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Clepsydra An Operatic Installation with 13 Performers by Efraín Amaya
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Clepsydra: An Operatic Installation with 13 Performers • Music by: Efraín Amaya • Lyrics by: Susana Amundaraín and Carol Ciavonne • Clepsydra is a piece that was conceived as a celebration of the collaborative spirit in the arts. Through a dynamic interaction of music, painting, writing, video, and the theatrical space, the idea was to create a unique experience, a combination of the opera, the collage, and the multi-media installation. The collaboration Clepsydra is an exploration of time through the synchronization of sound and visual arts. • As we enter the new millennium, the thoughts and reflections about time became a strong point in the development of this work. A clepsydra was a water clock invented in ancient Egypt to measure the passage o f time. Such clocks were particularly useful to priests, who needed to know the time during the night, so that rituals and sacrifices of the temple could be carried out at the correct hour. • Clepsydra was chosen as the title of this event as a symbol for the process of invention, creation, and dreaming of time. The author wanted to play with the possibility of multi-layered situations, and perceptions, with the idea of a circular motion of time. • The texts were created with a symbolic content in mind. They reflect the three different time-realities: The Dreams, The Eclipse, and The Ritual. In the music, all three realities co-exist in the same time frame: they overlap each other giving the sense of unity through diversity. For the performances, one of these time-realities will be played live, in an alternating sequence, and in synchronization with the pre-recorded music of the other two segments. • In the videos, images were chosen to represent the creation of time through the flow of water, and the repetitive motion of a dream space. All three realities interact with each other, and with the music. At moments they also echo the colors and textures of the paintings present in the installation, which set the atmosphere of a ritualistic space. • Performers: • • Jeanne Wentworth, mezzo-soprano • Douglas Ahlstedt, tenor • Dilsha Billimoria, flute • Renate Sakins, oboe • David Welter, clarinet bass clarinet • Tim Ward, bassoon • Scott Bohannon, French horn • Drew Fennell, trumpet • Gerardo Salazar, percussion • Susanne Park, violin • César Suárez, viola • Miguel Rojas, cello • Robert Skavronski, double bass • Efraín Amaya, conducting • Musical Producer: Efraín Amaya • Recording Engineer: Riccardo Schulz • Assistant Engineer: Robert Shelton • Recording Equipment Mastering: Riccardo Schulz, Pittsburgh Digital Recording Editing Company. Digital editing by: Efraín Amaya. Recorded at Alumni Concert Hall of School of Music, Carnegie Mellon University. October 1999. • Sponsoring organizations: Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Howard Heinz Endowment, First Night Pittsburgh, Inc., Tanner Film Art http://www.tannerfilmandart.com/ • (Debra Abell, MD Edward Abell, MD.)
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