Prometeo. Tragedia dell’ascolto
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"Prometeo. Tragedia dell’ascolto" is a late 20th-century experimental music-theatre work that explores spatialized sound, fragmented text, and the act of listening as its central dramatic focus.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
experimental music-theatre work
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musical composition ⓘ opera ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Experimentalstudio der Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung des SWR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | myth of Prometheus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
myth and modernity
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the act of listening ⓘ tragedy of knowledge ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | La Fenice Theatre, Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Luigi Nono NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Massimo Cacciari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticFocus | listening rather than visual action ⓘ |
| feature |
chorus
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dispersed performers ⓘ electronic sound processing ⓘ fragmented text ⓘ live electronics ⓘ non-linear dramaturgy ⓘ orchestra divided into groups ⓘ sound projection ⓘ spatialized sound ⓘ speaker ⓘ vocal soloists ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde music
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contemporary classical music ⓘ music theatre ⓘ |
| influencedBy | political and philosophical thought of the late 20th century ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| librettist | Massimo Cacciari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | radical redefinition of opera as an art of listening ⓘ |
| notableRecording | 1980s live recording conducted by Claudio Abbado ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
site-specific acoustic design
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use of sound projectionist ⓘ |
| period | late 20th century ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1984 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereVenue | Church of San Lorenzo, Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stagingConcept | “tragedy of listening” ⓘ |
| structure | prologue and several stations ⓘ |
| textSource |
Aeschylus
NERFINISHED
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Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ Hölderlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Rilke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textTreatment |
fragmented
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superimposed ⓘ |
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