will be performing selections from
Sunday September 5th
at
The 62nd World Science Fiction Convention
Hynes Convention Center
Boston Massachusetts
www.noreasecon.org
The Worldcon, or World Science Fiction Convention, is the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS). Worldcons have been held each year since 1939 with the exception of four years during World War II. Locations have included the United States, Canada, Australia, England, Scotland, Germany, and The Netherlands. Science fiction and fantasy fans travel from places as diverse as Japan, Israel, Argentina, Brazil, Norway, Finland, Croatia, New Zealand, and Russia to attend.
SPACE OPERA Written in 1998 by David Bass, is based on a familiar tale of heroes and villains, robots and aliens, and supernatural nonsense. This light-hearted yet musically sophisticated opera was originally performed in 1999 and 2000 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is a natural match for Worldcon's "Filk program"
Filk (n.) Fannish music, typically vocal, which is often, but not always, a parody of existing music. Filk may consist of putting new words to familiar tunes, or it may be the general performance of music with a ballad-like story line at a fannish event. The term is derived from a decades-old typo. It stuck. Filk has developed its own slang and definitions.
Space Opera will be performed in its entirety in Cambridge
in March, 2005. For information about Auditions, Dates, Location
contact info@familyopera.com