joelina Spiess
LANGUAGES Arabic, with German and English surtitles
Alternative events
© Eventim
Miss Merkel - Mord in der Uckermark - Komödie am Kurfürstendamm im Ernst-Reuter-Saal
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- Miss Merkel - Mord in der Uckermark
- Date:
- Saturday, 20/June/2026 18:00
- Venue:
- Komödie im Ernst-Reuter-Saal connect
- Address:
- Eichborndamm 215, 13437 Berlin-Reinickendorf
- Price:
- from €36.50
© Quelle: Reservix-System
Serotonin
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- Date:
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- Venue:
- Reithalle Potsdam
- Address:
- Schiffbauergasse, 14467 Potsdam
- Price:
- from €28.60
© Eventim
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- Next date:
- Liebling, mein Herz lässt Dich grüßen
- Date:
- Saturday, 20/June/2026 19:00
- Venue:
- Stadttheater Köpenick (im Hauptmannsklub)
- Address:
- Wendenschloßstraße 103 - 105, 12559 Berlin-Köpenick
- Price:
- from €29.37
© Fotograf/Fotografin Benjamin Krieg
Oratorium – Kollektive Andacht zu einem wohlgehüteten Geheimnis
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- Date:
- Saturday, 20/June/2026 19:00 (1 more date)
- Venue:
- HAU Hebbel am Ufer - HAU1
- Address:
- Stresemannstraße 29 A, 10963 Berlin-Kreuzberg
- Price:
- from €12.00
© Quelle: Reservix-System
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- Next date:
- Der eingebildete Kranke
- Date:
- Saturday, 20/June/2026 19:00
- Venue:
- Domänenhof Altlandsberg
- Address:
- Krummenseestraße 1, 15345 Altlandsberg
- Price:
- from €15.00
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