THE ROUTE
COMPOSER, PERFORMER
2024
COMPOSER, PERFORMER
2024
An opera "Route" is a collective experience of virtual traversal of the path on the Losiny Island with an unclear purpose. The libretto of the opera is
divided into two parts - it's the personal narrative of the traveler and comments from Wikimaps* about the places on the map through which the route is completed. The texts of these comments are set to music of collective authorship in a multi-polar genre diversity, forming what is called Hymments (hymnody of comments). The statements of commentators are a historical document, and the Losiny Island is a nature reserve in Moscow, which may soon cease to exist in the form it does now. The libretto was written in 2016, and the Hymments, which were heard on the tree tops or power line supports back then, now echo the geography that has turned into memory.
divided into two parts - it's the personal narrative of the traveler and comments from Wikimaps* about the places on the map through which the route is completed. The texts of these comments are set to music of collective authorship in a multi-polar genre diversity, forming what is called Hymments (hymnody of comments). The statements of commentators are a historical document, and the Losiny Island is a nature reserve in Moscow, which may soon cease to exist in the form it does now. The libretto was written in 2016, and the Hymments, which were heard on the tree tops or power line supports back then, now echo the geography that has turned into memory.