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Re: 'u': the first authentic Klingon opera on earth

Klingon Opera ([email protected]) 

Footage & short interviews with Marc Okrand & the director on  BBC,
NBC and a Dutch TV show called "Hart van Nederland":

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11265311

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/39096996#39096996

http://www.hartvannederland.nl/nederland/zuid-holland/2010/eerste-start-trek-opera/

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Klingon Opera <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
>>
>

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