Beethoven: King Stephan, The Ruins of Athens & Leonore Prohaska

Featuring

Laurence Equilbey
Ellen Giacone
Matthieu Heim
Virginie Tarrête
Thomas Bloch
Accentus

Insula Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Laurence Equilbey, the conductor, found parallels between the utopian, heroic, and humanistic values in manga philosophy and those dear to Beethoven, which inspired this project.

Album & Artwork

The story of 'Beethoven Wars' is freely inspired by the librettos of Beethoven's incidental music for 'King Stephen' and 'The Ruins of Athens'.

Album & Artwork

This album is the soundtrack to an immersive motion-manga space opera titled 'A Fight for Peace'.

Compositional Technique

In 'King Stephen', Beethoven developed the use of melodrama, which is the combination of music and spoken text, to enhance the narrative.

Recording & Production

This project, 'Beethoven Wars', was designed to address the challenges of live performance in a post-Covid world and won an award in the 'augmented live performance' category of a French government program.

Composition History

Beethoven's incidental music for 'King Stephen' and 'The Ruins of Athens' was commissioned for the inauguration of a new theatre in Pest (now Budapest) in 1812.