Opera in Three Acts

Lyric tragic comedy

 

Music by

(to be composed)

 

Based on the

Jack Funnybone/Fate trilogy

by

Antonio De Ionno

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What is the opera about?

Killing Machine is a tragic comedy of an everyman hero mired in a modern-day Greek tragedy of ill-fated love and ambition.

 

Characters

Jack Funnybone, a comedy writer                            tenor

Jo King, a comedienne                                                 soprano

Sophie Funnybone, a copywriter                              mezzo-soprano

Fate, a supernatural                                                      bass-baritone

Death, a supernatural                                                   bass

Lady Luck, a higher abstract                                     mezzo-soprano

Destiny, a higher abstract                                           baritone

Reason, an abstract                                                       countertenor

Chance, an abstract                                                      countertenor

Choice, an abstract                                                       contralto

Sunbathers, beach goers, surfers, sailboarders, lifesavers and boaties (fishing)

Set or screen: Jo King, Bill Wiseman, Jack Funnybone’s Grandfather Tom, parents and uncle and aunt.

 

Time: Present day

Place: Aldinga Beach and the etheric plane

Settings:

• A beach house

• The beach

• A roadway

• The etheric plane

Motifs:

• Death (Act I, Scene I)

• Love (Act I, Scene II)

• Loss (Act II, Scene I))

• Death (Act II, Scene I)

• Hope (Act II, Scene II)

• Fate (Act III)

• Death (Act III)

 

Arias: 11

Duets: 5

Trios: 5

Quintet: 1

Choral Odes: 6

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