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.