Transart26 - Ouverture (Extras)

Ouverture (Extras) is a new version of Ouverture, the a cappella opera-performance for five singers and five treadmills that premiered in 2025, reimagined for the spaces of the Teatro Comunale di Bolzano.

Situated in a threshold space-time, the work explores the performative tension that precedes the event – of the performance as much as of life. The preparations and rituals of opera intertwine with those of sport and wellness, in search of a wellbeing – or a form – always yet to come.

Taking place in the theatre's rehearsal room, this new configuration redefines the relationships between figure and background, stage and off-stage, while voice, word, and movement work together to lay bare the paradox of the contemporary body: disciplined yet consumed, suspended between the promise of balance and self-exploitation.

The meeting point for access to the performance is in the theatre foyer.