Opera · Los Angeles · 2010
Tongues
Bloody Tongues
A fictionalized Saddam narrates and conducts the orchestra, unreliably re-imagining six thousand years.
Opera · Los Angeles · 2010
A fictionalized Saddam narrates and conducts the orchestra, unreliably re-imagining six thousand years.
Tongues Bloody Tongues was a collaborative opera premiered by Los Angeles collective Killsonic in 2010 at REDCAT. It attempts to tell the story of Iraq, with a fictionalized Saddam narrating and conducting the orchestra and unreliably re-imagining six thousand years. Multiple members of Killsonic composed sections of the piece; others were realized as group improvisations. The libretto was written by Joseph Tepperman.
REDCAT, Los Angeles · 2010
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