"Intellectually stimulating and teasingly funny art of our time."
Auli Särkiö-Pitkänen
Auli Särkiö-Pitkänen in Rondo on Voice Box
"This three-hour, precisely timed sound structure is a confusing, constantly moving deconstruction of language, voice and sound. […] The bizarre fascination that the spectacle has created will not get out of your head so quickly."
Vroni Silberg
Vroni Silberg in M.94,5 on NOS
"Voice Box was full of tongue in cheek [...] that allowed the audience to fully join in."
Auli Särkiö-Pitkänen
Auli Särkiö-Pitkänen in Rondo on Voice Box
"The avant-garde business trip to the green creates a situational border experience with a feel-good program."
Anna Schürmer
Anna Schürmer in Neue Musikzeitung on NOS
"The audience […] experiences an masterfull musical performance, which is then deconstructed in an irritating sequence of events at different locations in a deliberately bizarre manner."
Jörn Peter Hiekel
Jörn Peter Hiekel in die Deutsche Bühne on NOS
"Delightful and playful experimental opera from young Finnish composer"
Hilary Glover
Hilary Glover in Planet Hughill on Aikainen
"The most enthusiastic reception got 'ettette' by Miika Hyytiäinen"
Hannu-Ilari Lampila
Hannu-Ilari Lampila HS on ettette
"Genuinely avantgardistic German music theatre."
Kare Eskola
Kare EskolaYLE on Hipstercredo
"Ohrenvergnügendes Tafelkonfekt"
Lauri Otonkoski,
Lauri Otonkoski, HS on Madame Herz und Herr M.
"Musically the performance is excellent."
Jukka Isopuro
Jukka Isopuro HS on Pierrot Lunaire und drei Schattenträume
"Miika Hyytiäinen has composed the score which is full of rich elements."
Hannu Björkbacka
Hannu Björkbacka

This page includes the score, video documentation and the press material of the opera Voice Box by Miika Hyytiäinen.
It is not for open sharing, just for marketing purposes.

Full video documentation of the performance at Helsinki Music Centre (Musiikkitalo) on 18th of May 2017.

You may download the score and read the the original Programme.

Here are some more information we provided for the media:

Website [English]
Press [Finnish]
Press photos [more on request] and the composer

Press articles_

Rondo:

  • “Hilarious theory manifest in a shape of an opera” (Hulvaton teoriamanifesti oopperamuodossa)
  • “intellectually stimulating and funny contemporary performative art.”
    (älyllisesti stimuloivaa ja usein kutkuttavan humoristista uuden ajan esittävää taidetta)
  • “Invites the audience to join in”
    (Tämä kaikki oli tehty tavalla, joka otti yleisön mukaan, ei sulkenut sitä ulos)
  • “you can’t help getting carried away by the energy and tension between the dryness/geekiness and silliness.”
    (Kuivuuden ja lapsekkaan hulluttelun jännite tuntui suorastaan ajavan työryhmää eteenpäin, eikä siihen voinut olla tempautumatta mukaan

Hufvudstadsbladet

  • “Playful rebellion against the opera tradition” (Lekfullt uppror mot operatraditionen)
  • “The composer Miika Hyytiäinen’s strength has always been the ability to perform musical dramatically appealing stories” (Kompositören Miika Hyytiäinens styrka har alltid varit förmågan att framföra musikdramaturgiskt tilltalande berättelser)

Press contact: media(æ)miika.info

We would like to express our sincere gratitude:

The memes used in the opera’s videos and in this booklet are from the Facebook group ”Opera Singer Memes“
My deepest gratitude to meme mezzos Kayla Collingwoodil and Cassie Kutev for allowing me to use this material.
I am also deeply grateful for the support of the professors and the students of DocMus doctoral school.

The logo of the opera was created by gentil.fi – thanks to Ulla Sainio.

The premier of this production has been supported by Sibelius-Akatemian tukisäätio ja Suomen kulttuurirahasto

Not to forget:

Marc Sabat
Chaya Czernowin
Margarete Huber
Lisa Fornhammer
Anna-Maija Oka
Lydia Bechtel
Joshua Stewart
Heli Rislakki
Hyytiäiset ja Hämeet ja Hellu.

"Intellectually stimulating and teasingly funny art of our time."
Auli Särkiö-Pitkänen
Auli Särkiö-Pitkänen in Rondo on Voice Box
"This three-hour, precisely timed sound structure is a confusing, constantly moving deconstruction of language, voice and sound. […] The bizarre fascination that the spectacle has created will not get out of your head so quickly."
Vroni Silberg
Vroni Silberg in M.94,5 on NOS
"Voice Box was full of tongue in cheek [...] that allowed the audience to fully join in."
Auli Särkiö-Pitkänen
Auli Särkiö-Pitkänen in Rondo on Voice Box
"The avant-garde business trip to the green creates a situational border experience with a feel-good program."
Anna Schürmer
Anna Schürmer in Neue Musikzeitung on NOS
"The audience […] experiences an masterfull musical performance, which is then deconstructed in an irritating sequence of events at different locations in a deliberately bizarre manner."
Jörn Peter Hiekel
Jörn Peter Hiekel in die Deutsche Bühne on NOS
"Delightful and playful experimental opera from young Finnish composer"
Hilary Glover
Hilary Glover in Planet Hughill on Aikainen
"The most enthusiastic reception got 'ettette' by Miika Hyytiäinen"
Hannu-Ilari Lampila
Hannu-Ilari Lampila HS on ettette
"Genuinely avantgardistic German music theatre."
Kare Eskola
Kare EskolaYLE on Hipstercredo
"Ohrenvergnügendes Tafelkonfekt"
Lauri Otonkoski,
Lauri Otonkoski, HS on Madame Herz und Herr M.
"Musically the performance is excellent."
Jukka Isopuro
Jukka Isopuro HS on Pierrot Lunaire und drei Schattenträume
"Miika Hyytiäinen has composed the score which is full of rich elements."
Hannu Björkbacka
Hannu Björkbacka

 Miika Hyytiäinen

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