related works

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

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: soloists GK4 tape

Valparaiso : (1985-86) / opera van Boudewijn Tarenskeen (muziek) en Fleur Bourgonje (libretto)

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: sopr-m 1111 2221 perc hp el.g pf vla

Amorys : Chamber opera in one act / music: Nico Richter; libretto: Hendrik Lindt

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: sopr ten bar bas GK 1011 1000 perc pf 4vl 2vla vc cb dancers

I Will Come Back : a chamber opera / Robert Groslot

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: Mezzo soprano, Baritone, fl, ob, cl, ba, hn, harp, piano/celesta/synth, db, choir SATB

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