Studio MARS - Music Art Research Science

25/10/2026

A new project for 2027–2028 is launching soon!

PERFORMING LENS, our collaboration with partners in Bulgaria and France, supported by the EU’s Creative Europe programme.

Through theatre, opera and multimedia performance, we’ll use science fiction to share scientific ideas and ask questions about emerging technologies. Three new productions will explore AI and data ethics, biotechnology and the future of medicine, and climate technologies and possible climate futures.

We’ll bring theatre and opera makers, musicians, digital artists and researchers together with scientists through performances, workshops, conferences and residencies.

Stay tuned for our kick-off, partner introductions and upcoming calls for participation in Paris, Avignon, Sofia and Vienna!

13/10/2026

Almost one month in a medieval village in Tuscany, where Wi-Fi and 5G reception aren’t available everywhere, researching lost manuscripts and forgotten musical heritage that has never been recorded in history.💻

Travelling from village to village, searching through old churches for missing pieces of a forgotten opera, of which only five pages of a piano score from an aria remain, with no complete score or libretto. Still hoping to find more, piece together the whole story, and bring this forgotten opera back to life.🔮

Completely opposite to YUM!, From a surreal, technology-oriented world to travelling back in time, across centuries, searching for an opera that doesn’t exist on the internet.🛜

And finally, AI cannot help at all! The internet isn’t everywhere, but the beauty of nature is everywhere.

23/08/2026

It’s been an incredible three year journey with YUM!, since the very first idea was born at La Monnaie / De Munt back in 2023. Growing together with the FEDORA Platform FEDORA Digital Prize since 2024, and got its home at BREGENZER FESTSPIELE in 2025.

Today, we happily, proudly, and with very full hearts close the YUM! Bregenz chapter!❤️

There are soooo many people to thank. Without every single one of you, this journey would simply not have been possible! 🩷💚💙Thank you 3000:
Lilli Paasikivi Anke Rauthmann Johanna Rusanen-Kartano Adrian Autard | Tenor Henry Neill
Nurettin Kalfa Studio Dan Sophia Goidinger-Koch Alyona Pynzenyk
🌸𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐄🌸 Lisa Horvath Flavia Mazzanti Regina Fisch Carmen C. Kruse Elisabeth Hönig govar GmbH Fernanda de Mattos 🐢 B E N I G N A 🌸 .thery April Koyejo-Audiger
Edilia Gaenz FEDORA Platform

Three years of YUM! life, filled with joy, happiness, frustration, craziness, and of course, some tears..
Now, YUM! Chapter One, wrapped! ✅

Time for a real holiday now!
YUM! Chapter Two coming soon…💫

And of course, a completely different production will soon be in the making…🔥

14/08/2026

Milestone of YUM! - XR Day wrapped! ✨

Seeing reality blurred with the virtual. Dream come true,, and blurred.We built a multiverse of YUM!

Thank you to the amazing team! The best people you could ever dream of being assembled together. ❤️

World premiere countdown: one week to go! BREGENZER FESTSPIELE

Very limited tickets left, don’t miss yours!

28/07/2026

22/07/2026

While our full YUM! team is in the middle of intense—but sooooo much fun and joy—rehearsals, cooking up YUM!🔥

Such a cool surprise to hear today: at the opening of the Bregenzer Festspiele 2026, YUM! was specifically mentioned and introduced by Austrian Federal Minister for Arts and Culture in his opening speech.

A happy and proud moment, we are bringing something special and important for our time to life!

Don’t miss the world premiere of YUM! at the 20.08 (already sold out!) and 22.08! You will experience something unique with this wonderful team!

13/07/2026

✨ Exciting announcement! So proud to join the Opera Asia Pacific Opera Asia Pacific network and be part of this growing connection between Europe, Asia, and the Pacific.🌏

A brand-new opera for 2028 is now in development, together with stage director Heather Tan | 陈怡鸰 🇸🇬 and the Opera Asia Pacific team.🔥

An exciting new production with innovative stage design, one-of-a-kind storytelling, and outstanding partners collaborating across Europe and Asia.⭐

Stay tuned for our next chapter! 🚀

05/07/2026

First fresh behind-the-scenes of YUM! ✨

Our cast came together for the very first time: for a score reading, costume fittings, and the making of our one-of-a-kind Madame D avatar in VR.🔮

So lucky to have this wonderful cast and team. We worked hard, laughed a lot, and are now counting down to full rehearsals.🔥
A lovely coincidence,YUM! kicks off on the very day the BREGENZER FESTSPIELE officially opens! Sending lots of YUM! love from Vienna to Bregenz.💚

Stay tuned for more behind-the-scenes of YUM! ✨
⚡️Get your tickets soon via BREGENZER FESTSPIELE website! YUM! on 20 & 22 August.

Photo©️Julia Várkonyi

23/06/2026

✨Best to meet the original first!✨

Warmly inviting you to YUM! - a production by Studio M.A.R.S., as part of Bregenzer Festspiele.

🏆 Winner of the FEDORA FEDORA Platform Digital Prize 2025, and Winner of the Aion Digital Art Prize, Japan 2026.

World Premiere: Bregenzer Festspiele BREGENZER FESTSPIELE 20 & 22 August 2026

Get your tickets fast. Premiere day is almost sold out.

Curious for a leak of YUM!? Find interviews on mica mica - music austria and in the Festspielzeit magazine of Bregenzer Festspiele.

11/06/2026

✨ A beautiful gift and a lovely surprise in the mailbox ❤️📬

So happy to see YUM! on the cover of the BREGENZER FESTSPIELE Festspielzeit Magazine! And to know that our YUM! smiley face is being sent to thousands of mailboxes😊💚

🫶🫶 🫶Thank you BREGENZER FESTSPIELE and our wonderful producer Fernanda de Mattos
We can’t wait for this summer! 😋✨

Check the Bregenzer Festspiele website, or your own mailbox😊, for exclusive details about YUM! ✨