Zong premiere opera "Todd" of "King and the Clown"

5th December Online Thankyou.ru instead exclusive debut album "Blood Feast." - The first part of Zong opera "Todd" The album can be downloaded and only listens to Thankyou.ru. Loud end of the year and at least the beginning of the year to come, according may already be as a new project of the St. Petersburg rock band "The King and the Clown" - Zong-opera "Todd", including album of the two parts of the same name and music and theater performance: http:// thankyou.ru / music / rock / the_king_and_the_clown__quot___todd / albums. Music genre is not accidental: Zong-opera - from the German word haste, song, this great musical canvas that is not a single work, as in classical opera, and a group of independent songs so interconnected canvas dramatic scene. The most famous work, and the founder of the genre is the legendary "The Threepenny Opera" by Bertolt Brecht. Actually, the history of music in itself is not new: Sweeney Todd - known character of the urban folklore of London, the legendary hairdresser killer, life, crime and murder, the American musical of the same name and a number of popular films in the genre the horror movies are dedicated. What brings a new not so new topic Gorshenev Michael ("pot") - front man and leader of the "Kish" and how he was surprised to delight or disappoint the audience? Entertaining, grotesque chernushny story in which the musicians are true - as you know, is the style of work has always been attracted to the narrative, thematic material, every song. Second, the traditional aesthetics of their work full of mythological beginning, the phantasmagoria of contrasting tones, the secret motives and the hellish, demonic makeup pictures. And in the new project is all about. But the highlight, a novelty in contemporary rock music is a combination of theater, began playing with a musical context. So the website Thankyou.ru will be the first part of the opera - "Feast of Blood" and under a "Kish" s TV Bluff abrupt manner, and in spring 2012, the second part of the opera, to say his lyrical and dramatic, so be released together. The spectacle of the sets and special effects: And the last, the most dramatic phase of the project is a production of the rock opera, musical performance that will come into full-scale theatrical arsenal used. In fact, "Todd" - a modern-rock rendition of the medieval carnival, with its masquerade, comic culture and hidden religious and mythological symbols. Premieres and intrigue are the big names involved in the project of famous actors and musicians. For example, Benjamin laugh (actor of the Taganka Theater, the Athos plays in "The Three Musketeers") to act as the lead, and the part will perform arias Kinchev Constantine, Julia Cohen (of "Leningrad") and Billy (Vadim) by Billy Novick s band. By creating arrangements and guitar enters Valery Arkadin (ex "NAIVE" Gleb Samoilov & The Matrixx). Briefly, all claiming this explosive mix well, the most anticipated rock presentation, in the post-Soviet space.