Apparently Swedish alt synth pop techno electro legends The Knife performed their own opera last year. As a bit of a fan myself I'm gutted I didn't hear about it but yay for bumper CD packs because a studio version of the Opera 'Tomorrow, In A Year' will be released on 1st March 2010.
'Tomorrow, In A Year' was a collaboration between the siblings, Mt Sims and Planningtorock (good name) commissioned by Danish performance group Hotel Pro Forma to write the music for an opera based on Charles Darwin's book 'On The Origin Of The Species'. Sound like the sort of Knifery that will turn out another contemporary masterpiece although no doubt on a different slant to the highly pluadited solo project 'Fever Ray' by sister Karen.
"At first it was very difficult as we really didn’t know anything about opera," explains brother Olof. "We'd never been to one. I didn't even know what the word libretto meant. But after some studying, and just getting used to opera's essence of pretentious and dramatic gestures, I found that there is a lot to learn and play with. In fact, our ignorance gave us a positive respectless approach to making opera." Olof continues. "I really like the basic theatrical values of opera and the easy way it brings forward a narrative. We’ve approached this before in The Knife but never in such a clear way." If you have seen The Knife live before you'll notice these theatrical undertones in their music and live performance but their music set to an opera is something I'll kick myself for missing well past the studio version's release date.
For a taste of whats coming a free download of 'Colouring Of Pigeons' is available from Sound Cloud or from the player below.
http://theknife.net
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