Premiere performance at the Aspen Music Festival (2024)
AOTVA; Renée Fleming & Patrick Summers Co-Artistic Directors

Sunghoon Han, Bass-Baritone
Jenny Choo, Piano

Libretto & Music: Lukáš Janata

Distant Echoes offers an immersive exploration of an existential crisis, portraying the fragmented mind of the Singer who yearns for connection but remains isolated throughout the scene. The Singer experiences anhedonia, a newly discovered cognitive disorder characterized by the inability to engage the brain's reward pathways, rendering him physiologically incapable of feeling pleasure.

As the scene unfolds, the Singer's emotions evolve, hinting at the potential onset of dysphoria--a state of intense displeasure. This revelation is particularly poignant as it involves the very thing the Singer loves the most and has dedicated his life to: music.

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