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Miroslav Srnka composes a schizophrenic stream of consciousness in his new opera \u201cVoice Killer\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t

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How close does a person\u2019s voice bring us to them? A real-life criminal case involving a soldier at a US army base in Australia during World War II is the starting point of the opera Voice Killer that the Czech composer Miroslav Srnka is writing for the MusikTheater an der Wien. The premiere will take place on June 13, 2025. Obsessed by the voice of his mother who used to sing him nursery rhymes, the soldier vainly searched for it among women who happened to cross his path. Three Australian women fell victim to the mentally ill serial killer before he was caught. Srnka and his librettist Tom Holloway, whose operas South Pole, Singularity and Make No Noise received their premieres at the Bayerische Staatsoper, are primarily interested in the women who attracted the murderer\u2019s attention solely on account of their voices. They follow the main character\u2019s schizophrenic stream of consciousness, turning the criminal case into a flow of events in which time periods and locations constantly shift. Each murder triggers a new level of escalation until events start to come thick and fast: arrest, trial and execution all become one and the murderer\u2019s victims become his defence counsels.<\/p>\n

World Premiere: 13.6.2025 Vienna (MusikTheater an der Wien)
\nMiroslav Srnka: Voice Killer.Opera based on a true story. Libretto (engl.): Tom Holloway
\nKlangforum Wien, Conductor: Finnegan Downie Dear, Director: Cordula D\u00e4uper, Stage: Friedrich Eggert, Costume: Sophie du Vinage
\nFurther performances: 16., 18., 20., 23.6.2025 \u2013 www.theater-wien.at<\/a><\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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