Speechless

An experimental noise opera - in three acts, for four soloists, the Australian Bass Orchestra and choir 'Speechless' is a 70 minute opera that is a homage to persons rendered speechless through political means.In contemporary Australian culture, a number of cultural groups find themselves in positions of impotency, where they are left without a voice - legally, politically or culturally. Additionally, the populous is suffering compassion fatigue and often feels powerless to address larger philosophical issues. Speechless draws score and thematic material from the 2014 Human Rights Commission report entitled ‘The Forgotten Children: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention.’ The work is an abstract examination of how wordless music - vocal and instrumental - can empower text that is hidden or suppressed.Using graphic notation and experimental vocal approaches, the work explores vocal techniques that owe more to electronic music than classical voice, engaging a 30 piece choir and the Australian Bass Orchestra formed from low strings, bass guitars, bass brass, bass drums and electronics.​SynopsisProposed for in an open warehouse space, the work follows the structure of conventional opera with an overture, arias, recitatives and choral sections. Yet the score is created using graphic notation, deriving material from aspects of the report such as drawings, graphics, tables and design schema. The vocal material is presented as notated, ‘voiceless signing’ - a type of singing without understandable words pioneered by the likes of Ennio Morricone in the 1970s, informed by the experimental work of singers such as Cathy Berberian, Joan La Barbara and sound poet Amanda Stewart. The orchestra provides a visceral element to the sonic world, with performers illuminated simply but dramatically to keep the focus on the human aspects so central to the work.

实验性噪音歌剧《无言》（Speechless）分为三幕，专为四位独唱者、澳大利亚低音管弦乐团（Australian Bass Orchestra）与合唱团打造，全长70分钟，旨在致敬那些因政治手段而丧失话语权的人群。在当代澳大利亚文化语境中，诸多文化群体陷入失语困境：在法律、政治与文化层面均丧失发声渠道，沦为无权发声的群体。此外，普通民众正承受共情疲劳之苦，往往无力应对宏大的哲学议题。《无言》的乐谱与主题素材均取材于2014年澳大利亚人权委员会发布的题为《被遗忘的儿童：移民拘留儿童全国调查》（The Forgotten Children: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention）的报告。本作品以抽象视角探讨：无词音乐（包括人声与器乐）如何为被隐藏或压制的文本赋予力量。作品采用图形记谱法与实验性人声创作手法，探索更贴近电子音乐而非古典美声的人声技巧，参演阵容涵盖一支30人合唱团，以及由低音弦乐器、低音吉他、低音铜管乐器、低音打击乐器与电子设备组成的澳大利亚低音管弦乐团。剧情梗概：作品拟于开放式仓库空间上演，遵循传统歌剧的结构框架，包含序曲、咏叹调、宣叙调与合唱段落。但其乐谱采用图形记谱法创作，素材取自报告中的绘图、图表、表格与设计示意图等内容。人声部分以标注为"无声吟唱"（voiceless signing）的形式呈现：这是一种无清晰可辨歌词的演唱形式，由埃尼奥·莫里康内（Ennio Morricone）等人于20世纪70年代首创，并借鉴了凯西·贝伯里安（Cathy Berberian）、琼·拉·芭芭拉（Joan La Barbara）与声音诗人阿曼达·斯图尔特（Amanda Stewart）等艺术家的实验性创作实践。管弦乐团为整体听觉场景注入直抵感官的厚重质感，演员仅以简洁却富有戏剧张力的灯光烘托，将观众的注意力牢牢聚焦于作品核心的人文议题之上。

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该数据集“Speechless”是一个实验性噪音歌剧，时长70分钟，由Cat Hope聚合，旨在向因政治原因失去声音的人群致敬。作品灵感来源于2014年人权委员会关于移民拘留中儿童的报告，采用图形记谱法和实验性人声技术，融合电子音乐元素，探索无词音乐如何表达被压制的声音。