Fausto Romitelli (1963-2004) - An Index of Metals
Fausto Romitelli (1963-2004) - An Index of Metals
Video-opera for soprano soloist, ensemble, multimedia projection and electronics, 2003
Contemporary | 2005 | 49'35 | APE + CUE | 277 MB
Ensemble Ictus, Brussels - Georges-Elie Octors, conductor
Video-opera for soprano soloist, ensemble, multimedia projection and electronics, 2003
Contemporary | 2005 | 49'35 | APE + CUE | 277 MB
Ensemble Ictus, Brussels - Georges-Elie Octors, conductor
An Index of Metals:
01. Introduzione
02. Primo Intermezzo
03. Hellucination 1: Drowningirl
04. Secondo Intermezzo
05. Drowningirl II
06. Terzo Intermezzo
07. Drowningirl III
08. Adagio
09. Quarto Intermezzo
10. Hellucinations 2/3: Risingirl/Earpiercingbells
11. Finale
12. Cadenza
Music : Fausto Romitelli
Texts : Kenka Lekovich
Video : Paolo Pacchini, Léonardo Romoli
Musical informatics production: Stefano Bonetti and Paolo Pachini
Techno intermissions by courtesy of Pan Sonic
The aim of Index of Metals is to turn the secular form of opera into an experience of total perception, plunging the spectator into an incandescent matter that is both luminous and sonorous, a magma of flowing sounds, shapes and colours, with no narrative but that of hypnosis, possession and trance. It is a lay ritual, rather like the light shows of 1960s or today’s rave parties in which space, having assumed a solid form through the volume of sound and visual saturation appears to twist into a thousand anamorphoses. Rather than calling on our analytical ability, like most contemporary music, An Index of Metals aims to take possession of the body with its over exposition of senses and pleasure.Fausto Romitelli