This will go down in music history as a pivotal piece in the development of the genre. Sometimes those pieces aren't the best, but break through to a new style. He has opened the door.
I can't help but feel like the vocal tradition of Opera just doesn't have anything to do with this work. It just seems distracting and overwrought, but... to each her own.
i think the music and "techno" imagery are great - opera needs more of this 'fusion" (a Wagnerian-style mega vision "uploaded' into the 21st century) so that more people can "connect" to this powerful musical and dramatic medium.....
To be fair, we kind of already have this. It's called TRON. The sequel had very good music.
Not to dig on it, but the instrumentation could use a lot of work. Despite that I love this sort of thing - obviously since I just referenced TRON: Legacy - it just doesn't seem to have a very good sound. I don't know if I'd sit through the whole thing.
@KojiroTakenashi I'd suggest you read more about this opera--the plot isn't paramount. What's important is the way in which it utilizes live technology to contribute to storytelling. Really, nothing else like this does exist.
Tron was a cool movie, but it wasn't much but a CG sci-fi romp. The music was tasteful for the genre, but it wasn't made by professional composers, it was made by pop songwriters. Not that I'm hating on Tron, but this opera was written for a very different purpose
This will go down in music history as a pivotal piece in the development of the genre. Sometimes those pieces aren't the best, but break through to a new style. He has opened the door.
akrauss100 11 months ago
I can't help but feel like the vocal tradition of Opera just doesn't have anything to do with this work. It just seems distracting and overwrought, but... to each her own.
virgildisgrace 11 months ago
i think the music and "techno" imagery are great - opera needs more of this 'fusion" (a Wagnerian-style mega vision "uploaded' into the 21st century) so that more people can "connect" to this powerful musical and dramatic medium.....
dreamwaves2rg 1 year ago
To be fair, we kind of already have this. It's called TRON. The sequel had very good music.
Not to dig on it, but the instrumentation could use a lot of work. Despite that I love this sort of thing - obviously since I just referenced TRON: Legacy - it just doesn't seem to have a very good sound. I don't know if I'd sit through the whole thing.
KojiroTakenashi 1 year ago
@KojiroTakenashi I'd suggest you read more about this opera--the plot isn't paramount. What's important is the way in which it utilizes live technology to contribute to storytelling. Really, nothing else like this does exist.
Tron was a cool movie, but it wasn't much but a CG sci-fi romp. The music was tasteful for the genre, but it wasn't made by professional composers, it was made by pop songwriters. Not that I'm hating on Tron, but this opera was written for a very different purpose
zenocomplex 11 months ago
WTF?
Farfromhere001 1 year ago