ALBARN WRITES MUSIC FOR OPERA
ALBARN WRITES MUSIC FOR OPERA
02/03/2007 17:46
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GORILLAZ and BLUR star DAMON ALBARN is writing the score for an opera called
MONKEY: A JOURNEY TO THE WEST. The British singer-songwriter has urged fans
to buy tickets for the show, insisting it will open their eyes to a side of
the arts which may never have interested them before.
He says, "I hope people come and see it because it might change their idea of
what an opera is all about." Albarn is no stranger to the genre, having
written music for opera as a child with Blur bandmate GRAHAM COXON.
He explains, "When I was a kid, I used to write for orchestral instruments.
In fact GRAHAM COXON and I entered a composing competition when we were 15.
"There weren't many entries, so it's not important. But with the opera, I had
to remember a lot of stuff, and I've been learning about the form and structure
of operatic music. I've been making it up as I've been going along. "I had
to take it to operatic companies in Paris and Germany. It's a very different
world... very traditional and very contained."
Monkey: A Journey To The West is a re-working of the ancient Chinese legend
JOURNEY TO THE WEST, and will be staged in Manchester, northern England, as
part of the Manchester International Festival this summer (07).
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