Matadora Opera

Matadora

Andre Willers

28 Dec 2013

Matadora .

Libretto for Aida sequel .

Verdi's sequel to Aida , "Matadora"

The Minotaur realizes he is being led by the nose by tentacles of Cthulhu into the Labyrinth .

But he is shown the way out by the Matadora of Wall Street , a reincarnated Dancer from Knossos .

The Cthulhu bankers foreclose on her . 

She dies of cold and hunger on Wall Street , while doing the Bull pas-de-deux on Facebook .

Trite , but the point is Archetypes , not logic .

The Minotaur is not the Monster , but the Victim . And she leads him to salvation .

But she is punished for this .

The real monster is Cthulhu , a personification of the evil of systems , especially banking .

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First try libretto :

Sings :

Matadora

 

Death of horns

I tread his breath

I gather all his morns

In this wisp of death

and spin the silver twine

binding me and mine

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Minotaur

 

Vile tentacles bind and strain

and weave webs of pain

Your silver thread

Steers hoof and head .

Now the thunder of the dust

Does as needs must.

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Matadora

 

Perfumes of hope

vanished in tentacles of despair .

Frozen out in the hungry cold

I dance the steps of the Free .

My feet spin

The silver threads of immortality .

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Have fun !

Andre

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