Abdul Alhazred
8th June 2008, 11:24 AM
This is science, dammit! http://skepticalcommunity.com/phpbb2/images/smiles/LMAO.gif
The operatic truth according to Al Gore (http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article4087329.ece)
The Times (UK)
THE home of grand opera will soon be staging a different kind of tragedy. La Scala in Milan has commissioned a musical version of An Inconvenient Truth, the apocalyptic eco-documentary presented by Al Gore, the former American vice-president.
Gore will be replaced on stage by a cast of tenors and at least one soprano as the story of man-made climate change is told. The makers believe this format will be more suited to the 230-year-old opera house than the graph-heavy lectures given by Gore in his Oscar-winning 2006 film.
Gore, 60, will pick up a writing credit for his part in the work when it is performed in the opera house that hosted the premieres of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly and Verdi’s Nabucco. He and his wife, Tipper, will also be at the premiere.
The music is being written by Giorgio Battistelli, whose past operas include works based on the Frankenstein story and on the writings of Jules Verne. The composer believes an operatic treament of Gore’s film will allow people to see the dangers facing the world in a new light.
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The operatic truth according to Al Gore (http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article4087329.ece)
The Times (UK)
THE home of grand opera will soon be staging a different kind of tragedy. La Scala in Milan has commissioned a musical version of An Inconvenient Truth, the apocalyptic eco-documentary presented by Al Gore, the former American vice-president.
Gore will be replaced on stage by a cast of tenors and at least one soprano as the story of man-made climate change is told. The makers believe this format will be more suited to the 230-year-old opera house than the graph-heavy lectures given by Gore in his Oscar-winning 2006 film.
Gore, 60, will pick up a writing credit for his part in the work when it is performed in the opera house that hosted the premieres of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly and Verdi’s Nabucco. He and his wife, Tipper, will also be at the premiere.
The music is being written by Giorgio Battistelli, whose past operas include works based on the Frankenstein story and on the writings of Jules Verne. The composer believes an operatic treament of Gore’s film will allow people to see the dangers facing the world in a new light.
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