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FULL MYISI (Litha Efthymiou) London 2015 Susan Parkes, Katie Slater
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Myisi
- Composer: Efthymiou Litha
- Libretto: Jonathan James Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: New Diorama Theatre, Regent’s Place, London, UK
- Recorded: July 26, 2015
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Susan Parkes, Katie Slater
- Conductor: Jonathan James
- Orchestra: Instrumental Ensemble
- Stage Director:
- Stage Designer: Kenan Sager, Litha Efthymiou
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: tete a tete
- Date Published: 2015
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Genesis
“This project has come about as a result of my doctoral research at the University of Bristol, where – together with a team of three musicologists, a paleographer and historian – I am currently delving into the non-‐pitch-‐ readable manuscripts of the Old Hispanic Liturgy in an attempt to recapture something of this liturgy’s musical and aesthetic space for a modern, secular, audience.
MYISI, meaning initiation, is specifically inspired by the Palm Sunday ritual – one of the most important rituals within the liturgical calendar. With its inclusion of song, procession, choreographed movement and readings, and its overarching theme of initiation, the Palm Sunday ritual provided an interesting framework on which to base this piece of multidisciplinary music-‐theatre that explores the broader concept of boundary and modern initiation rites” – Litha Efthymiou.
Synopsis
MYISI is divided into four sections. Each section takes its stimulus from a particular event within the Palm Sunday ritual, and is also closely connected to a parallel narrative: the process of cultural assimilation.
The screens and barriers that audience members will encounter throughout the performance represent the different levels of seclusion within the medieval cathedral where said ritual took place. They also symbolise the different boundaries that people have to overcome in order to become initiated into any group, gang, or society.
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