Opera for Cyborgs: Allegro molto con brio
Canadian Theatre Review, 2000, no. 101, pp. 20-25
This is an in-depth review of the digital opera, Allegro molto con brio king kong which premiered at Dancers' Studio West in Calgary in spring, 1999. The music for the opera is based on Beethoven's 1804 ballet, Die Geschopfe Des Prometheus, and critic Ellis writes about how the multi-media opera draws heavily on the Prometheus myth, investigating the intersection of technology, culture and myth in the modern era, and more specifically, what separates the human from the animal, which in this modern retelling, is technology. All aspects of the opera present a modern twist on the classical: from the choreography of the ballet to sampling and digitally remixing Beethoven's score to the libretto, a panoply of popular culture.
ITEM 2000.070 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Alllegro molto con brio king kong – Doug DeRoche
Alllegro molto con brio king kong – Danielle McCulloch
Alllegro molto con brio king kong – Kenneth Doren
Die Geschopfe Des Prometheus – Beethoven
Alllegro molto con brio king kong – Patrice Jegou
Alllegro molto con brio king kong – Stephanie Cumming
Alllegro molto con brio king kong – Lauren Diemer
Alllegro molto con brio king kong – Nicole Tritter
Alllegro molto con brio king kong – Conroy Nachtigall