Noise, tekno, post-punk and improv meet opera
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What can the word ‘opera’ mean in the 21st century and how is it relevant? Forging a collaboration between V2_Klub and Opera Forward Festival from the National Opera, Re-Imagining Opera explores the notion of opera from unexpected perspectives casting a radical and irreverent eye on established ideas.
The performance is created by a freshly formed collective of six leading musicians/composers in the fields of experimental electronics and music, free improv, contemporary new music, opera and theatre, with a shared love for underground scenes – hardcore tekno, hiphop, rap and spoken word, post-punk and noise.
Working through a modular libretto of sorts, they take you on a journey through sparse landscapes, glitchy noise and seas of sound, before dropping you onto a massive thumping wall of hardcore tekno rap and back off again, through ethereal vocals, dramatic song, spoken word, and a far-reaching spectrum of live electronics.
| Year: | 2023 |
| Type: | Performance, composition |
| Concept: | Stephanie Pan |
| Developed, composed and performed collectively by: | Marc Alberto, Floris van Bergeijk, Lynn Cassiers, Ji Youn Kang, Stelios Manousakis and Stephanie Pan. |
| Instrumentation: | Voice(s), sax, modular synths, keys, synths and toy synths, drum synths and drum machines, live processing, SuperCollider, feedback clarinet, autoharp |
| Commissioned and produced by: | V2_ Lab for the Unstable Media |
| Co-produced by: | Opera Forward Festival (from Dutch National Opera) |
| Photo credit: | Stephanie Pan |