A notice from Damon Albarn

The thought of me writing  an opera and for it to be a continuation of The Magic Flute sounds ridiculous, it was and is, not solely was I grappling with the genius of Mozart however I had Goethe to cope with too !! I suppose I took a comparatively reductionist strategy to the question, how the fuck do I do that ? The answer got here from a shocking source however one no less sensible, Kraftwerk.

A word from Jeremy Sams

It was Jean-Luc Choplin that introduced me to Goethe’s proposed sequel to Mozart’s Magic Flute. To my shame and surprise I hadn’t even heard of it ! Lots of Goethe’s inventions have been irresistible. Papageno and Papagena producing a brood of singing bird-children. Tamino and Pamina unable, by way of a curse, to console one another over their stolen youngster…

My job was to construction this 12-page fragment into an unique electro opera. After which to put in writing verses to encourage Damon – who in turn would inspire me. Our collaboration led us into instructions which would have stunned, and I hope, delighted Goethe. 

From a kidnapping during a rave, by way of an all-seeing fowl and a hysterical man-queen, to a vision of the top of the world, our sequel has turned out to be wonderfully weird – virtually as bizarre as its unique. It has stunned and delighted us.

by way of Lido 2 Paris [X]