Belly Belly Bread is a micro opera in two acts. It's A work exploring the drama of divas, the exaggerated expressions of Greek tragedy, and the roles of 1950s mothers and grandmothers in the home.

The performance takes place at home in All all all, where the space is transformed with colorful ribbon-knäckebröd drapes. At the center, enormous ceramic shoes are dragged across the home. A dinner table, split into three sections, continuously drips into three garbage bins, creating an ongoing rhythm.

Hedda Bauer asks: How do you find your inner diva? Through body and voice exercises, she explores the lives of three iconic 1950s divas, supported by burring—a classical opera technique requiring strong belly support.

This bread home drama places divinity within the domestic sphere, weaving a narrative of sisterhood, conflict, and loyalty.

Protagonists are positioned at home, each embodying a diva figure from the 1950s: the artist-grandmother Catharina Bauer, the modernist power couple Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, and the legendary opera singer Maria Callas. Each plays a distinct role in this newly composed work, in which Hedda Bauer collaborates with Swedish classical music student Cornelia Karlsson from the Copenhagen Conservatory of Music.

During the two performances, the audience is invited to back up the diva—supporting Hedda Bauer as she sings the opera piece, confronting the divine presence of Maria Callas, failing, and trying again.

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Show dates:

Sunday 4 May 2025

Sunday 11 May 2025

Doors open at 15:00