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''Three Tales'' is a video-opera in three acts (titled ''Hindenburg'', ''Bikini'' and ''Dolly'') with music by American composer Steve Reich and visuals by Beryl Korot, his wife. It is scored for two sopranos, three tenors, string quartet, percussion, keyboards, and pre-recorded audio. Its premiere was at the Vienna Festival on May 12, 2002; the BBC had commissioned a version for television broadcast four months later. The 12-minute tale ''Hindenburg'' had been written (and recorded) in 1998, while the remaining tales were completed (and recorded) in the year of the premiere. The musical narrative of ''Three Tales'' follows "speech melodies" of pre-recorded interviews, and in many ways resembles Reich's works ''The Cave'' (1990–1993), ''City Life'' (1995) and ''Different Trains'' (1988). The libretto of ''Three Tales'' can be found on the website of the composer (see bottom of page). ''Three Tales'' is a response to nearly a hundred years of modern technology, concerning the explosion of the ''Hindenburg'', nuclear testings on Bikini Atoll, and the cloning of Dolly the sheep (drawing connections between genetic engineering and artificial intelligence). The different stories are told from various perspectives, with speech culled from interviews with eyewitnesses, audiovisual documentary material of both the Hindenburg and Bikini tragedies, and experts in computer science (e.g. Marvin Minsky and Kevin Warwick), artificial intelligence (Rodney Brooks), Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, and genetic engineering (Richard Dawkins). == Synopsis == The three tales (acts) divide into various sub-sections: Act I – Hindenburg : It could not have been a technical matter – Nibelung Zeppelin – A very impressive thing to see – I couldn't understand It Act II – Bikini : In the air I – The atoll I – On the ships I – In the air II – The atoll II – On the ships II – In the air III – The atoll III - On the ships III - Coda Act III – Dolly : Cloning - Dolly - Human body machine - Darwin - Interlude - Robots/Cyborgs/Immortality 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Three Tales (opera)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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