La Mort De La Mer, an experimental opera inspired by the eight phases of the moon. 

On stage, Moon and Sea — two poetic and surreal characters — take the audience on a journey through the detritus of time, between the archaeology of human and cosmic imagination. With irony and poignant delicacy, CocoRosie rewrites the myth of humanity from its fragments. A theatrical work suspended between music and dance  inviting us to reflect on the human legacy through a meditative tableau vivant outside of time. Twenty-one years after their debut, and a few months after the release of their eighth album Little Death Wishes, the sisters Bianca and Sierra Casady reaffirm with this new project their innate propensity for multidisciplinary experimentation and their poetic and narrative approach to creativity.

COCOROSIE BIO

With a committed global fanbase stretching across Europe, the United States, South America and beyond, CocoRosie has consistently released cutting edge studio records and performed to sold-out concert venues for two decades. Recording artists most recognized for their masterful poetry and timeless harmonies accompanied by lo-fi toy folly, classical instrumentation and genre-defying rhythms, sister duo CocoRosie continue to elevate their sound and art with each recording project.

Sierra Casady is a classically trained opera singer and stage actor, and Bianca Casady is a published poet, theatre director and accomplished visual artist. Together the sisters utilize music, theatrical practices of movement and character study, fashion and contemporary art to create a body of work that reflects the beauty and sorrow of our collective experience. Through radically subversive and highly developed conceptual art, CocoRosie uses irreverence and play to stand up for human rights and challenge social norms, often engaging with taboo themes. Widely celebrated, often misunderstood, and always unwavering, CocoRosie is a rigorously structured art and music project spanning over 20 years.

CocoRosie has released eight studio albums to date, with their highly anticipated eighth record expected in Spring 2025. Albums include Little Death Wishes (2025), Put The Shine On (2020), Heartache City (2015), Tales of a Grasswidow (2013), Grey Oceans (2010), The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn (2007), Noah’s Ark (2005), and La Maison de Mon Rêve (2004).

In addition to international touring and festival performances, CocoRosie has composed original scores for four theatre works by acclaimed director Robert Wilson: Peter Pan, Pushkin’s Fairy Tales, Edda, and Jungle Book, with further collaborations in development. They have also worked closely with the Kronos Quartet at the San Francisco Jazz Festival, developing a collection of new songs for an upcoming collaborative album.

Bianca Casady has continuously developed her theatre practice, with several multimedia dance theatre works created in residences and theatre schools around Europe. Her style is raw and handmade, simultaneously visually and musically driven. Her narratives often revolve around archetypal characters from a distorted fairytale world. Her theatre explores themes of madness, exile, and servitude through shadowed, poetic tableaux and transgressive imagery, shaped by her signature use of found objects, historical costuming, and site-specific staging. The work reflects Bianca’s continuing evolution as an interdisciplinary artist, drawing from her history in poetry, music, and visual arts to produce haunting stage visions marked by both intimacy and provocation.

Her past stage works include NightShift (2012) at Kampnagel in Hamburg, Mother Hunting (2015) at the National Theater in Oslo, and The Angel Show (2017) at the National Theater Academy in Norway. She has exhibited internationally, including solo shows at Deitch Projects (2007) and Cheim & Read Gallery (2012), and continues to host her ongoing experimental poetry course Remembering The Miracle. In 2023, Bianca published her debut poetry book Au bord du ciel: Heaven bound.

Sierra Casady has arranged and performed globally, collaborating with orchestras and venues such as the Symphony Orchestra of Amsterdam, the ICA in London, and the Sydney Opera House. She created Soul Life, an opera staged at the Donau Festival in Krems.

JUSTYNA WASILEWSKA

Justyna Wasilewska is one of the most prominent Polish theatre and film actresses, closely associated with TR Warszawa. She has collaborated with, among others, Kornél Mundruczó, René Pollesch and Anna Smolar. She is also known for her roles in the series Heweliusz and the film Heart of Love, directed by Łukasz Ronduda.
For her role as Maja in Pieces of a Woman, she received the Aleksander Zelwerowicz Award, the Teatr magazine award, and the Best Actress award at the Divine Comedy (Boska Komedia) Festival. The production featuring her was presented at all major theatre festivals across Europe.

ICHIHARA AKIHITO (Butoh dancer) 

Akihito Ichihara is a leading Japanese Butoh dancer, longtime principal performer with the renowned group Sankai Juku, and founder of the company ELF. With nearly 30 years in Sankai Juku, he has helped preserve and evolve the group’s distinctive technique, considered a foundational method in contemporary Butoh. Ichihara has collaborated with key figures in the field, contributed to stage design, and is deeply committed to using dance as a means of empathy and cultural connection. Since founding ELF in 2022, he has worked to make Butoh more accessible to diverse audiences and younger generations through international performances and workshops.

CHRISTOPHER NELL (recorded spoken voice)

He has worked with directors such as Claus Peymann, Peter Stein, Mona Kraushaar and Manfred Karge in numerous performances, including Romeo, Mackie Messer, Hamlet and Mephisto. In Robert Wilson’s production of ‘The Life and Death of Marina Abramović’ Christopher Nell starred alongside Willem Dafoe, Anthony Hegarty and Marina Abramović at the Manchester International Festival in 2011.

In December 2018, he appeared at Volksbühne Berlin and made his debut at Schauspiel Leipzig (‘Lazarus’, directed by Hubert Wild) in the 2022/23 season. In addition, Christopher Nell has been touring since 2003 together with Claudia Graue and Marcus Melzwig as the award-winning a cappella trio ‘Muttis Kinder’ in German-speaking countries as well as in Singapore, Taiwan, Canada, Great Britain, Romania and Croatia.

MARC CHOURAIN (cristal Baschet, theremin and keys)

Over the years, Marc has established himself as a master of the Cristal Baschet and the theremin, two instruments whose ethereal timbres he exploits to create powerful and unforgettable emotions.
Major artistic collaborations: Benjamin Biolay, Diam’s, Woodkid, Orelsan, Booba, Keren-Ann, Raphael, Danny Elfman and Isabella Rossellini.

DOUGLAS WIESELMAN (Electric guitar and winds)

Doug is a skilled musician and multi-instrumentalist. He has worked and played with a variety of leading artists in different fields including John Lurie, Anohni and the Johnsons, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, CocoRosie, Martha Wainwright, Jerome Robbins, Hal Willner, Butch Morris, Kronos Quartet and Robert Wilson.

SIMONE DRAETTA (Violin)

An eclectic violinist, his career spans a wide range of musical genres and contexts, from classical and contemporary music to jazz and pop. As an orchestral musician, he collaborates regularly with the orchestra of the Istituto Rusconi in Rho and with the Canova Chamber Orchestra; he is also one of the few leading figures of jazz violin in Italy. From 2025 he collaborates with Cocorosie.

VIOLA MARIETTI (Performer / actress)

Viola is an Italian actress (born in 1992). Among her most significant theater roles, she played Teucro in “Elena” and Lampitò in ‘Lisistrata’ at the Greek Theater in Syracuse, performances that earned her the “Enrico di Luciano” award for best emerging performer. She is the daughter of the renowned Italian actress Lella Costa and Andrea Marietti.

A.J. WEISSBARD (light design)

A.J. is an accomplished multifaceted artist. Using light and space as raw materials, he creates genre-defying works for theater, opera and dance. His collaborations include projects with Robert Wilson, Peter Stein, Marina Abramovic, Peter Greenaway, David Cronenberg, Gae Aulenti, Giorgio Armani, Hugo Boss, Ermenegildo Zegna, CocoRosie, and the Martha Graham Dance Company, among many others.

DARIO FELLI (sound design)

Dario Felli is a Sound Artist currently based in Amsterdam. His work ranges from theatre sound design, to music production and electroacoustic composition. He works on a regular basis as sound designer with internationally acclaimed theatre directors and his compositions are part of contemporary art installations around the world.

CORENTIN JPM LEVEN (video design)

Corentin JPM Leven is a multidisciplinary artist based in Oslo, Norway. Trained as a scenographer, he later expanded his practice into performance, theatre, and dance.  Leven engages both with visuals and performance. Through CJPM Productions, he has been touring internationally with works that engage queer themes and HIV/AIDS-related issues, including DIWRIZIENNET – Lost Genealogies. His work has been presented at La MaMa, Judson Memorial Church, and MoMA in New York.

GASPARD YURKIEVICH (costume)

French stylist, Gaspard Yurkievitch has made a name for himself among the world’s greatest designers for more than 10 years.