Ópera Ipiak y súa

Abstract

“Ipiak y Súa” is an opera in four parts, for eight soloists, eight actors, orchestra, two choirs and electroacoustics. The music and libretto are by Jannet Alvarado, is an adaptation of the story “Ipiak y Súa a history of the eastern forests” by Oswaldo Encalada. The purpose of composing this opera, is to create a dramatic musical work with aesthetic, orchestration and argument, different from the European traditional opera, experiencing the rich culture Shuar plus other musical concepts, philosophical, linguistic, ethnomusicological and contemporary compositional techniques. Fused human animals or plants, shamans, warriors and gods, are protagonists of myth Shuar and the drama of this opera no costumbrista. Ipiak y Súa, are two women who fulfill their oracle, they become trees. These trees are transcendental for the people. This theater singing is based on a chimeric argument that fuses urban and wild nature, this is framed in a contemporary music, acousmatic, electroacoustic, designed to make emotions feel forgotten or unknown.