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FULL SYNTHETICA… A Toxic Enchantment (Karen Wimhurst) London 2019 Brittany Soriano
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Synthetica... A Toxic Enchantment
- Composer: Wimhurst Karen
- Libretto: text, arranged by Karen Wimhurst Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: The Place, London, UK
- Recorded: August 8, 2019
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Brittany Soriano
- Conductor:
- Orchestra: Instrumental Ensemble
- Stage Director: Katharine Piercey
- Costume Designer: Paige Gregory, Sandra Philips
Information about the Recording
- Published by: tete a tete
- Date Published: 2019
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Vinyl crackles… a locked groove… the breaking of plastic waves. In an attic of bubblewrap, the story of our synthetic world is unpacked. 1907; an era brimming with bakelite excitement dawns; the end of poverty and exploiting our natural world… no need for ivory… a glorious democracy built with this material of endless forms. The polymer parade begins; the scintillation of cellophane, advertising and consumerism takes hold; easy wipe clean living, the immorality of single use throwaways.
Synthetica is a fractured sung narrative exploring the Midas touch of our times… so much made possible within the heartbeat of environmental catastrophe.
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