fbpx

Search results

MTTW 2023 / PANDORA, (c) Christopher Sturmer

PANDORA

A Cyber-Reanimation of the Baroque Opera Torso by Royer and Voltaire

Premiere

The new opera by Matthias Kranebitter is a cross-genre revival attempt of the baroque opera torso "Pandora" based on lost music by Joseph-Niclas-Pancrace Royer and a libretto by Voltaire. A multifaceted, unbridled fantasy about enlightenment, revolution, harpsichords and guillotines. Following the music-theatrical algorithm of the underlying myth of creation and progress, the result is an opera for the posthuman age that gradually comes apart at the seams and develops an exciting life of its own. What does Pandora's Box release or preserve?... Ticket

Read more "
MTTW 2023 / PANDORA, (c) Christopher Sturmer

PANDORA

A Cyber-Reanimation of the Baroque Opera Torso by Royer and Voltaire

Premiere

The new opera by Matthias Kranebitter is a cross-genre revival attempt of the baroque opera torso "Pandora" based on lost music by Joseph-Niclas-Pancrace Royer and a libretto by Voltaire. A multifaceted, unbridled fantasy about enlightenment, revolution, harpsichords and guillotines. Following the music-theatrical algorithm of the underlying myth of creation and progress, the result is an opera for the posthuman age that gradually comes apart at the seams and develops an exciting life of its own. What does Pandora's Box release or preserve?... Ticket

Read more "