EXPLORATION OF THE INDIES on 14th, 15th, 20th and 22nd of DECEMBER

It is time to break the musical back of history, to crush the false golden sheen of the former worldview and to crack the padlock of truth from the ark of centuries' secrets with a bloody conquistador sword. Knights, crusaders, Indians, brave cowboys and Buffalo Bill along with their viewers will point their swords, tomahawks and Colt revolvers right into the heart of life's secre! The most anarchic, cruel, sentimental and awaited opera of the year is in front of You:

“Exploration of the Indies” is a poetical, historical, anguishing and playful introspection into the thoughts and mentality of the Western culture. It is an intensive and sensuous journey through the centuries wrapped in dreams and destruction, starring two courteous knights who are infected with permanent gold fever and a cleric who yearns for a dream-like horizon and whose dream is still on the horizon. It is a tale of attempts to find and create an earthly paradise and how these attempts resulted in hell on Earth. It is a story of the burning desire to move on, even though you have already bumped into the shore. We offer an aural and literary, dream-like theater evening where medieval and modern elements flicker and flow in the music and lyrics. The journey to beyond time and space is held together by a historic master of ceremonies whose greed and verbosity is checked by the passable level of eduction and a few natives who appear fake and whose words are a mere echo – but that echo is indeed powerful.

Music by Märt-Matis Lill, libretto by Jan Kaus, directed by Mart Koldits, visual solutions by Priit Tender

Among the participants are a bunch of musicians, including the Voces Musicales choir and orchestra and the Jürmo Eespere Quartet, singers Mati Turi, Taavi Tampuu and obviously also actors from Von Krahl and elsewhere.: Taavi Eelmaa, Gert Raudsep (Theatre No99) or Mart Koldits, Raivo E.Tamm, Riina Maidre, Kristjan Sarv, Bert Raudsep