The chamber opera has been going on for about a decade in the distant future. The main character lives with an intangible artificial intelligence – Digital Assistant on behalf of DIA. This is the era when physical distance – the legacy of the epidemic and global digitization – has become the dominant lifestyle, and the currency “contact”, equivalent to one view of virtual content, has been recognized as a global currency. Everyone participates in the struggle for “contacts”, while the woman’s voice-speaking DIA dreams of gaining a body to build a full-fledged relationship with her master. And what will he say about this idea himself?
Original work Contact made with the target programs of the State Culture Capital Fund Support for the development of the musical theater genre financial support and is the opera debut genre of composer Edgar Māken, who has also recently graduated from the composition department of JVLMA. Mākens has gathered a bright creative team – poet, author of texts Sergejs Timofejevs, director Inārs Sluckis and artist Krišs Salmanis, as well as young artists – musician Alice Rancāns and string quartet JUNO.
The title roles are performed by the soloist of the Latvian National Opera Kalvis Kalniņš and the young soloist Kitija Mināte. Work on the chamber opera began in the spring of 2020, when we first experienced forced self-isolation caused by a pandemic. Inspired by and responding to the events, emotions and situations that people experience and feel, the artists fantasized about how such lasting isolation could develop.
Composer: Edgars Mākens. Libretto: Sergey Timofeyev. Directed by Ināra Slucka. Soloists: Kalvis Kalnins and Kitty Mint. Participants: string quartet JUNO (Otto Trapan, violin 1; Undine Cercina, violin 2; Paula Kronentale, viola; Undine Balode, cello). Scenography, video: Krišs Salmanis.
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