Signal in Milan

Signal in Milan, Arco della Pace, Milano, Italy

30 Apr - 1 May 2026

We are proud to be invited this spring by the cultural space ZONA K and the Festival Milano Musica to site specifically adapt and perform our landscape opera Signal in heart of the city of Milan, at the Arco della Pace, Piazza Sempione.

In November 2025 we visited the city to select the best location, and to draw the first plans for directing and choreographing our performance.

We will open our open air opera at the majestic Arco della Pace at Piazza Sempione, and then will move through the city while performing and guiding our audience through several streets and squares to end at Via Cesare Cesariano.

"Signal is a spatial opera in which voice, movement and architecture merge into a shared sonic environment. Rather than placing music in front of an audience, the performance unfolds throughout the city as a living soundscape."

"Guided by the performers, the audience moves through streets and squares while the composition gradually transforms the urban landscape into an immersive listening experience."

Very happy !! with our artistic team for Signal in Milano consisting of choreographer Emke Idema (NL) and sopranos Mijke Sekhuis (NL), Laura Giavon (IT), Federica Raja (IT) and Juliana Azevedo (POR).

Emke Idema (NL) director & choreographer
Mijke Sekhuis (NL) soprano
Laura Giavon (IT) soprano
Juliana Azevedo (POR) soprano
Federica Raja (IT) soprano

About the venues:

ZONA K has established itself in the city’s theatrical and cultural scene due to its rigorous programming, open to European avant-garde. The company is committed to creating theatre that reflects the present, engages the audience in different forms and degrees, uses technological devices for new artistic experiences, and occupies unconventional spaces.

Festival Milano Musica is an annual international contemporary music festival, featuring symphonic, chamber, and electronic performances in collaboration with Teatro alla Scala. It premieres new works and highlights composers, with the 35th edition (2026) focusing on "Lontananze creative" (creative distances) and artists like Morton Feldman.