NOVOFLOT, founded in spring 2002, is an independent opera company based in Berlin. The team’s productions of Ernst Krenek’s The Belltower and Tommaso Traetta’s Antigone received widespread attention and recognition.
NOVOFLOT focuses on innovative concepts in music-theatre. For the recent project a new format was developed: the Opera Saga. Kommander Kobayashi, the title figure and his crew embark on a journey into unknown regions – an odyssey set to music in a series of creations by international composers. The format thus also highlights the hybrid universe of contemporary opera. between January 2005 and september 2007, a total of six operas and 4 short operas were composed for Kommander Kobayashi, performed in three seasons. Production and performance venues were Sophiensæle in Berlin, the UltraSchall festival, Hamburger Staatsoper, the festival Warsaw Autumn, Théâtre National du Luxembourg, and Tráfo in Budapest.
Currently NOVOFLOT is working on a three-part series on affect in the opera, entitled WAS WIR FÜHLEN [HOW WE FEEL]. The first part was Scream Queen and addresses fear. It premiered on 19 September 2008 at Sophiensæle. Two further parts dealing with exhaustion and bliss will follow in autumn 2010. December 2009, NOVOFLOT produced and performed a theatrical version of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio at Radialsystem ·V· in Berlin.

NOVOFLOT are:
Sven Holm Director, Vicente Larrañaga Musical Director and
Sebastian Bark Dramaturg.