Multimedia Opera WAR SUM UP Has US Premiere at BAM, Nov 1 & 2

An international production spanning several countries, epochs, and genres, Danish performance collective Hotel Pro Forma'sWar Sum Up is a multimedia opera inspired by Japanese culture and performed by the Latvian Radio Choir, one of Europe's most innovative vocal ensembles. Framed by a stylized manga comic book-inspired set and based on classic noh texts, War Sum Up explores the experience of war through three archetypal figures: the Warrior, the Spy, and the Soldier. With a libretto by Hotel Pro Forma co-founder Willie Flindt, who studied music and theater in Japan, War Sum Up's haunting score-a collaboration between performance pop orchestra The Irrepressibles, Latvian composer Santa Ratniece, and French composer and recording artist Gilbert Nouno-interweaves vocal harmonies with electronic orchestrations that ebb and flow in intensity to powerfully reflect the horror and accidental beauty of war. For more information on the production, visit hotelproforma.dk.

Danish performance collective Hotel Pro Forma returns to BAM with the US premiere of War Sum Up, a multimedia opera spanning several countries, epochs, and genres-Nov 1 & 2

Featuring vocals by the acclaimed Latvian Radio Choir, the work incorporates influences ranging from Japanese manga to British orchestral pop