Ghost Opera (1995)
Director: Manfred Waffender
Composer: Tan Dun (The composer of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero")
Performance: The Kronos Quartet, Wu Man
Genre: Avant-garde, Stage Performance
Length: 37 min
Color: Black and White/Color
Language: None
Nice Reviews: http://www.mondo-marion.com/ghost.html
This is TanDun's best and most wellknown experimental performance.
The Kronos Quartet performs Tan Dun's "Ghost Opera," a blend of sophisticated techniques with folk traditions which required the musicians to become peformance artists, chanting text and playing a variety of instruments from gongs dipped in water to finger-cymbals. An electrifying theatrical experience!
This is one of the most relaxing and enjoyable pieces I've heard in a long while. It gives such a nice message, and a possitive message. Communication. everything from shouting to odd bowings blend wonderfully. Tan Dun has used more progressive techniques tastefully, and not with a blantant sense of "this is new and weird, I'll use it", which is what one will get with a lot of modern music. It has quite a few lovely depths to it; truly 4 dimentional music. I recommend having some friends over, having a few mixed drinks, have a listen, and openly discuss what you find it to be about. You shouldn't be suprised to hear anything from Shakespeare, Bach, to violence, free-association, Frued, anti-establishment, etc., etc.
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