‘u’ — the First Authentic Klingon Opera On Earth

The Klingon are known as passionate opera-lovers. However very little is known about their highly evolved form of musical expression here on earth. Floris Schönfeld has managed to lay his hands on some fragments of a masterpiece of the batlh jachlut or Honorable Battle opera. Its title is ‘u’, which can be translated as ‘universe’ or ‘universal’. It will be the basis for the opera ‘u’, the first complete, authentic Klingon opera here on earth.

The next performance of the opera ‘u’ will be:
9, 10, 11 and 12 September 2010
Theater Zeebelt, De Constant Rebecqueplein 20A, The Hague
For reservations email kassa@zeebelt.nl or call +31 (0) 70 3656546

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