AN INDEX OF METALS

FAUSTO ROMITELLI An Index of Metals
MICHAL RATAJ festival commission

Kaoko Amano soprano
BCO – Brno Contemporary Orchestra

Fausto Romitelli’s spectacular video‑opera, An Index of Metals expands spectral principles into the multimedia domain, fusing them with the aesthetics of psychedelic rock, noise and electronic music. The composer envisioned the work as transcending the boundaries of opera. He sought to create a “total perceptual experience” where sound, image and light merge into a hypnotic, all‑encompassing flow. Here Romitelli indulges his fascination with the materiality of sound; noting that he abandons the traditional operatic narrative, what unfolds here is not a plot but the transformation of sound, image and energy. Presented in the uncompromising urban setting of a disused underground car park near Bobycentrum, with its raw architecture and distinctive acoustics, the performance space serves not merely as a backdrop but as an active partner, blending with the image and sound into a single immersive whole.