{"id":986,"date":"2022-01-13T11:57:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T10:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/?p=986"},"modified":"2022-01-13T15:04:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T14:04:46","slug":"metal-na-operowej-scenie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/?p=986","title":{"rendered":"Metal na operowej scenie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Tre\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Muzyka agresywna i symfoniczna wbrew pozorom maj\u0105 ze sob\u0105 wiele wsp\u00f3lnego. Niezale\u017cnie od tego, czy gramy muzyk\u0119 klasyczn\u0105 czy wyst\u0119pujemy w rockowej kapeli tak samo wymagane s\u0105 serce i umiej\u0119tno\u015bci &#8211; m\u00f3wi Sebastian Jarus, p.o. kierownika sekcji akustycznej Opery Wroc\u0142awskiej. Mia\u0142 by\u0107 kompozytorem, zosta\u0142 perkusist\u0105. Je\u015bli w poniedzia\u0142kowe popo\u0142udnie s\u0142yszeli\u015bcie w naszej operze d\u017awi\u0119ki ostrej metalowej muzyki to by\u0142 jego zesp\u00f3\u0142 Mentally Blind.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>\u00a0\u0141\u0105czysz dwa<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u015bwiaty \u2013 muzyka metalowa i opera. Jak Ci si\u0119 to udaje?<\/b><br \/>\nBardzo si\u0119 w tym odnajduj\u0119, poniewa\u017c jestem fanem skrajnych rodzaj\u00f3w sztuki. Uwielbiam brzmienie orkiestry oraz muzyk\u0119 filmow\u0105 \u2013 daj\u0105 nam dost\u0119p do d\u017awi\u0119k\u00f3w pe\u0142nych emocji, a nawet czasem do wr\u0119cz patetycznych, z\u0142owieszczych brzmie\u0144. Podobnie jest z metalem: on r\u00f3wnie\u017c ma w sobie pewien patos, pot\u0119\u017cne d\u017awi\u0119ki. Muzyka agresywna i symfoniczna wbrew pozorommaj\u0105 ze sob\u0105 wiele wsp\u00f3lnego. Poziomy trudno\u015bci grania na instrumentach r\u00f3wnie\u017c s\u0105 podobne, niezale\u017cnie od tego, czy gramy muzyk\u0119 klasyczn\u0105 czy wyst\u0119pujemy w rockowej kapeli. Tak samo wymagane s\u0105 tu serce iumiej\u0119tno\u015bci.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1192 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zrzut-ekranu-2022-01-13-o-14.30.45-300x224.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zrzut-ekranu-2022-01-13-o-14.30.45-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zrzut-ekranu-2022-01-13-o-14.30.45-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zrzut-ekranu-2022-01-13-o-14.30.45-705x526.png 705w, https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zrzut-ekranu-2022-01-13-o-14.30.45.png 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>A co by\u0142o u ciebie pierwsze: rock czy opera?<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">R\u00f3wnolegle. Kiedy zaczyna\u0142em swoj\u0105 przygod\u0119 z muzyk\u0105, mia\u0142em aspiracje, by nie tylko j\u0105 tworzy\u0107, ale r\u00f3wnie\u017c rejestrowa\u0107. Kiedy by\u0142em m\u0142odszy, moim wielkim marzeniem by\u0142o zostanie kompozytorem muzyki filmowej. Inspirowa\u0142em si\u0119 oczywi\u015bcie tymi najwi\u0119kszymi, mam tu na my\u015bli np. tw\u00f3rczo\u015b\u0107 Hansa Zimmera, Enio Morricone, Nino Rot\u0119\u2026 Zdaj\u0119 sobie spraw\u0119, \u017ce przez wielu muzyka filmowa mo\u017ce by\u0107 uznawana za pop muzyki klasycznej, ale bardzo j\u0105 doceniam za to, jakim jest silnym przeka\u017anikiem emocji, jak sprawnie mo\u017cna malowa\u0107 ni\u0105 ca\u0142e pejza\u017ce cz\u0119sto skrajnych uczu\u0107. Jestem cz\u0142owiekiem, kt\u00f3ry od odcieni szaro\u015bci woli zdecydowane biel i czer\u0144. Mo\u017ce st\u0105d moje zami\u0142owanie jednocze\u015bnie do metalu i kompozycji Hansa Zimmera.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Pr\u00f3bowa\u0142e\u015b swoich si\u0142 jako kompozytor?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Tak, w\u0142asnym sumptem, czyli oczywi\u015bcie przed komputerem. Jako dziecko chodzi\u0142em do szko\u0142y muzycznej, by\u0142em w klasie perkusji \u2013 wtedy jeszcze nie wiedzia\u0142em, czy chc\u0119 to robi\u0107, szuka\u0142em swojej drogi, a przez my\u015bl przechodzi\u0142o mi w\u0142a\u015bnie komponowanie. Zreszt\u0105 w Internecie nadal mo\u017cna znale\u017a\u0107 moje utwory, <span class=\"s2\">mi\u0119dzy innymi ten, kt\u00f3ry stworzy\u0142em do sceny z filmu <i>Wehiku\u0142 Cz<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><i>asu <\/i><\/span><span class=\"s2\">z 2002 roku<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P-VP-FyI9KU\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P-VP-FyI9KU<\/span><\/a> Na YouTube ma ju\u017c prawie 3 miliony wy\u015bwietle\u0144! Do stworzenia go u\u017cywa\u0142em gotowych narz\u0119dzi cyfrowych \u2013 wynaj\u0119cie orkiestry i zrealizowanie takiego nagrania to gigantyczne koszta, kt\u00f3rych i dzi\u015b bym nie m\u00f3g\u0142 ponie\u015b\u0107, a tak to przy pomocy banku d\u017awi\u0119k\u00f3w orkiestrowych mog\u0142em pisa\u0107 muzyk\u0119! Przynosi\u0142o mi to sporo frajdy i by\u0142o r\u00f3wnie\u017c drog\u0105 do wyra\u017cenia moich emocji. Muzyka filmowa jest do tego genialnym narz\u0119dziem \u2013 przecie\u017c to najcz\u0119\u015bciej ona wyciska nasze \u0142zy np. na filmach wojennych, a nie sam fakt, \u017ce kto\u015b umiera. A efekt wr\u0119cz komiczny by\u0142by wtedy, gdyby\u015bmy pod\u0142o\u017cyli pod tak\u0105 scen\u0119 np. techno. Od muzyki naprawd\u0119 du\u017co zale\u017cy, a je\u017celi jest dobra, obroni si\u0119 sama, nawet bez filmu. Przyznam ci, nie jestem wielkim fanem hip-hopu, ale gdy us\u0142ysz\u0119 utw\u00f3r, kt\u00f3ry do mnie przemawia, nie waham si\u0119 go pochwali\u0107 i doceni\u0107. A to w przypadku tego gatunku du\u017co wyzwanie, bo nigdy nie zwraca\u0142am szczeg\u00f3lnej uwagi na to, o czym \u015bpiewaj\u0105 czy te\u017c rapuj\u0105 arty\u015bci. Dla mnie wokalista przede wszystkim powinien traktowa\u0107 siebie jak instrument.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1193 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zrzut-ekranu-2022-01-13-o-14.30.34-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zrzut-ekranu-2022-01-13-o-14.30.34-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zrzut-ekranu-2022-01-13-o-14.30.34-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zrzut-ekranu-2022-01-13-o-14.30.34-705x528.png 705w, https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zrzut-ekranu-2022-01-13-o-14.30.34.png 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Czyli Tw\u00f3j emocjonalny j\u0119zyk jest skupiony na d\u017awi\u0119ku, a nie s\u0142owach \u2026<\/b><br \/>\nZgadza si\u0119 i my\u015bl\u0119, \u017ce to te\u017c przyci\u0105gn\u0119\u0142o mnie do pracy w Operze Wroc\u0142awskiej \u2013 w ko\u0144cu to jedno z nielicznych w moim zasi\u0119gu miejsc, w kt\u00f3rych mog\u0119 mie\u0107 kontakt z orkiestr\u0105. Pracuj\u0119 tu ju\u017c 6. rok, jestem in\u017cynierem d\u017awi\u0119ku, a po pracy \u2013 graj\u0105c w zespole Mentally Blind \u2013 doskonal\u0119 si\u0119 te\u017c jako muzyk i realizator.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Widz\u0119, \u017ce masz te\u017c umiej\u0119tno\u015b\u0107 komponowania swoich <\/b><b>\u017cyciowych zaj\u0119\u0107 tak, by wzajemnie si\u0119 uzupe\u0142nia\u0142y. A czy za nazw\u0105 twojego zespo\u0142u stoi co\u015b wi\u0119cej czy po prostu dobrze brzmi?<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">R\u00f3wnie dobrze mog\u0119 zapyta\u0107, co oznaczaj\u0105 nazwy Metallica czy Iron Maiden? One te\u017c przede wszystkim dobrze brzmi\u0105! I tak te\u017c jest w przypadku Mentally Blind. Gramy w czw\u00f3rk\u0119: ja na perkusji, nasz wokalista Kamil, gitarzysta Filip oraz basista Marcin. W 2021 roku wydali\u015bmy nasz pierwszy d\u0142ugograj\u0105cy album <i>Stage zero<\/i> \u2013 to muzyka agresywna,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>z ci\u0119\u017ckimi riffami, ale nie stronimy od ambientowych motyw\u00f3w, melodyjno\u015bci i przestrzeni.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Mo\u017cna powiedzie\u0107 o was, \u017ce jeste\u015bcie twardzi z zewn\u0105trz, mi\u0119kcy w \u015brodku?<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Ja bym powiedzia\u0142, \u017ce jest wr\u0119cz na odwr\u00f3t! Moim zdaniem sprawiamy wra\u017cenie ca\u0142kiem grzecznych ch\u0142opc\u00f3w (\u015bmiech).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Co zatem wasze mamy na to, \u017ce gracie tak\u0105 muzyk\u0119?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Us\u0142ysza\u0142em kiedy\u015b pytanie, dlaczego gram metal, przecie\u017c z tego nie b\u0119dzie pieni\u0119dzy\u2026 Ale ja nie gram dla pieni\u0119dzy, a raczej dla przyjemno\u015bci. Jakbym chcia\u0142 zarobi\u0107, gra\u0142bym disco polo. Jako Mentally Blind nie mamy z dzia\u0142alno\u015bci tego zespo\u0142u nic pr\u00f3cz spotka\u0144 z publiczno\u015bci\u0105, dobrej zabawy, poczucia bycia razem. Moim zdaniem to ,,nic\u201d to ca\u0142kiem sporo! Przez pandemi\u0119 liczb<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1194 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zrzut-ekranu-2022-01-13-o-14.30.25-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zrzut-ekranu-2022-01-13-o-14.30.25-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zrzut-ekranu-2022-01-13-o-14.30.25-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zrzut-ekranu-2022-01-13-o-14.30.25-705x530.png 705w, https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zrzut-ekranu-2022-01-13-o-14.30.25.png 809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>a naszych koncert\u00f3w zmala\u0142a wr\u0119cz do zera, ale zdarza\u0142y si\u0119 cuda. W styczniowy poniedzia\u0142kowy wiecz\u00f3r we wroc\u0142awskim Liverpoolu uda\u0142o nam si\u0119 zgromadzi\u0107 prawie 200 os\u00f3b.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Ostatnio nagrywali\u015bcie teledys<\/b><b>k w Operze Wroc\u0142awskiej. Zwykle te deski i sztankiet s<\/b><b>\u0142uchaj\u0105 arii i muzyki orkiestrowej, a teraz metal. Jak sprawdzi\u0142a si\u0119 nasza scena?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Fantastycznie! Dlatego chcieli\u015bmy tu nagrywa\u0107, zreszt\u0105 ju\u017c nie pierwszy raz.\u00a0 Na operowej scenie dwa lata temu powstawa\u0142 teledysk do\u00a0utworu <i>One for no one<\/i> <em>(Link pod tekstem)<\/em> \u2013 teraz wr\u00f3cili\u015bmy tu z utworem <i>The Loop<\/i>. Jeste\u015bmy fanami prostoty, dlatego wybrali\u015bmy prost\u0105 scenografi\u0119, wykorzystuj\u0105c zapadni\u0119 \u2013 ona zrobi\u0142a du\u017c\u0105 robot\u0119 \u2013 a z\u00a0pomoc\u0105 Kamila Jacha, naszego oficjalnego \u015bwietlika zespo\u0142owego, stworzyli\u015bmy pi\u0119kne o\u015bwietlenie.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Opera jest dla ciebie w jaki\u015b spos\u00f3b inspiruj\u0105ca? Wp\u0142ywa na wasz\u0105 tw\u00f3rczo\u015b\u0107?<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">To s\u0105 dla mnie dwa kompletnie r\u00f3\u017cne \u015bwiaty, nie nawi\u0105zujemy do nich \u015bwiadomie, ale jak wiemy, gatunki muzyczne przenikaj\u0105 si\u0119 i wp\u0142ywaj\u0105 na siebie wzajemnie. Pewne rzeczy nie musz\u0105 \u017cy\u0107 ze sob\u0105 w kompletnej symbiozie, by do siebie pasowa\u0107. Wystarczy, \u017ce s\u0105 obok siebie i daj\u0105 mi rado\u015b\u0107. Tak samo jak kocham gra\u0107 na perkusji, tak samo kocham realizowa\u0107 d\u017awi\u0119k w Operze Wroc\u0142awskiej.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Rozmawia\u0142a Katarzyna Aszkie\u0142owicz z zespo\u0142u ds. komunikacji<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1195 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zrzut-ekranu-2022-01-13-o-14.30.14-300x226.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zrzut-ekranu-2022-01-13-o-14.30.14-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zrzut-ekranu-2022-01-13-o-14.30.14-768x580.png 768w, https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zrzut-ekranu-2022-01-13-o-14.30.14-705x532.png 705w, https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zrzut-ekranu-2022-01-13-o-14.30.14.png 803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Metal on the opera stage<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Sebastian Jarus: was supposed to be a composer, became a drummer, works in opera house<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Despite appearances, aggressive music and symphonic music have a lot in common. Regardless of whether we play classical music or perform in a rock band, the same heart and skills are required,&#8221; says Sebastian Jarus, acting manager of the acoustic section of Wroc\u0142aw Opera. He was supposed to be a composer, he became a drummer and if you heard the sounds of harsh metal music in our opera house on Monday afternoon, it was his band Mentally Blind.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>You combine two worlds &#8211; metal music and opera. How do you manage to do that?<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">I&#8217;m very good at it because I&#8217;m a fan of extreme types of art. I love the sound of orchestras and film music &#8211; they give us access to sounds that are full of emotion and even sometimes to almost pathetic, sinister sounds. It&#8217;s the same with metal: it also has a certain pathos, powerful sounds. Despite appearances, aggressive music and symphonic music have a lot in common. The levels of difficulty of playing instruments are also similar, regardless of whether we play classical music or perform in a rock band. The same heart and skill are required here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>And what came first for you: rock or opera?<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Parallel. When I first started out, I had aspirations of not only creating music, but also recording it. When I was younger, my big dream was to become a film music composer. Of course, I was inspired by the greatest ones, I mean the works of Hans Zimmer, Enio Morricone, Nino Rota&#8230; I realise that film music can be considered by many as a pop of classical music &#8211; but I appreciate it very much for what a strong emotional transmitter it is &#8211; how skilfully it can paint whole landscapes of often extreme feelings. I am a man who prefers strong black and white to shades of grey. Maybe this is the reason for my love of metal and Hans Zimmer&#8217;s compositions at the same time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>Have you tried your hand as a composer?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">Yes, on my own, in front of a computer of course. As a child I went to music school, I was in the percussion class &#8211; at that time I didn&#8217;t know if I wanted to do it, I was looking for my way, and composing came to my mind. In any case, You can still find my compositions on the Internet, including the one I created for a scene from the 2002 film Time Machine. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P-VP-FyI9KU\"><span class=\"s1\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P-VP-FyI9KU<\/span><\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">It already has almost 3 million views on YouTube!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">I used ready-made digital tools to create it &#8211; hiring an orchestra and making such a recording is a gigantic cost, which I wouldn&#8217;t be able to bear even today, but this way I could write music with the help of an orchestra sound bank! It brought me a lot of fun and was also a way to express my emotions. Film music is a brilliant tool for that &#8211; after all, it&#8217;s usually the music that makes us cry, for example in war films, not the fact that someone is dying. And the effect would be almost comical if we put, for example, techno in such a scene. A lot depends on the music, and if it&#8217;s good, it will defend itself, even without the film. I have to admit, I&#8217;m not a big fan of hip-hop, but when I hear a song that appeals to me, I don&#8217;t hesitate to praise it and appreciate it. And that&#8217;s a lot of challenge with this genre, because I&#8217;ve never paid much attention to what the artists are singing or rapping about. For me, a singer should first and foremost treat himself as an instrument.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b><br \/>\nThis means that your emotional language is focused on sound rather than words &#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">That&#8217;s right, and I think that&#8217;s also what attracted me to work at Wroc\u0142aw Opera &#8211; after all, it&#8217;s one of the few places within my reach where I can have contact with an orchestra. I&#8217;ve been working here for six years now, I&#8217;m a sound engineer, and after work &#8211; playing in the band Mentally Blind &#8211; I&#8217;m also improving as a musician and producer.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>I see that you have the ability &#8211; nomen omen &#8211; to compose your life&#8217;s activities so that they complement each other. Let us now turn to the subject of your band. Is there something more behind its name than the fact that the name just sounds good to you?<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">I might as well ask, what do the names Metallica or Iron Maiden mean? They also, above all, sound good! And so it is with Mentally Blind. The four of us play: me on drums, our vocalist Kamil, guitarist Filip and bassist Marcin. In 2021 we released our first full-length album Stage zero &#8211; let&#8217;s face it, this is aggressive music, with heavy riffs, but we don&#8217;t avoid ambient motifs, melody and space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b><br \/>\nCan it be said of you that you are tough on the outside, soft on the inside?<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">I would say it&#8217;s the opposite! In my opinion we seem to be pretty good boys (laughs).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>So what do your mums think about you playing this kind of music?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">I was once asked why I play metal, there&#8217;s no money to be made from it&#8230; but I don&#8217;t play for the money, rather for pleasure. If I wanted to make money I would play disco polo. As Mentally Blind we have nothing from this band &#8211; nothing but meetings with the audience, good fun, the feeling of being together. In my opinion, this &#8220;nothing&#8221; is quite a lot! Because of the pandemic the number of our concerts was almost zero and it was hard to find a free date. But miracles did happen, on Monday night in Liverpool in Wroclaw we managed to gather almost 200 people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>You recently recorded a music video at the Wroc\u0142aw Opera House. Usually these boards and stilettos listen to arias and orchestral music, but now metal. How did our scene turn out?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Fantastic! That&#8217;s why we wanted to record here, not for the first time. Two years ago, the opera stage was the setting for the video for <i>One for no one<\/i> <em>(link below text) <\/em>&#8211; now we&#8217;re back with <i>The Loop<\/i>. We are fans of simplicity, so we chose a simple set design, using a trapdoor &#8211; it did a great job &#8211; and with the help of Kamil Jach, our official lighting designer, we created beautiful lighting.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>Is opera inspiring to you in any way? Does it influence your creative work?<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">These are two completely different worlds for me, we don&#8217;t consciously refer to them, but as we know, musical genres intermingle and influence each other. Certain things don&#8217;t have to live together in complete symbiosis to fit together. It is enough if they are next to each other and they give me joy. As much as I love playing the drums, I also love producing sound at the Wroc\u0142aw Opera House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">Interviewed by Katarzyna Aszkie\u0142owicz from the communications team<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mentally Blind \/\/ One For No One (Official Music Video) \/\/ Modern Metalcore From Poland\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b_NTQj-_S8s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muzyka agresywna i symfoniczna wbrew pozorom maj\u0105 ze sob\u0105 wiele wsp\u00f3lnego. Niezale\u017cnie od tego, czy gramy muzyk\u0119 klasyczn\u0105 czy wyst\u0119pujemy w rockowej kapeli tak samo wymagane s\u0105 serce i umiej\u0119tno\u015bci &#8211; m\u00f3wi Sebastian Jarus, p.o. kierownika sekcji akustycznej Opery Wroc\u0142awskiej. Mia\u0142 by\u0107 kompozytorem, zosta\u0142 perkusist\u0105. Je\u015bli w poniedzia\u0142kowe popo\u0142udnie s\u0142yszeli\u015bcie w naszej operze d\u017awi\u0119ki ostrej [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aktualnosci"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=986"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1207,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions\/1207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.opera.wroclaw.pl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}