Organization

Steirischer Herbst

musikprotokoll

Set designer

Judith Selenko

Video designer

Monica Duncan

Singer

Spoken

Mario Lopatta

Cyborg

Soprano

Svetlana Speil

Puppet

Jerilyn Chou

Choir

Maria Prvulj

Helena Sorokina

Rodrigo Algara Woodhouse

Roman Ruckhofer

Sreten Manojlovic

Lighting designer

Ralf Beyer

Sound designer

Ulrich Gladisch

Schristian Scheucher

Peter Venus

Orchestra

PPCM-Studierende des Klangforums Wien

Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz

English

Paradise

Graz

Austria

MUMUTH

Public

Private

Approved

PARADISE (2015–16) (https://martinhiendl.com/paradise/)Opera installation for 8 voices, ensemble, electronics and video (120 min.)written for the musikprotok...

Die Operninstallation "Paradise" von Martin Hiendl wurde am 9. Oktober 2016 an der Kunstuniversität Graz im Rahmen von steirischer herbst / ORF musikprotokoll im Mumuth uraufgeführt. Weitere Vorstellungen im Rahmen des abo@MUMUTH fanden am 10. und 11. Oktober 2016 statt.

"Paradise" wurde als eines der beiden Preisträgerwerke des 6. Johann-Joseph-Fux-Opernkompositionswettbewerb des Landes Steiermark ausgezeichnet. Der Wettbewerb finde alle drei Jahre als geladener, dreistufiger Wettbewerb statt.

In this opera installation, inspired by the 1995 science fiction anime classic "Ghost in the Shell" by Mamoru Oshii, two protagonists search for their "natural" voices. One of them – She – might have been a cyborg once, a creature of technology, a human machine, a machine-like human, an asexual being, and yet driven by a desire to know more about her origins, doubting her identity. Having turned into a mass product, her voice no longer signifies uniqueness. The other one – He/She/It – is a new entity: A Golem, Frankenstein or Puppet Master, a living thing striving for individuality. A relationship develops between the two that tells of the nature and boundaries of identity, of hybrid bodies, split egos and the need for recognition. We are in PARADISE, in the Garden of Eden, which we don’t recognise, which never existed. It is but a human invention – it means no more than a word to a cyborg.
This garden is a place designed for people to walk around. PARADISE is an opera consisting not of chronological sequences, but of spatialised scenes, of walk-in spaces. The music and bodies are trapped in these spaces, leaving it to the audience when to enter a scene and when to leave it.
Awards
Johann-Joseph-Fux Opera Composition Competition Graz
Radio
▶︎ ORF Zeitton
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Graz, AU
October 9/10/11, 2016 | Musikprotokoll @ MuMuth

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