The next November 19 it will be held in Helsinki the world premiere of "Gnu-Linux: The Opera," which, as its name suggests, is a musical composition in which an action is dramatized. (If any reader knows as little as we do of these issues, we suggest him to visit the following wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera)
In this case the action dramatizes the birth of the Linux operating system in the same city by his countryman Linus Torvalds. Another informal definition of "opera" is "musical form in which the tenor (the principal male singer, usually) wants to bring to his bed the soprano (not a U.S. mafia family, but the main female singer) but the baritone wants to prevent it". This scheme gives an idea about the problems lyricists and arrangers have faced, who have had to include an ethereal appearance by Lady Ada Lovelace at the end of the work to satisfy the desire for leadership of the star of the company. Regarding male performers, tenor voices have been reserved for Linus Torvalds and Richard Stallman while, this time following the classical scheme of baritone voices assigned to evil and / or powerful characters, Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer and Steve Jobs will fill the auditorium with deep voices able to scare everyone.
In order to satisfy the huge number of linux users who happen to be also ballet lovers it's also been included a beautiful scene where two dozens of dancing penguins surround a gnu (apparently to satisfy Stallman supporters) while the chords of an orchestral version of the famous free software song sound. It had to be included, no matter what, and here it is:
In this case the action dramatizes the birth of the Linux operating system in the same city by his countryman Linus Torvalds. Another informal definition of "opera" is "musical form in which the tenor (the principal male singer, usually) wants to bring to his bed the soprano (not a U.S. mafia family, but the main female singer) but the baritone wants to prevent it". This scheme gives an idea about the problems lyricists and arrangers have faced, who have had to include an ethereal appearance by Lady Ada Lovelace at the end of the work to satisfy the desire for leadership of the star of the company. Regarding male performers, tenor voices have been reserved for Linus Torvalds and Richard Stallman while, this time following the classical scheme of baritone voices assigned to evil and / or powerful characters, Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer and Steve Jobs will fill the auditorium with deep voices able to scare everyone.
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