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Brief notes:

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Commissioned and dedicated to the CPR "La Paz" with reason of its 50th Anniversary. Atlantis is a multimedia musical theatre that spans around 70 minutes of duration. Is scored for a very large ensemble which includes: Theremin solo, soprano solo, large choir (SATB), children choir, virtual ensemble formed by two synthesizers, fixed electronics, large symphonic band and optional modern dancers; reinforced by an optional 3D video installation. The main goal of this project is creating an 'immersive experience' for the audience, by following the background of the suggested subject, the Atlantis myth.

Atlantis (Ancient Greek: Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, ‘island of Atlas’) is a fictional island mentioned within an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works "Timaeus" and "Critias", where it represents the antagonist naval power that besieges Ancient Athens, the pseudo-historic embodiment of Plato's ideal state in "The Republic". The story concludes abruptly with Atlantis falling out of favor with the deities and being submerged into the depths of Atlantic Ocean. The 1882 publication of "Atlantis: The Antediluvian World" by Ignatius L. Donnelly stimulated much popular interest in the Atlantis myth. He was greatly inspired by early works in Mayanism, and like them, attempted to establish that all known ancient civilizations were descended from Atlantis, which he saw as a technologically sophisticated, more advanced culture. With this background, the sonic canvas of Atlantis born and die from the storm, a metaphorical storm sprung from deep inside the 'heart of darkness', which is where the myths take alive. Rebuilding (or reliving) the events from the myth of Plato to a possible fictional discovery of Atlantean ruins, for then, flashback-like, back to the past, to the exact moment in which it was destructed, under the judgment of the ancient world deities.

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Atlantis is divided into three parts (or acts) that follow one another without interruption, configuring a single unity. Each part contains different subsections with its respective subtitles, as is showed below:

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PART I: The Lost Isle

i. Prologue: from the darkness to ...

ii. Plato's myth: distant storms / ancient voices

iii. The expedition: after Ignatius Donnelly ...

iv. Last blank space on the map

v. Discovering Atlantis: the lost isle

vi. Epilogue: Part I

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PART II: The Temple of Poseidon

vii. Sounds from inside of the earth: remembering the past

viii. Water rings and primitive ritual

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PART III: The Cataclysm

ix. ... and the earth starts to tremble ... / Earthquake!

x. Destruction of the Temple of Poseidon

xi. Evacuating Atlantis / a glimpse of hope

xii. Tidal wave! / destruction of Atlantis

xiii. ... thousands of corpses floating in the ocean ...

xiv. A new beginning

xv. Epilogue: to the darkness from ...

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