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## The Opera!

Featuring:
**BLIND MAG**

In Her Farewell Appearance

**THE SINGLE MOTHER SYMPHONY**

TOKYO LOMBARDI

GENECO BIG BAND

THE GENECO CHORUS

and

**AMBER SWEET**
Debut Vocal Performance

Brought to you as always by your friends at GeneCo!

*A preproduction image of the front and back of this year's Genetic Opera Programme.*

R.A. Industries, LLC. © 2007, 2008.

## Past Historical Events

**Past GeneCo Sponsored Opera Events**

**Blind Mag: Corpus Crusade Tour 2048**

"Mag's vocals soar to wonderous heights never before heard by human ears. She is truly an amazing vocalist and has a very bright future ahead of her." - Zydrate Magazine

**Amber Sweet: Dress Rehearsal for an Opera**

"Amber Sweet can control a runway. This Fashion Show that opened GeneCo's Genetic Opera this year was remarkable. One day she'll have a set of pipes transplanted and I can see her being their new star." - Lon Stevens, The Star Press

**GeneCo Chorus: The Organ Auction Opera**

"Come finance your life tonight at geneCO’s widely-televised Organ Opera Extravaganza, where Luigii, Pavi, Rotti and the beautiful GeneCo Chorus will auction off the latest in Italiano-made body fashion. Start your bidding!" - Genetic Monthly

**Blind Mag: Voice of a Generation (La Voce Di Una Generazione)**

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"This particular Blind Mag tour has a message, she speaks on behalf of her generation, and it's definitely something that desperately needs to be heard!" - Organs For You

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**Single Mother Symphony: Sympathy (Live on Pay-Per-View)**

"The story of a Single Mother was the most revealing opera I have ever seen. I took two of my teenage cousins and we had to order the Pay-Per-View so that they could see more of this amazingly talented woman than they had seen before." - John Hancock, Television Multiplex Magazine

**Blind Mag: Tao of Mag '053 (A Benefit for Blindness)**

"This Mag tour was of epic proportions. Giant stages, new songs, millions of people. And all for charity no less! Wonderful!" - The National Blind Persons Association

R.A. Industries, LLC. © 2007, 2008.

## Information

**For Your Information**

GeneCo's "The Genetic Opera" will be held on November 7th. This year's event is a celebration of many things. We will be bidding a fond farewell to our flagship artist Blind Mag, as she will be retiring after her final concert. We will also be celebrating the recent success of the GeneCo Community Outreach Program, as well as witness the passing of the torch from Rotti Largo to one of his heirs, speculated to be either his daughter Amber or one of his two sons Luigi & Pavi Largo. This spectacular televised event will be held at the newly rebuilt Largo theater.

R.A. Industries, LLC. © 2007, 2008.

## Promotions

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**LOCAL PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL**

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Limited Theatrical Release
(November 7th-13th 2008)
San Francisco/Berkeley
Los Angeles/Pasadena
Las Vegas
Austin
New York City
Minneapolis
Toronto (November 21)
Repo Road Tour
Portland (November 10)
Seattle (November 11)
Chicago (November 12)
Kansas City (November 13)
Pittsburgh (November 14)
Atlanta (November 15)
Orlando (November 16)
Promotional materials created by Repo Army Members:
Necromerchant, Little-Glass-Vial, Convulsion

## Program

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Immense thanks to Scrapyard for scanning and sending me the following!

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This is followed by no longer existing photographs

## Poe

The purpose of this page is solely to present evidence to Poe fans of her involvement in the soundtrack recording of Repo! the Genetic Opera.

Shock til You Drop The Repo Recording Sessions Article (posted 9/4/2007)

http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=1255

...

In one recording room, soundtrack producer Joseph Bishara (composer of The Gravedancers) and a pair of engineers are hustling to lay down some tracks with contributing backup singers Poe, Nina Bergman of Dead Rose Beauty and Nancy Smith (the co-writer's wife).

"How do you want this next take?" Poe's voice emanates from an overhead speaker.

"Darren always wants it sexy," Bishara replies. "You ready?"

The gals on the other side of the glass nod and the music follows. Sexy is what they give in return. "That is what is expected, when you are infected," they repeat in a breathy accordance. Nina, blue locks snaking through her blonde hair, nods to the rhythm. Judging from the song list that I spy on a desk, I'm guessing the song is called "Infected." Others scratched off and circled include "Genetic Emancipation," "Things You See in a Graveyard" and "A Needle through a Bug."

Bloody Disgusting Recording Session Feature 9/11/2007
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/Player.php?id=1131

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Poe in the Legal Assassin Behind the Scenes clip (posted 9/2/2008 to http://www.repo-opera.com/)

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From the Repo Chatroom 9/2/2008 - mummy = Joe Bishara, music producer

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mummy says to (04:55):
pretty cool to see this site coming together!
J says to (04:55):
isnt it?
J says to (04:55):
gives us all hope
mummy says to (04:55):
man, I hear you
mummy says to (04:56):
i'm joe bishara, i produced the music
J says to (04:56):
really?
mummy says to (04:56):
yup
mummy says to (04:56):
just seeing the site updates for myself!
J says to (04:56):
dont take this the wrong way...
J says to (04:56):
but can you prove it?
mummy says to (04:56):
oh come, on, it is so awesome to see people getting into REPO after being locked away working for so long...
mummy says to (04:56):
oh prove it?
J says to (04:56):
ok good enough for me
mummy says to (04:57):
don't know how to do that
J says to (04:57):
its fine!
how have the chat rooms been doing?
J says to (04:57):
pretty well
mummy says to (04:58):
cool
mummy says to (04:58):
it's pretty new still too
J says to (04:58):
very true
mummy says to (04:58):
seriously cool though seeing this site come to life after watching it come together
J says to (04:59):
yeah, must have been at lot of fun
mummy says to (04:59):
a lot fun, for sure and a lot of a lot of things...!
mummy says to (04:59):
CRAZY.
J says to (04:59):
i bet!
downwithfear says to (04:59):
hearing all of them sing in person...putting all that stuff together...
J says to (05:00):
what was your fav song?
mummy says to (05:00):

* + - * + - , that's hard

mummy says to (05:00):
umm...
J says to (05:00):
theyre all really good, arent they?
mummy says to (05:00):
changes a lot, but i do like needle through a bug a lot... thankless job... legal assassin...
mummy says to (05:00):
night surgeon, definitely a fave
J says to (05:01):
we cant wait to see more of that
abovethezenith says to (05:01):
I really like night surgeon
mummy says to (05:01):
cool
abovethezenith says to (05:01):
Though Zydrate is just sooo freakin catchy
mummy says to (05:01):
the scene came out great, very happy with that one
J says to (05:01):
definetely changed from the original version
downwithfear says to (05:01):
did anyone here see the original play?
mummy says to (05:01):
have you seen the origina play?
J says to (05:02):
no, i only saw clips
Necromerchant says (05:01):
i wish i had
mummy says to (05:02):
i did not, only a few video clips

* + - (05:02):Welcome to The Movie , bob!

J says to (05:02):
one was night surgeon
abovethezenith says to (05:02):
Nope thats how I found about the movie read about the play on wiki
mummy says to (05:02):
yeah, pretty different in the movie
Swift says to (05:02):
Sorry I came in late so I missed the beginning of this conversation. Were you involved in making the movie, mummy?

* + - (05:02):Welcome to The Movie , PowerGlove79!

PowerGlove79 says to (05:02):
Hi
mummy says to (05:02):
music producer
J says to (05:03):
he's joe bishara
downwithfear says to (05:03):
Hello glove!
Swift says to (05:03):
Oh damn. Very cool.
abovethezenith says to (05:03):
hey glove
PowerGlove79 says to (05:03):
how is everyone
Necromerchant says (05:03):
i found out about this film because i'm a huge fan of poe
mummy says to (05:03):
ahh, nice! Poe is awesome
Necromerchant says (05:03):
can you share some of the names of the songs she sings backing vocals on?
PowerGlove79 says to (05:03):
Poe as in the girl who sang haunted?
Necromerchant says (05:03):
yes
downwithfear says to (05:03):
Necro: I know the song Angry Johnny, and I love it!
downwithfear says to (05:03):
that's the only one, though
PowerGlove79 says to (05:03):
what does she have to do with the movie out of curiosity
mummy says to (05:03):
she's in the backing group on a few things, and has a featured line in one somg
mummy says to (05:04):
the opening of legal assassin she's in
PowerGlove79 says to (05:04):
damn, thats awesome
J says to (05:04):
sweet
PowerGlove79 says to (05:04):
I want to see it even more
mummy says to (05:04):
the 'whispering voices is Nathan's head'
Necromerchant says (05:04):
that explains why she was in the clip then
mummy says to (05:04):
that was during that session
Swift says to (05:04):
I don't know if I could want to see Repo more than I already do.
downwithfear says to (05:04):
"assassin, murderer, monster!"
J says to (05:04):
oh, is she dead marni?
mummy says to (05:04):
no, not dead marni
PowerGlove79 says to (05:05):
she is the one who whispers assasin murderer monster
mummy says to (05:05):
the voices whispering 'assassin... killer... butcher... NATHAN... murderer...' intro to Legal Assassin
J says to (05:05):
right right i see now
mummy says to (05:05):
and the assasin murderer monster's too

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From the Repo Chatroom 10/9/2008 (graverobberTZ = Terrance Zdunich, co-creator, darrenbousman = Darren Lynn Bousman, director)

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AnarchicQ says: Ok, I've asked this on the forums but I want to know from the horses mouth. How did Poe get involved inthis project, last time I heard she was having contract issues, and what songes did she participate in
darrenbousman says: ok... POE question
graverobberTZ says: Poe got involved thru Joe Bishara
graverobberTZ says: He worked with her in the past
darrenbousman says: ok Terrance will answer regarding POE
graverobberTZ says: and Poe's a huge fan of Rock opera
graverobberTZ says: SO she jumped at the opportunity
graverobberTZ says: imagine that
graverobberTZ says: someone like POe
graverobberTZ says: willing to sing backup
graverobberTZ says: because she thought that Repo was so cool!

Blogtalkradio.com Repo Fans Bombarding the Radio Broadcast (12/10/2008)

Guest Jake Reardon, who plays Single Mother in the film, confirms that her singing voice is done by Poe.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/RBR/va/2008/12/10/Week3

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Repo The Genetic Opera DVD/BluRay Commentary (during Scene 13 "Testify!")

Both the "Director Darren Lynn Bousman and actors Bill Moseley, Alexa Vega, and Ogre" and "Director Darren Lynn Bousman, creators Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich, and music producer Joseph Bishara" audio commentaries mention Poe is the singing voice for Single Mother when Jake Reardon comes on screen.

The Legal Assassin feature available on the DVD/Bluray also available to view on the website includes several seconds of Poe in the studio.

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## dlb

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Saturday, October 20, 2007

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THE SCREAM AWARDS

Fellow SAW and REPO fans... Be SURE to tune into SPIKE TV'S SCREAM AWARDS - airing NEXT WEEK - - check your local times and all that Jazz...

You will get a special treat - BOTH from SAW and REPO!!!!

I am so so so so excited!!!! What I am not excited about is only 3 days left of REPO filming… Oh well… I guess now I just look forward to you guys seeing it!!!!

Talk to you all soon,
dlb

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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

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FILMING HAPPENING NOW - COME TO SET AND BE IN THE MOVIE

If you are in Toronto - have some nice clothes - - come to set - - ASAP

721 EASTERN AVE.
Toronto, On M4M 1E6

CANADA METAL!!!!

See you all soon!!!

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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

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LESS THAN A WEEK

It just hit me tonight - at midnight - that I only have 5 more days of shooting... I have never wanted something to NOT to end more in my entire life. This has been a life changing experience - every morning I wake up I feel like a kid in a candy store... I am working with the most amazing people - and I don't want this to end...

Tomorrow morning starts our biggest week. We have no less than 200 extra's plus our main cast, PLUS we are shooting our biggest song and death numbers...

By the way - - everyone keep an eye out for the SCREAM AWARDS airing on SPIKE TV - - there 'might' be a little surprise!!!

Keep your fingers crossed!!!

dlb

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October 11, 2007 - Thursday

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WANNA BE IN REPO?!!?! COME JOIN THE CAST!!!!!!

Ok, who is in Toronto? Who wants to be in REPO???? Check this out!!!!

Come out - hang out with us!!!!!

dlb

EXTRAS NEEDED!

Repo! The Genetic Opera is looking for approximately 200 people to volunteer
each day as opera patrons on:

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 17 and
THURSDAY OCTOBER 18

It is an opportunity to see an amazing cast of renowned artists perform on stage
during the making of a feature film. The scenes being filmed on the day will feature:

Paris Hilton (making her musical screen debut)
Sarah Brightman (from Phantom of the Opera)
Paul Sorvino (from GoodFellas and Law and Order)
Anthony Head (from Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
Alexa Vega (from the Spy Kids films)
Kevin Ogilvie (from the cult band Skinny Puppy)
Bill Moseley (from The Devils Rejects)

We're looking for men and women between the ages of 25 and 75, and the
wardrobe requirements are tuxedos/black suits for men and formal attire
for women. After all, it's a day at the opera!

Repo! is a visually stunning, thoroughly original musical - please join us and be a part of
the Opera! If you're interested, please respond to operaextras@gmail.com
and provide your name, age, contact number, and a photo if possible.

Please note that once we reach our desired number of participants, we will close the registration, so respond early!

Details about the shoot:

1) Please be prepared to stay a minimum of eight hours.

2) There is no financial compensation, but lunch will be provided.

3) Parking is limited at the studio, so taxis and public transportation are encouraged.
Shuttles will be provided to the studio from a nearby subway station (more details
will be provided upon registration).

4) There will be change rooms on site.

5) The call time for the day will be e-mailed the night before to the e-mail address
provided when you register. You are responsible for checking the time and
location, as we are not able to call each person individually.

6) No cameras or recording devices of any kind will be allowed on set.

October 5, 2007 - Friday

HAUNTED HOUSES, PARIS HILTON, BEING SCARED and a SPECIAL CAMEO

So, as I have said in all my previous blogs - I LOVE the cast of REPO OPERA... never before have I felt so connected and attached to one ground of people... We love each other so much - we all go on little trips and adventures on the weekends... Well, last weekend the great PETE BLOCK and DAN HEFFNER (producers) rented us a bus to go up to Niagara Falls and spend the day...

Alexa Vega, Anthony Steward Head, Bill Moseley, Terrance Zdunich, myself and about 10 others all went... It was such a great time...

For those of you who know me - you know my love for haunted houses... I love them!!! Well besides having a HUGE waterfall in Niagara - they also have about 20 themed haunted houses... So while the bus of people all were excited about seeing the falls, and MAID OF THE MIDSTS I was excited about going into NIGHTMARES, and SCREAMERS!!!

After a long and somewhat complicated day of our BUS DRIVER getting 'quasi' arrested, having the bus taken away and us all being stuck in Niagara - I said 'FUCK IT' - I am going to the HAUNTED houses!!!!

The 'great' Bill Moseley joined myself and my girlfriend, and he went into this little gem called NIGHTMARES...

It's the kind of haunted house that takes a picture of you right at the moment of a big scare... I have enclosed 'said' picture as it's the most absurd ridiculous AWESOME picture in the world!!!! It's looks so pathetic it almost lookes staged... But no... Sadly, it us just us... Being scared!!!!!!

Niagra ROCKED!!!!

Onwards to REPO!!!

Repo also ROCKS!!! We shot for one straight week with Paris, Bill, and Ogre!!! These three are insane!!! They all play siblings… What a fucked up family tree!!! I also got to say Paris is going to change a lot of peoples opinions of her... She is really going all out for this flick!

Today we are shooting on of my favorite scenes – and also one of the most violent!!! I also managed to round up an old friend for a cameo today playing our poor, hapless victim!!! You will know him from SAW II - - but I will remain mum and let you keep guessing on who it is!!!!

Until next time!

dlb

8:42 AM

September 22, 2007 - Saturday

WEEK TWO: WRAP UP!

10 days of shooting - GONE... 1/3 of the movie shot... I am in love with my cast! IN LOVE!!!!! There is not a weak link - - Every single actor is AMAZING!!!

ALEXA VEGA is absolutely incredible as Shilo... This SPY KID is all growns up!

Anthony Steward Head has such a ROCK'N'ROLL voice I can't get his songs out of my head...

And lets not forget SARAH BRIGHTMAN... This woman is a legend - and is doing things in this movie that are so fucking incredible that sometimes I forget that I am directing her - - - I get so entranced by what she is doing I ZONE out and forget to yell CUT.

And then there's Paul Sorvino, my villain. His mere presence terrifies me...

Lastly, let me introduce you all to Terrance Zdunich - the writer, and co-star playing GRAVEROBBER... I have known Terrance for a long time - and I am proud to say the second this movie comes out he will BLOW, BLOW, BLIIIZO!!! He embodies the work 'rock star'.

Next week - Bill Moseley, Ogre, and Paris take the stage! I can't wait!!!!
This movie is shaping up so much better than I EVER could have hoped for!!!

dlb

September 16, 2007 - Sunday

WEEK ONE WRAP UP - we end in a blaze! Literally!!!

Ok - so I am sitting at video village - a perminate smile plastered on my face! Music is blaring - actors or dancing - - it's good times for all... Then suddenly I see Anthony Head kind of stop... turn around, and RUN!!!! I'm like - hmmm... is he improvising some new blocking? Then I hear "FIRE!!!! FIRE!!!!!" Thats when I see the smoke!!!

OH yes!!! my set was on FIRE!!!! We were shooting this song where all these leaves are blowing around - and it's like a gothic wind storm... Well I guess some of the leaves blew into a LIGHT - the leaf caught fire - blew on some other leaves - and in a matter of seconds - we had a bond fire - inside our studio!!!

For a brief second I saw my hopes and dreams burning in front of me... What if this entire set CATCHES FIRE? What if it all burns down? As I am contimplating all of this - the fire is suddenly put out - and gone!!! Disaster averted! Thank god for fire extinguishers and quick reflexed crew!

An hour later - we are back on track... Singing and Dancing, and Repossessing some organs!!!!

Onwards to Week TWO!!!

dlb

September 13, 2007 - Thursday
DAY 4 - thoughts from the bathroom...

Ok, let me explain! After yet ANOTHER amazing day on the set of REPO OPERA - I went to the bathroom where I do some of my best thinking... I walked in, (I am still on the set and using the STAGE bathroom) a set carpenter was in one of the stalls completely unaware - I, or anyone else had entered the bathroom - and to my amazement was singing a song from REPO!

Ok, first off I was excited to hear one of our crew members singing a song from REPO - but more importantly I was excited to see THIS SET CARPENTER singing a song from REPO as this particular set carpenter was a HUGE TATTOOED MAN easily in his fifties...
What made me EVEN more excited was this Huge tattooed set carpenter was singing a song that was orignially sang by Sarah Brightman in REPO!!!

What a great way to end by day...

I shall use the stage bathrooms more often!

dlb

September 13, 2007 - Thursday
DAY 3....

My excitement continues to grow.... I am super tired - Paris hosted a REPO party last night...

I went...

Now, I want to take a nap!!!!

dlb

September 11, 2007 - Tuesday
Day Two... And I’m still blogging

Day 2... Wow... I can't believe I still have the energy to turn on my computer - let alone another blog... (actually I am on my mom's computer - as she has been hanging out on set for the last couple of days!!!)

Today was another AMAZING... I want to just keep shooting and shooting... watching the monitor today during a take one of the actors turned to me and said 'this looks like a fairy tale'... I smiled... he was right - - it does look like a fairy tale!!!

Also - I was super excited - as I walking to lunch a crew member I had never met stopped me... He had worked on Chicago recently (the film) and commented on how he couldn't get the music out of his head... In the big scheme of things this isn't a big deal... But to me - this lone comment shows me that I am not alone in my madness - - there will be others that see what I see in this movie...

Day 2 - come and gone... tomorrow one of my favorite songs - "Legal Assassin'.

Then onto the end of the week where we start brutally killing people!!!! I love my job!

dlb

September 10, 2007 - Monday

DAY ONE - wrap up

Wow... that's all I can say... I have been working on this project for years now - but nothing prepared me for the awesomeness that would follow..

We shot ALEXA VEGA and ANTHONY HEAD today doing two songs... We started our first day off with one my favorites called 'INFECTED'.

Joe White my DP did an incredible job... I wanted REPO! to be ultra stylized... I always pictured it visually as a cross between DICK TRACY and DARK CITY... My man Joe delivered... and delivered HARD CORE - we are shooting on HD - with the TOP of the line HD camera the 'genesis'. I have never seen a COOLER looking image in my life... This movie will have such a crazy 'hyper' stylized look to it... It's dark, gothic, and beautiful.

It was also eye opening to watch the crew responding to the material. For the majority of them, they had never heard the music... Unlike the SAW films, where the set has to be SUPER QUIET - REPO has music BLARING all day. The actors need to lip-sync back to their prerecorded tracks - so it's like a rock concert... Since this whole experience is strange - and something none of us have done before - everything feels NEW... Nothing is same ol' same ol'.

I have been awake for 19 hours - and I guess I have to force myself to go to sleep...

I can't wait to get back to set!!!

More tomorrow!

dlb