COSMOS the OPERA

The Cosmic Beings

Personified celestial entities, each visualized through iconic Hubble Space Telescope imagery

Mezzo-Soprano

The Observer / The Soul

🔭 Helix Nebula "Eye of God" (NGC 7293)

"My face is now a window in this world... and looks at you and wonders if you know where I am"

Soprano

The Light / The Universe

🔭 Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302)

"See the colors of the light... in so many ways, in so many shades, bending in so many waves"

Tenor

The Sun / The Seeker

🔭 V838 Monocerotis Light Echo

"Did you say that I could be the sun to you? So warm and so bright, one truth in your life"

Baritone

The Twin / The Mirror

🔭 Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038/4039)

"Were we once two bright suns roaming the galaxy together, orbiting each other?"

SATB Chorus

The Cosmos / We Come

🔭 Pillars of Creation (Eagle Nebula M16)

"We come into being, we are beautiful, we are lovely, we are infinite"

Ensemble

The Waves

🔭 Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)

"You can feel the waves in everything... the waves of the creation, the waves of the creator"

Bass

The Dark

🔭 Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33)

"Some see the dark... do you see the dark... I see the light"

Soprano Coloratura

The Colors

🔭 Orion Nebula (M42)

"See the colors of the light... the colors so beautiful, the colors so alive"

Tenor

The Journey

🔭 Mystic Mountain (Carina Nebula)

"This life is a journey, both endless and so brief"

Full Chorus

Infinity / The Stars

🔭 Hubble Deep Field (HDF)

"An infinite number of stars swirling around in a cloud"

Mezzo-Soprano

The Window / The Face

🔭 Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543)

"My face is now a window in this world"

Soprano + Tenor Duet

Feeling Again

🔭 Southern Ring Nebula (NGC 3132)

"You make me feel that feeling again, like I found my best friend"

Full Ensemble

You're A Star (Finale)

🔭 Eta Carinae

"You're a star, everybody loves you... reach out for the stars and show them your heart"

All Forces

The Eternal Return

🔭 Ring Nebula (M57)

"All melodic lines converge on a single note — middle C — the note that began the opera"

The Three Acts

A journey from cosmic awakening through perception to connection

We Come

The awakening of consciousness. The Observer asks the fundamental question: "What do you see when you close your eyes?" Light emerges from darkness.

Do You See
Look
A Window
I Sing
We Come (Finale)

Into

The exploration of perception. Colors bend through prisms of the mind. Waves ripple through all existence. Everything becomes one.

The Colors
The Waves
Everything Is One

III

Beings

The connection between souls. Twin suns separated across galaxies yearn for reunion. The star within each of us is celebrated.

I the Sun
My Twin
Feeling Again
You're A Star (Dismissal)

What Makes This Opera Unique

Breaking new ground in operatic storytelling and notation

🌟

Personified Cosmos

Unlike Haydn's "The Creation" which depicts celestial bodies as objects, COSMOS gives voice to the Sun, the Universe, the Waves — as characters with emotions and relationships.

🎵

Trance Opera Fusion

Blending the driving rhythms and euphoric builds of trance music (130-138 BPM) with the expressive power of operatic vocals and full orchestration.

📝

Vocal Resonance Notation

A new notation system indicating resonance locations: [C] Chest, [M] Mixed, [H] Head voice, plus muscular indicators like [Ey] Eye muscles and [Oc] Occipital.

✍️

Automatic Writing

The libretto emerged through automatic writing — stream-of-consciousness poetry described as "Rumi in Space" and "a Virginia Woolf walk through the mind."