"Mytomato is a brilliant piece, dancing away on the borders of parody and multi-layered commentary – musical and extra-musical – all woven together with witty irony and creative craziness."
"Die grafische Notationstechnik Soune, an der der Komponist seit Jahren arbeitet, transzendiert durch ihre visuelle Komponenete die Grenzen traditioneller Notation und bietet Raum für humorvolle, tiefgründige und gleichzeitig körperliche Erlebnisse auf der Bühne. "
"Intellectually stimulating and teasingly funny art of our time."
"A peculiar, yet ever-so-wonderful mixture of absurd comedy and versatile virtuosity, gorgeously performed by Heikkilä and Kozlovski"
"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."
"Voice Box was full of tongue in cheek [...] that allowed the audience to fully join in."
"The avant-garde business trip to the green creates a situational border experience with a feel-good program."
"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."
"Delightful and playful experimental opera from young Finnish composer"
"Genuinely avantgardistic German music theatre."
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_
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.
"Mytomato is a brilliant piece, dancing away on the borders of parody and multi-layered commentary – musical and extra-musical – all woven together with witty irony and creative craziness."
"Die grafische Notationstechnik Soune, an der der Komponist seit Jahren arbeitet, transzendiert durch ihre visuelle Komponenete die Grenzen traditioneller Notation und bietet Raum für humorvolle, tiefgründige und gleichzeitig körperliche Erlebnisse auf der Bühne. "
"Intellectually stimulating and teasingly funny art of our time."
"A peculiar, yet ever-so-wonderful mixture of absurd comedy and versatile virtuosity, gorgeously performed by Heikkilä and Kozlovski"
"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."
"Voice Box was full of tongue in cheek [...] that allowed the audience to fully join in."
"The avant-garde business trip to the green creates a situational border experience with a feel-good program."
"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."
"Delightful and playful experimental opera from young Finnish composer"
"Genuinely avantgardistic German music theatre."