Victory Over The Sun was created from a fragmented original score and libretto.

As part of artist Matt Stokes six month residency at the 176 Gallery, he created ‘Club Ponderosa’, in which Victory Over the Sun was staged by The New Factory on the 27th, 28th, and 29th of March 2009.

Directed by Gary Merry, this rarely performed ‘Futurist’ Opera was created in 1913 by Khlebniko, Kruchenykh, Matiushin, and Melevich.

Little survives of the original score, but utilising the libretto, we added our own sounds, and used the rhythm and music of the voice.

The company mounted an earlier version, a one-off staging, as a benefit for and at The Pushkin Club on the 16th of December 2008.

March 2009 – 176 Gallery – London
December 2008 – The Pushkin Club – London