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Re: 'u': the first authentic Klingon opera on earth
- From: Klingon Opera <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: 'u': the first authentic Klingon opera on earth
- Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 18:04:48 +0200
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Just a brief update:
Marc Okrand will attend the premiere on the 10th of September as
special guest of honor!
Joris Favie (on behalf of the 'u' team)
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Klingon Opera <[email protected]> wrote:
> It was just mentioned on the list, so I thought I'd present some more
> information about the Klingon opera 'u'.
>
> To quickly answer Steven Boozer: yes, Marc Okrand is involved with the
> project. There is also a personal video message from him on the
> website: http://www.u-theopera.org
>
> Now for the full lowdown:
>
> 'u' : the first authentic Klingon opera on earth.
>
> The Klingon are known as passionate opera-lovers.
>
> However very little is known about their highly evolved form of
> musical expression here on earth.
>
> Floris Schönfeld has managed to lay his hands on some fragments of a
> masterpiece of the batlh jachlut or Honorable Battle opera.
>
> Its title is ‘u’, which can be translated as ‘universe’ or
> ‘universal’. It will be the basis for the opera ‘u’, the first
> complete, authentic Klingon opera here on earth.
>
> Klingon opera uses the principle of musical combat. Beauty in Klingon
> music comes from the impact of two opposing forces. To quote a well
> known Klingon proverb qa’ wIje ‘meH masuv or ‘We fight to enrich the
> spirit.’ The Klingon orchestra is made up of various indigenous
> Klingon instruments, some that have never been heard on earth before.
> The Terran Klingon Research Ensemble has been set up further develop a
> coherent Klingon musical practice amongst human musicians.
>
> The libretto of ‘u’ is based on the epos of Kahless the unforgettable.
> Betrayed by his brother and witness to his father’s brutal slaying,
> Kahless is pitted against his bitter enemy the mighty tyrant Molor. To
> regain his honor he must travel into the underworld, create the first
> Bat’leth, be united with his true love the lady Lukara and fight many
> epic battles. Through this awe inspiring adventure Kahless redefines
> what it is to be truly Klingon. With the help of Marc Okrand, the
> worlds leading Klingon language expert, we have managed to piece
> together the stories in their original epic-poetic form for the first
> time.
>
> The project ‘u’ has been running for about two years now. In this time
> the KTRE and Floris Schönfeld have given numerous performances and
> lecture in The Hague, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, as well as being
> invited to the artist-in-residence program of Robert Wilson’s
> Watermill Center in New York.
>
> The premiere of the opera is planned for the 9th of September at the
> Zeebelt theater in The Hague, The Netherlands.
>
> Joris Favie (on behalf of the 'u' team)
>
> PS the best way to keep updated is to join the Facebook page:
> http://facebook.com/u.the.opera
>
> PPS I'll post an occasional update to this list, if that's OK
>