Opera-circus "BABYLON"

Music by Roman Grygoriv, Illia Razumeiko

Directed by Vlad Troitskyi

Premiere: September 17, 2016, GOGOLFEST,Kyiv

Opera-circus "BABYLON" is a story of the birth and death of metaphoric "tower". It is a Biblical

legend about the conflict between man and God, extrapolated on urban tragedy of the modern

city.

A contrasting mix of musical styles transmits mixing of languages and peoples: avant-garde and

pseudo-baroque, trip-hop and rock, shamanic folk and electronic techno, allusions on Italian opera

and French chanson.

A variety of vocal techniques (classical singing, throat singing, jazz improvisation, folk vocal) is

mixed with bizarre instruments: prepared piano, untuned piano, toy piano, electric guitar, string

instruments with a special tuning system, vibraphone, rock drum set, and kalimba.

The structure of opera-circus is a parody on classic opera of the XIX century, which includes

the overture, alternating pathetic choral and dance scenes, arias, duets, and ensembles.

During the performance actors, singers and instrumentalists are moving in the concert hall.

Cast:

Maryana Golovko (soprano)

Anna Marych (soprano)

Andrey Koshman (baritone)

Ruslan Kirsh (baritone)

Yevgeniy Rakhmanin (bass)

Janna Marchynskaya (cello, bas-guitar)

Andrey Nadolskiy (percussion)Roman Grygoriv(conductor, piano, guitar, vibraphone, bass)

Illia Razumeiko (grandpiano, toy piano,guitar,percussion)

4 actors

Stage live visual performance by Aliona Ovramenko

BABYLON`S STAGED GROUP

Vlad Troitskyia stage-director, director and art director of DAK( Centre of Contemporary Arts, the founder of ethno-chaos band DakhaBrakha .

Vlad Troitskyi was born in Ulan-Ude, Russia, . (e graduated at the Radio Technician faculty of Kiev Polytechnic )nstitute in , and finished post-graduate course at Kiev Polytechnic )nstitute in . )n he received his diploma in acting and directing at the Russian Theatre Art Academy in Moscow. Troitskyi is the founder, director and art director of DAK( Centre of Contemporary Arts, where he directed more than performances. )n he founded the

DakhaBrakha ethno-chaos band, and in he launched an audio-visual-theatre-literature-philosophic art project: Festival of Contemporary Art "GogolFest". (e is also founder of the Dakh Daughters Band. Recently in (ungary Vlad Troitskyi directed opera "Die Tote Stadt" "The Dead City" by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. )n he staged the improvisation opera "Coriolanus" based on Shakespeare's tragedy.

BABYLON`S STAGED GROUP

Roman Grygoriva gifted Ukrainian composer, conductor and author of chamber, vocal, symphonic works, and theatrical music.

Roman Grygoriv was born in in )vano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. (e continues postgraduate studies at the National Music Academy master degree in composition – A. Gavrylets’ class . As well, he is the chairman of the artistic foundation

PORTO FRANKO , founder and director of international festivals, such as: the Frank Opera fest, Porto Franko Ukraine , MOZ-ART China , and the Music from Europe in China . Although he had also been an artistic manager of international festivals, including the O-Fest

- Ukraine . Since , Roman has worked as a composer and artist of the National Presidential Orchestra of Ukraine. And since , has been a member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine. )n , together with composer )lya Razumeyko, they created opera-requiem

)YOV for the international festival GogolFest director - Vlad Troitskyi .

BABYLON`S STAGED GROUP

)llia Razumeiko a Ukrainian composer, author of chamber, vocal, symphonic works.

)llia Razumeiko was born in in Zaporozhia, Ukraine. )n , he graduated from Zaporozhia Music College class of music theory . )n

- , he studied at the Kiev Conservatory prof. A. Gavrylets' - composition class and through to

, he worked at the National Theatre of Operetta of Ukraine. )n through

, he studied at the Vienna Conservatory in the class of instrumental composition prof. Martin Lihtfus . Since

, he has been studying electroacoustic composition in the class of prof. Karlheinz Esel. Together, with composer Roman Grygoriv, they organized international festivals, such as the, Frank Opera fest, Porto Franko )vano-Frankivsk, Ukraine , O-Fest- Kyiv, Ukraine , MOZ-ART Shenzhen, China , )nterior )) Vienna,

Austria , and the Music from Europe in (arbin, China . )n , they had

also created an opera-requiem ")YOV" for the V))) )nternational multidisciplinary festival of contemporary art GogolFest

.

BABYLON’S CAST