related works

maps of non-existent cities. moscow (2 insights) : for 1, 2 or 3 performers / Dmitri Kourliandski

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)

Aan de Wannsee : opera, 1986 / libretto Louis Ferron, Geert van Keulen

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: sopr-m bar cl(cl-b cl-cb) h 2perc synth 2vl vla vc tape

Das grüne Gesicht : eine allegorische Oper in sechs Szenen, 1981-1991 / Libretto vom Komponisten nach Texten von Gustav Meyrink und Ludwig Jacobowski, Hans Kox

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: sopr sopr-m ten bar bas 3242 4331 timp perc cel str

The Pied Piper and the Cars : Opera for soprano, bass, two choirs, wind instruments, percussion and electronics / Peter Kerkelov; Libretto by Dragomir Yossifov, based on self-titled story by Gianni Rodari

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: zang GK KK 3fl(picc) 2ob(eh) 2cl(cl-b) 2fg(cfg) 2h 2tpt 3trb tb 2perc hp pf tape

composition

octavia. trepanation : Opera based on the tragedy "Octavia", attributed to Seneca and Trotsky's essay on Lenin / Dmitri Kourliandski; libretto: Boris Yukhananov and Dmitri Kourliandski

Other authors:
Kourliandski, Dmitri (Composer)
Description:
In conducting our trepanation of revolution, we open a forehead and discover death, blood and tiranny. We sanitize it and graft a Buddha into the cavity, then we sew the forehead back up. We remove the source of the bloody revolution to seal off the notion of war forever. We transform a tyrant and send him to Nirvana.
Boris Yukhananov

The Opera’s music is based on the opening phrases of the revolutionary song Varshavyanika, but streches them out in almost 100 times. The temporal transformation of the song reveals various harmonic and melodic metamorphoses that become “nutritional material” for the 80-voice chorus, soloists and live electronic music thus arises a hermetic, self-referential construction that feeds on itself.
Dmitri Kourliandski