Letters of Happiness
a generative opera by Dmitri Kourliandski
Act one
Sunrise in Argleton city. Mrs. Lisa McCargo presentation. Mr. Martin Bernard Marclord presentation. Mr. Abraham Ali M presentation. Mrs. Katrina Ziako presentation. Сocktail lounge bar.
Act two
Mr. Martin Bernard Marclord feels lost. Mrs. Katrina Ziako & Mr. Abraham Ali M dance. Mrs. Lisa McCargo: "Just remember to dream". Sunset in Argleton city.
Act three
"…we have heard the wings of the Angel…" Mr. Abraham Ali M reading LAST WARNING by Anonymous Hacker. Valley of Whispers.
Act four
Argleton anthems. Mrs. Katrina Ziako tells the story of Anonymous Hacker.
Act five
"There may be a way to solve all our problems." Online conference.
Act six
"So quiet beneath the ground." "All red over the bullshit." "So comely on the rain." "Weird and glittering under the bullshit." "We are huge over the fire." Coffee house slam poetry.
Act seven
Back to the Valley of Whispers. The enchanted piano. The end.
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Text materials:
spam-box letters; random generated texts (
www.lipsum.com,
www.porfirevich.ru); random generated poetry (
www.languageisavirus.com); generative story (
www.plot-generator.org.uk).
Music materials:
computer voices; random generated melodies (
www.random-music-generators.herokuapp.com); free music loops samples. Saxophone sample recorded by Alexey Kruglov. Guitar sample recorded by Vladimir Gorlinsky. Electric piano sample recorded by Anton Svetlichny. Composed with «dekompozitor» software developed by Dmitri Kourliandski and Oleg Makarov. Edited and mastered in Logic Pro X.
released June 5, 2020