Nova Opera
NOVA OPERA is a formation of young Ukrainian artists, which creates new synthetic genres (opera-requiem, opera-circus, dream opera, opera-ballet), musical-theatrical performances, and experiments with atypical musical and stage solutions.[1]
It was founded by director Vlad Troitskyi in 2014. Composers of Nova Opera are Roman Hryhoriv and Ilya Razumeiko. Concert director is Andriy Koshman.
The main part of the opera crew also includes singers Maryana Golovko, Anna Kirsh, Oleksandra Melie, Andriy Koshman, Ruslan Kirsh, Yevhen Rakhmanin, Tetyana Troitska, cellist Zhanna Marchynska – and drummer Andriy Nadolsky.
The music language of the performances hasn't got any aesthetic borders and freely unites avant-garde and rock, Gregorian choral and trip-hop, new baroque and folk improvisations. The vocal-instrumental ensemble of NOVA OPERA investigates possibilities of human voice and uses non-academic methods of playing music instruments such as prepared piano, bit-box, body-percussion and so on. The use of achievements of traditional theatre is mixed with modern technologies: vj-ing and live-electronic music.[2]
Productions
Operas
| Genre | Director | Premier | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Corolanus” | Improvisation opera | Vlad Troitskyi | November 2014 | Coriolanus is the name given to a Roman general after his more than adequate military success against various uprisings challenging the government of Rome. Following this success, Coriolanus becomes active in politics and seeks political leadership. His temperament is unsuited for popular leadership and he is quickly deposed, whereupon he aligns himself to set matters straight according to his own will. The alliances he forges along the way result in his ultimate downfall. |
| IYOV | Opera-requiem | Vlad Troitskyi | September 2015 | Job (Iyov in Hebrew) is the central character of the Book of Job in the Bible. This is a story of his life, pride and disbelief, the search for life's meaning and death, hope and regret.
The center of musical scenography is the prepared piano, that turns into a real orchestra. The pianist and singers use a wide range of percussion instruments such as snare drum, marimba and timpani sticks, triangle, ride cymbal. They use coins, keys, fingers and nails for playing on the strings and the body of the grand piano. The instrument sounds like a harpsichord, drums and occasionally as a synthesizer or electronic sounds generator. |
| BABYLON | Opera-circus | Vlad Troitskyi | September 2016 | “BABYLON” is a story of birth and death of metaphoric “tower”. It is based on Biblical legend about conflict between man and God, extrapolated on urban tragedy of the modern city.
The mix of languages and peoples is transmitted by the mix of contrasting musical styles: avant-garde and pseudo-baroque, trip-hop and rock, shamanic folk and electronic techno, allusions to Italian opera and French chanson. |
| ARK | Opera-ballet | Vlad Troitskyi | September 2017 | At some point each of us has to build and assemble his Ark. No life and no generation can avoid its flood, everyone is condemned to his own challenges. The great flood of our days is the waves of junk information, trash and fakes that engulfed us. Will we be able to overcome perplexity, gather the most precious and swim out? And what will we grasp out of chaos, what will we take with ourselves, what will we fill our Ark with? |
| UnSimple | Dream-opera | Roman Grygoriv and Illya Razumeiko | September 2016 | A musical trip to the fantastic Yalivets, which was lost somewhere in Carpathian mountains, letters, monochromatic photos, which show world wars and personal tragedies, love and death. All those will turn July night into incredible 3-acts dreamOpera performance (about three Annas). |
| HAMLET | Drama per musica | Rostyslav Derzhypilsky | February 2017 | The basic concept of the drama per musica ”Hamlet” is a present-day tragedy of the eternal mistakes of mankind which come from vicious cravings for power, money and other temptations. |
| WOZZECK | Trap-opera | Roman Grygoriv and Illya Razumeiko | December 2017 | Wozzeck: ... love? ...buffoon? ...crazy? ...offender? ...victim?
The question remains open now – almost 200 years after the appearance of Wozzeck as a hero in the drama of George Buchner, and about 100 years after his reincarnation in the opera of Alban Berg “Wozzeck”. |
| AEROPHONIA | Futuristic show, futuristic opera in three acts | Rostyslav Derzhypilsky | June 2018 | Opera AEROPHONIA was the opening show of Porto Franko Festival 2018.
The main musical instrument of this neo-futuristic performance - a legendary biplane AN-2 – is also the core element of the stage scenery for a post-drama opera performed by NOVA OPERA, that combines sonority of air turbines with a Gregorian chorale, Mongolian lullabies and trip-hop rhythms. |
| GAZ | Opera-dystopia | Virlana Tkacz | June 2019 | GAZ an antiutopian (dystopian) opera – is a laboratory-attempt to create a great new opera which will unite expressionist music theatre, performance theatre, post-dramatic and instrumental theatre, with the vocal and instrumental practices of the academic avant-garde and electronic music. |
Musical and theatrical performances
In 2018, the performance "Air" (to the music of Pierre Tilua) was created together with the band Dakh Daughters, the National Presidential Orchestra and conductor Gast Waltzing.
In 2019, Vlad Troitsky initiates a collaboration between NOVA OPERA and TseSho, creating large open-air performances: Grand Opera "Nero" (May 2019, Mariupol, GogolFest), "Stairs to ..." (July 2019, closing Odessa Film Festival), and "ProDnipro" (September 2019, Dnipro, GogolFest Festival).
List of References
- ↑ "NOVAOPERA". ДАХ (in русский). Archived from the original on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Nova Opera – New Ukrainian Music". Retrieved 2020-03-10.
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