Karmina Šilec: OVIS
OVIS collection
documentary opera
Sheep have been central to the human story.
The key player in human history, this remarkable animal has been feeding, healing, clothing, and supporting us to prosperity and misery, to build empires and devastate landscapes, to decorate our homes and discover new continents, to build cities and create works of art.
Sheep are not just cattle waiting to become meat.
OVIS, Op. 1 brings this everyday species to the fore. It explores some of the profound impact sheep have had on humanity and natural world, their origin, and other extraordinary things humans have learned from them. Their role in our diets has changed us biologically; they are essential to modern medicine, science and industry; and they hold huge symbolic value in many cultures. The success or failure of civilisations has depended on sheep. OVIS gives these creatures a chance to tell their story.
Premiere: November 15, 2024, The Minoriti Cultural Quarter
Production: Carmina Slovenica, 2024
Old man and the Sea
Grammy candidate and CD released
The recording of opera "The Old Man and The Sea," the first-ever approved operatic adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s novel released on VIA Records August 30, 2024 and is now in first Round of Voting for the 2025 GRAMMY Awards. The opera by composer Paola Prestini and libretist...
VAMPIRABILE
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FORTUNA WON’T BE FAUVEL’S MATCH!
New DVD released
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DVD Op.1: HOMO FABER
new dvd released
BUY TRAILER cross-disciplinary opera Performers: Boštjan Gombač, multiinstrumentalist, voice Izidor Leitinger, elektronika / electronics, voice Fantje na vasi, vocal group Karmina Šilec, artistic director waver: Marta...
OLD MAN AND THE SEA
in North Carolina
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OP.1: HOMO FABER
cross-disciplinary opera
Op. 1: homo faber is a hybrid work, a musical-visual project that breaks down the boundaries between disciplines and aims to create a space for opening up thoughts, perceptions, experiences. The performance combines different forms of expression: the performance of various jobs and tasks, singing, words, images; their changing fusion creates different levels of meaning.