ABOUT

A contemporary opera mashup of Rihanna's hits "Work" and “Birthday Cake” featuring pseudo-woke mustached Berlin hipsters fulfilling their real destinies as gentrifiers.

Part of Opera Lab's project "Who's Afraid of Pop Culture?"

Music
Words and Music: Robyn Fenty, Jahron Brathwaithe, Allen Ritter, Aubrey Graham, Matthew Samuels, Monte S. Moir, Richard Stephenson
Composer & Artistic Director: Evan Gardner
Musical Director: Francesca Verga
Recording & Mixing: Tadklimp
Recorded at: Das Labor

Mashup Materials
Sonic Voyeur II by Evan Gardner
Etude No. 12, Opus 25 by Frédéric Chopin
Birthday Cake by Robyn Fenty, Marcos Palacios, Ernest Clark, Terius Nash

Performers
Soprano: Gina May Walter
Alto: Sophie Catherin
Countertenor: Georg A. Bochow
Flute: Shin-Joo Morgantini
Clarinet: Jone Bolibar Núñez
Percussion: Paul Gladys
Piano: Alba Gentili-Tedeschi
Violin: Davis West
Viola: Louis Bona
Violoncello: Guilherme Rodriques

Film Crew
Written & Directed by Marco Vallini
Director of Photography: Richard Marx
Set & Equipment Management: Felix von Dohlen
Production Design: Cristina Lelli, Isabelle Kaiser
Production Design Assistant: Zera Insun Hwang
Seamstress: Lisa Simpson
Make-Up Artist: Daria Andreeva
Make-Up Assistant: Anastasia Tritzkan
Gaffer: Pawel Józwicki
Choreographer: Anna Knapp
Producer: Rabea Peter
Production Manager: Georg Steker
Production Administration: Julie Kurzke
Production Assistant: Patrick Franke, Gabor Csongradi
Editor: Marco Vallini
Color Grading: Richard Marx
Sound Design & Foley: Felix von Dohlen
Title & Credit Design: Sophie Pischel

Catering: Frank Hofacker
Location: Kneipe der Brotfabrik
Technical Supplier: Tranzept GmbH
Props Supplier: Fundus Adlershof
Logo Reveal Photography: Michael Krüger
Logo Reveal Compositing: Salvatore Costa
Marketing Campaign: Louise Knauer, Will Roseliep
Graphic Design Campaign: Sophie Pischel
Funding: Fonds Darstellende Künste