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The electroacoustic opera Orphee 53, written by Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henri, was premiered at the Donneschaugen Music Festival in the Summer of 1953. 20 minute version -
Opera with tape used for sound effects. 12-tone idiom. 2:48
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Opera by Karl-Birger Blomdahl that includes a tape track, which represents the role of a computer in the opera full video
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An opera written for radio, recorded on tape in 1962. Includes tape processes of overlapping voices/instruments full audio
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Multimedia opera including video, multiple stage platforms, electronic music etc.
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Wrote the libretto himself. " The orchestral accompaniment is entirely subservient to, and independent of; the voices, and consists for the most part of colourful sound-effects, supplemented by the occasional use of pre-recorded sounds, such as breaking glass, traffic noises, water splashing, and so on." more info
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Libretto by Heinz von Cramer Orchestra and Tape
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4 female voices, 2 actors, harp, guitar (+ electric guitar, banjo), mandolin, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano (+ harpsichord, celesta), accordion, 6 percussion, fixed media
Uses a voice (the Poet) recorded on tape
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"Somers complemented the linguistic diversity of the libretto by embracing a range of musical styles that placed diatonic melodies, popular song, and lyricism in juxtaposition and superimposition with abstract atonal writing, Sprechstimme, and electronically generated sounds." Electronics happen between scenes excerpt from tv version
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singers, speaker, synth, recorded sounds full video
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"A Multi-Media Pop-Opera Extravaganza with Pop Singers, Opera Singers, Orchestra, Rock Band, Electronic Tape, Raga Group, Tape Recorder, G**** Ensemble, and Elephants"
Electronic music realized by Pril Smiley
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"Morality" or protest work with amplification and live electronics, mostly distortion, of voice and instruments.
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Narrator, two electronic tracks. Video. Baritone, choir
Words: Louis Coxe,
Electronics: Herbert Deutsch,
Visuals: Howard Breqstein
Music: Richard Arnell
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Text by Robin Hamilton.
Soprano, SATB choir, 3 flutes, 2 guitars, 6 percussion, jazz ensemble (alto flute, electric guitar, piano, drums), pre-recorded tape.
First performance: May 72. University of York
Article by the composer
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Opera for "soloists, choir, and electronic music" - tape opera.
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TV opera with orchestra, electronic instruments, microtones interview with Eaton
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Libretto: Gwen Harwood
Instrumentation: Soprano, altos, tenor, baritones, speaking voices, mixed choir, electric guitar, bass guitar, flute, piccolo, violin, keyboards, percussion, VCS3 synthesizer, eventide phaser, high flier, ring modulator, computer, multitrack recording, tape echo.
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Stockhausen's monumental electronic/multimedia opera cycle was composed between 1977 and 2003. The cycle includes operas for every day of the week. Exerpts
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3 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, 4 contraltos, baritone, bass, non-singing female role, SATB choir, mime chorus, 7 wind instruments, timpani, percussion, piano, strings, electronic tape. Text by Robin Lee after the story by Hans Christian Andersen More Info
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Libretto by composer choir (SATB), tape, Hawaiian folk singer, Japanese Classical singer, rock group with film and video. review
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This opera has electronic instruments and prerecorded elements.
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"tragedy of listening" which used a complex setup for live electronic processing. [full video] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joteZTLpHdE&ab_channel=newmusicostrava} paper on space in prometeo
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Alice Shields opera in 1 act for 4 singers, chorus, 4 instruments & fixed audio media.
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Christopher Yavelow. "First computer-assisted opera" ...
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Tod Machover's first electronic opera
"A spectacle with live performers, computer music, and multi-screen video projections"
Uses two "Hyperinstruments" keyboard and percussion
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Alice Shields opera in 1 act for 4 singers, chorus, 4 instruments & fixed audio media
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Anne LeBaron is from Baton Rouge
for four principals, three-part female chorus, twelve-part mixed chorus, eight instruments, tape
elements of blues, jazz, pop, rock, and folk
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Alice Shields opera in 2 acts for 3 singers, chorus, dancers, electric guitar, electronic keyboard & fixed audio media
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scored for chorus, Appalachian band (2 singers, fiddle, guitar, hammer dulcimer, banjo) keyboard and electronic playback Video about making the work
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Barry Truax electroacoustic opera for six singers, two dancers, video tape and eight digital soundtracks. Gay themes!
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" six singers, small chamber orchestra, jazz ensemble and electronic tape." audio
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Opera for single speaker, tape, and video. "Downtown Opera" full performance
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Tod Machover's interactive opera experience with electronic instruments
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9 singers, large orchestra and electronics.
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Opera Bouffe in 11 scenes for 2 singers, male chorus and pre-recorded sound
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Kyle Gann wrote this work for solo performer, midi instruments, and keyboard. The midi instruments are tuned in Just Intonation. The opera is a highly portable "pocket opera" Full audio
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Libretto by Amin Maalouf.
Largescale work for orchestra and electronics.
"The electronics for this opera can be run with a Max patch that plays the pre-recorded sound files, which should be diffused on two quadraphonic spaces: one vertical space around the front of the stage, and one horizontal space around the audience."
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Orchestra and tape.
"the sounds in the pit are combined with pre-recorded material (realised using the technology at IRCAM), projected through 16 loudspeakers arrayed around the auditorium"
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microtonal chamber opera for six singers, three synthesizers, flute, and fretless bass
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"The music is composed very specifically from Kristin [Norderval]. Much of the electronic material is derived from recordings of her singing and speaking, and I used various computer tools to analyze her voice so that the vocal writing follows her sonic "fingerprint". "
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libretto by Douglas Kearney mezzo-soprano, percussion (vibes, drum set, small instruments and toy piano), fixed audio, live processing Score excerpt
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8 singers: lyric coloratura soprano, lyric soprano, dramatic mezzo, contralto, dramatic tenor, lyric tenor, tenor, bass-baritone
2 male actors; 8 actors/dancers (optional)
chamber orchestra, fixed audio Info and excerpt