А Fall from Grace
an opera didascalia for singers and all sorts of trash
А Fall from Grace
an opera didascalia for singers and all sorts of trash
  • Dmitry Otyakovsky
    stage director
    А Fall from Grace is the world's first opera written specifically for staging as an AR app. Created as part of the festival-promenade The Old Woman's Route, dedicated to the works of Daniil Kharms, the opera was presented in a performance-in-pocket format. All that was needed to watch it was a downloaded app and a portrait of Kharms, on which the camera had to be pointed to view the augmented reality sounding objects.

    The main characters of А Fall from Grace — Adam, Eve and the Serpent played out the biblical story, colorfully depicted by digital artist Yegor Pshenichny. The visual solution refers the viewer to web-punk aesthetics. Composer Rustam Sagdiyev wrote the score for an unusual ensemble, including block flute, saxophone, guitar, ukulele, and other instruments rarely seen in the opera genre.
Cast:
Eve — Alina Otyakovskaya
Adam — Vadim Yakimov
Master Leonardo — Rustam Sagdiev
Figura — Dmitry Otyakovsky
The Serpent, The Angel with a fiery sword — decided to remain anonymous

Musicians:
The ancient Babylonian instruments — Rustam Sagdiev
ASMR apple — Ksenia Sagdieva.
Piano — Rustam Sagdiev

Credits:
Composer — Rustam Sagdiev
Libretto — Daniil Kharms
AR Artist — Yegor Pshenichny
Stage Director — Dmitry Otyakovsky
Download the app:
(you will also need a portrait of Kharms)
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