Hermes Opera at WRO Biennale 2013
Channel: Karl Heinz Jeron
Date: 2013-05-13

Hermes has been one of the highlights of the WRO Biennale 2013
http://wro2013.wrocenter.pl/site/en/works/rings-of-saturn/hermes/

A mobile phone opera in four acts. Hermes is a unique opera performed by singing robots. Its libretto is based/was written upon mobile phones conversations heard unintentionally by the artist on the public transport means. These interrupted passages of anonymous fellow travelers constitute a classical story of love and sex, betrayal and guilt, mystery and suffering. Tiny robots — two soloists and a choir — made out of common, everyday, ready—made objects and materials, move around the stage covered with pictures and images appearing on the screen according to keywords included in the libretto of the opera.

Please find the libretto in English and German at http://jeron.org/hermes/hermes_libretto.pdf

And don't foget to switch on Youtube's subtitles (German, English, Polish)