MEDIATHEK

ELIZAVETA BAM is an opera for «moving choir» composed by Roman Stolyar after the absurd drama by Russian avant-garde poet Daniil Kharms (1905-1942). It was commissioned by Siberian Seasons music festival and premiered on April 21, 2014 in State Concert Hall, Novosibirsk, Russia. The plot: some strange people come to Elizaveta Bam’s apartment to arrest her according to an accusation in a crime: however, the specific of her crime is unknown to anyone. Enveloped in fear, Elizaveta tries to turn everything into a joke involving everyone into more and more absurd games. But all these tricks don’t help Elizaveta to avoid arresting, and, finally, she goes to a prison. The opera describes an atmosphere of the absurd growing in our society, in which a human is forced to live: all borders are blurred, all ideologies have confirmed their inconsistency, and the violence has become a way of life. Finally, one can’t stand this pressure, escaping into craziness, into a fictional world.