{"id":946,"date":"2025-11-26T23:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T23:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ioannisangelakis.com\/?page_id=946"},"modified":"2026-02-16T20:29:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:29:59","slug":"dust-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ioannisangelakis.com\/index.php\/dust-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Dust-2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"946\" class=\"elementor elementor-946\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d79f274 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d79f274\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a1609af\" data-id=\"4a1609af\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f96d4a3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f96d4a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cb6d01d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2cb6d01d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7ea41b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b7ea41b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30c33ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"30c33ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41b4696 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41b4696\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DUST. (2020)\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f63e68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5f63e68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2184197 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2184197\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f6e091 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1f6e091\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-528cf14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"528cf14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a music drama for 2 male voices and 7 soloists<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">commissioned by the Greek National Opera (GNO)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Premiere: Alternative Stage at Greek National Opera, January 17, 2021<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duration: 24 min<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecbc701 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ecbc701\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7652b1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7652b1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"977\" src=\"https:\/\/ioannisangelakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5.-dust-2020-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1436\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ioannisangelakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5.-dust-2020-1.webp 1600w, https:\/\/ioannisangelakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5.-dust-2020-1-300x183.webp 300w, https:\/\/ioannisangelakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5.-dust-2020-1-1024x625.webp 1024w, https:\/\/ioannisangelakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5.-dust-2020-1-768x469.webp 768w, https:\/\/ioannisangelakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5.-dust-2020-1-1536x938.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2389dc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2389dc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56ea83c2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"56ea83c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f8a6f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6f8a6f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e80a036 elementor-widget elementor-widget-audio\" data-id=\"e80a036\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"audio.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-soundcloud-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<iframe width=\"1200\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay; 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It is also part of GNO\u2019s series of events dedicated to the celebration of the two hundred years after the Greek Revolution of Independence in 1821.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the first part of the work most sounds are raw and primitive, tactile and embodied, distorted and saturated. The two singers are introvert, struggle for vocal articulation and expression, but they constantly fail, just like two lovers whose communication collapses under the fear of coming out. The second part of the work marks a shift of perspective: the two voices become extrovert, yell, express themselves, but they only do it in extremely loud sections, where they are fully integrated into the sounds of the ensemble and no meaning can be clearly communicated. It is only in the third part that they get \u201cnaked\u201d, that is, exposed. They are uncomfortable and uneasy, but nonetheless their uniqueness is embraced for the first time so clearly. In the last part this kind of expression becomes explicit when the two voices start to speak, and the words of Byron\u2019s poem, in English, but also translated into Greek and Turkish, start, finally, to provide some minimal, coherent, linguistic meaning: \u201cYes, Thyrza! yes, since dust thou art\u2026 And all that once has harmony is worse than discord to my heart\u2026 I must not think, I might not gaze, on what I am, on what I was.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The instrumentalists of the work are \u201cvocal satellites\u201d: they form a circle, they extensively use their voices modulated through their instrument, and stand in a relation of dependency with the two male singers who lead the action of the group. Because the voice is a turning point and the underlying unity of the work, I cannot avoid asking the question, \u201cwhat is the voice?\u201d Is it an extrovert means of communication? Is it expression? My answer is \u2018no\u2019 or, at least, \u2018not-only.\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bluntness of the voices and the violent use of the instruments are not simply sound events, but also demarcate cruelty, brutality, and atrocity as political concepts, which are underlying in Byron\u2019s poem. Byron\u2019s love poetry is not simply revealing because of its adventurous topics but, rather, because it sheds new light on the fragility and vulnerability of human essence, and gives prominence to the political concepts of modernity, that is, freedom, change, justice, and emancipation, which even today remain fragile. 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