Studio MARS - Music Art Research Science

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! ✨

01/06/2026

🔥The first exclusive interview about YUM! is online🔥

Thank you to mica 🫶, and to the wonderful journalist Ania Gleich for the beautifully written final text💚 It has always been such an inspiring conversation! ✨

💫 Curious to get a first sneak peek into the world of YUM!? Read the full interview on mica! 🔗 Link in bio

⚡️ Don’t miss your ticket for the world premiere of YUM! at the this August. Only a few tickets are left for the first performance, book soon!

21/05/2026

✨ Great memories from the first public introduction of YUM! with dramaturg Anke Rauthmann at 💚 Thank you for all the great photos taken by Kristina Becker_Bregenzer Festspiele!

Glad and grateful to receive warm excitement and anticipation around YUM! 💛 Currently we are🔥busy with our XR-design and stage-making process.

✨Stay tuned to meet our wonderful cast soon! Seeing the characters of YUM! slowly coming to life feels like a dream becoming real🔮

✨To get to know more about the story and world of YUM!, stay tuned - interviews will be published soon.

🔥Don’t miss your ticket for the world premiere of YUM! on 20 & 22 August at the Bregenzer Festspiele.