XS: The Opera Opus

XS: The Opera Opus was a no wave avant-garde music and art performance created by Rhys Chatham and Joseph Nechvatal in the mid 1980s. [1][2] Jane Lawrence Smith sang the lead role in the Boston performance and Yves Musard danced the main role. [3] Its theme was the excess of the nuclear weapon buildup of the Ronald Reagan presidency.[4][5]

XS the Opera: Shakespeare Theatre, Boston

XS: The Opera at Shakespeare Theatre, Boston

XS: The Opera, Shakespeare Theatre, Boston was the final production and consisted of three soprano singers, 4 trumpets, six electric guitars. bass, drums, 35 mm slide projection and dance. The duration was 90 minutes. Choreography: Yves Musard, 35 mm cross-fade art slides: Joseph Nechvatal

Musicians: Rhys Chatham (conductor) with Pamela Fleming, Steven Haynes, Ben Neill, James O'Connor, David Wonsey, Karen Haglof, Robert Poss, Mitch Salmon, Bill Brovold, Tim Schellenbaum, Conrad Kinard, J.P., Peggy Ackerman, Jane Lawrence Smith, Elly Spiegel.

Performance history
XS: The Opera performance at the XS the Pyramid Club 1984
  • 1986
  • XS: The Opera, Shakespeare Theatre, Boston
  • 1985
  • XS: Night of Power, 8BC, New York, NY
  • XS: Night of Power: art installation, Quando, New York, NY
  • XS: art installation, Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina University
  • 1984
  • XS: The Opera Opus, Pyramid Club, New York, NY
  • XS: The Opera Opus, Club Danceteria, New York, NY
  • XS: The Opera Opus, 8BC, New York, NY
  • XS: The Opera Opus, Elaine Dannheisser Foundation, New York, NY

See also

Footnotes
  1. Die Donnergötter (LP, CD), Table of the Elements/Radium 2006 by Rhys Chatham CD book p. 14
  2. XS: An Installation, Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville catalogue
  3. Brooks, Rosetta "Interview-Rhys Chatham & Joseph Nechvatal", ZG, (#12 Fall)
  4. XS: An Installation, Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville catalogue
  5. Willoughby Sharp, "Joseph Nechvatal, Machine Language Books, 1984. pp. 52-55.

References

Further reading
  • Paula Court, New York Noise: Art and Music from the New York Underground 1978-88 (2007) Soul Jazz Records
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