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' (, beginning and ending with a glottal stop) is the first opera in the Klingon language, billed as "The first authentic Klingon opera on Earth". It was composed by Eef van Breen to a libretto by Kees Ligtelijn and Marc Okrand under the artistic direction of Floris Schönfeld. The story of ' is based on the epic legend of "Kahless the Unforgettable", a messianic figure in the fictional Klingon history. The premiere of the opera in The Hague on 10 September 2010 was a success, and the opera has been revived since then. Background The Klingon language was first conceived by actor James Doohan, who played Montgomery Scott ("Scotty") in the original ''Star Trek'' television series, for '' Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' (1979). He created some harsh-sounding words to be spoken by Klingon characters. The producers hired linguist Marc Okrand for the sequels to expand this into a full-fledged language with its own unique vocabulary, grammar, and idioms. Okrand designed the language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klingon Language
The Klingon language ( tlh, tlhIngan Hol, links=no, '' '': , ) is the constructed language spoken by a fictional alien race called the Klingons, in the ''Star Trek'' universe. Described in the 1985 book ''The Klingon Dictionary'' by Marc Okrand and deliberately designed to sound "alien", it has a number of typologically uncommon features. The language's basic sound, along with a few words, was devised by actor James Doohan (" Scotty") and producer Jon Povill for '' Star Trek: The Motion Picture''. That film marked the first time the language had been heard. In all previous appearances, Klingons spoke in English, even to each other. Klingon was subsequently developed by Okrand into a full-fledged language. Klingon is sometimes referred to as ''Klingonese'' (most notably in the ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' episode "The Trouble with Tribbles", where it was actually pronounced by a Klingon character as "Klingonee" ), but among the Klingon-speaking community, this is often u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eef Van Breen
Eef van Breen (born 3 January 1978) is a Dutch jazz trumpeter, singer, arranger and composer. Eef van Breen was born in Westerbork in the Dutch province of Drenthe.In 2010, van Breen wrote the music for ''ʼuʼ'', the first opera in the Klingon language. His debut album ''Playing Games'' (2010, Challenge Jazz) obtained an Edison Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These invention ... nomination. Challenge Records Discography *''Playing Games'' ( Challenge, 2010) *''Changing Scenes'' (Challenge, 2011) |
Science Fiction Opera
Science fiction opera is a subgenre of science fiction. It refers to operas whose subject-matter fits in the science fiction genre. Like science-fiction literature, science-fiction operas may be set in the future and involve spaceflight or alien invasion. Other science-fiction operas focus on a dystopian view of the future. Like Lorin Maazel's opera ''1984'', they may be based on a previously written science fiction book. List of science fiction operas The following is a partial list of science fiction operas. *Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916–1968): ''Aniara'' (based on the poem of that name by Harry Martinson) *Viktor Ullmann (1898–1944): '' The Emperor of Atlantis'' *Eef van Breen (born 1978) '' ’u’'', the first opera in Klingon *Gavin Bryars (born 1943): '' Doctor Ox's Experiment'' (based on the book by Jules Verne) *Philip Glass (born 1937): ''The Making of the Representative for Planet 8'' and ''The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five'' (based on the books by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Van Zanten
Henri Carel van Zanten (18 March 1957 – 22 May 2020) was a Dutch artist, based in Rotterdam. Early life and education Van Zanten was born in Rotterdam, but spent a large part of his youth in Canada and South Africa. Because of that he could easily adapt to new environments and languages.Biography on the Huygens Music Festival website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
