Damon Albarn is composing Goethe opera, The Magic Flute II: La Malédiction
Damon Albarn has revealed that he has scored an "electro-opera" which is a sequel to Mozart's The Magic Flute.
A synopsis for the forthcoming release reads: "Who knew that Goethe had written a script for a sequel to Mozart's The Magic Flute ? Jean-Luc Choplin had the idea of giving Damon Albarn, with whom he had already worked at the Théâtre du Châtelet ( Monkey: Journey to the West and wonder.land ), the task of writing a score based on a libretto after Goethe by Jeremy Sams."
Behind the scenes of The Magic Flute II : La Malediction
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"The idea of me writing an opera and for it to be a continuation of The Magic Flute sounds ridiculous, it was and is, not only was I grappling with the genius of Mozart but I had Goethe to contend with too!! I suppose I took a relatively reductionist approach to the question, how the fuck do I do this? The answer came from a surprising source but one no less brilliant, Kraftwerk," says Damon Albarn.
The Magic Flute II: La Malédiction, will premiere on 27-30 March at Théâtre du Lido in Paris. For more information visit lido2paris.com.
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