Iphrojekthi yensimbi yamandla i-Avantasia yayisungulwe nguTobias Sammet, umculi ophambili webhendi i-Edquy. Futhi umqondo wakhe waduma kakhulu kunomsebenzi womculi weqembu eliqanjwe igama.
Umbono wenziwa waphila
Konke kwaqala ngohambo lokusekela iTheatre of Salvation. UTobias weza nomqondo wokubhala i-opera "yensimbi", lapho izinkanyezi ezidumile zezwi zizodlala khona izingxenye.
I-Avantasia yizwe elivela emhlabeni wefantasy, lapho ngekhulu le-XNUMX. UGabriel Laymann wayeyindela. Ekuqaleni, yena kanye nabameleli beNkantolo Yamacala Ezihlubuki bazingela abathakathi besifazane, kodwa bathola ukuthi waphoqeleka ukuba aphishekele udadewabo ongumzali oyedwa, u-Anna Held, naye owayengumthakathi. Lokhu kwashintsha imibono yakhe.
UGabriel waqala ukufunda izincwadi ezenqatshelwe, agqunywa ejele ngenxa yazo. Emigodini, wahlangana no-druid owambulela ulwazi oluyimfihlo mayelana nezwe elifanayo elibizwa ngokuthi i-Avantasia, elisengcupheni yokufa. I-druid yafaka uGabriel njengomsizi, futhi ngokubuyisela yathembisa ukusindisa u-Anna.
Izilingo eziningi zazilindele uLaymann, ngenxa yalokho wasindisa udadewabo kadadewabo, futhi waba umnikazi wezimfihlo eziningi zendawo yonke. Leso kwakuyisiqephu somdlalo wensimbi.
USammet waqala ukudweba umbhalo we-opera yesikhathi esizayo ngenkathi esohambweni ngo-1999. Isenzo (ngokohlelo) bekufanele sibandakanye abalingiswa abaningi, ngoba izindima umlobi wayelindele ukumema kuzo abaculi abahlukahlukene abadumile.
Amalungu ephrojekthi ye-Avantasia
Umbono waphumelela impela. Izinkanyezi ezikhanyayo zesibhakabhaka "zensimbi" zaqoqwa kulo msebenzi: uMichael Kiske, uDavid DeFeis, u-Andre Matos, uKai Hansen, u-Oliver Hartmann, uSharon den Adel.
UTobias ngokwakhe wathatha izinsimbi zomculo, ethatha indima yomdlali wekhibhodi nombhali wamalungiselelo e-orchestra. Umshayi wesiginci kwakungu-Henjo Richter, oshaya ibhesi kwakungu-Markus Grosskopf, kanti oshaya isigubhu kwakungu-Alex Holzwarth.
Ukuqhubeka kwephrojekthi eyimpumelelo
Enye yezingxenye ze-The Metal Opera yashaya amashalofu ezitolo zomculo ngasekupheleni kwekwindla ka-2000. Abalandeli balinda ukuqhubeka maphakathi no-2002, lapho kuvela ingxenye elandelayo ye-Metal Opera Ingxenye II.
Ngo-2006, kwasakazeka izindaba zokuthi esinye isitolimende se-Avantasia sase sizokhishwa ngo-2008. Ngokushesha, u-Sammet waqinisekisa le mibono. Futhi ngo-2007, kwavela ukuthi uTobias wanquma ukubiza iphrojekthi ehleliwe ethi "Scaregrow", futhi ayihlangene ne-Avantasia.
Iqhawe liwumsabisa onesizungu ofuna abangani. I-albhamu ikhishwe ngoJanuwari 2008.
Lo msebenzi wawubandakanya abadlali bezinsimbi: uRudolf Schenker, uSascha Paet, u-Eric Singer. Amagama aqoshwa nguBob Catley, Jorn Lande, Michael Kiske, Alice Cooper, Roy Hahn, Amanda Somerville, Oliver Hartmann.
Ama-albhamu amabili ephrojekthi ye-Avantasia ayeyizibonelo ezikhanyayo zensimbi enzima, kodwa iphrojekthi entsha ivame ukubizwa ngokuthi i-symphonic hard, okusho ingxenye ebalulekile ye-symphonic. Ngo-2008, amakhonsathi abanjwa njengengxenye yohambo.
Umsebenzi wekhonsathi weqembu le-Avantasia
Impumelelo yawo womathathu amaphrojekthi yayinkulu kakhulu, yasebenza njengesisekelo semibukiso engama-30. Imibukiso ye-Masters of Rock ne-Wacken Open Air yakhululwa kuma-DVD aqoshiwe ekhonsathi ye-The Flying Opera ngo-March 2011.
Ngo-2009 kumakwe ama-albhamu amabili - The Wicked Symphony kanye ne-Angel of Babylon. Zaqala ukudayiswa entwasahlobo ka-2010. Ngokunengqondo baqhubekisela phambili icwecwe elithi The Scaregrow futhi bendawonye baba iqoqo elithi The Wicked Trilogy.
Iphrojekthi ye-Avantasia yavakashelwa ekupheleni kuka-2010, futhi yayimfushane kakhulu. Lokhu kwalandelwa umbukiso e-Wacken Open Air ehlobo lika-2011.
Amakhonsathi athatha amahora amathathu abegcwele indlu yonke, zonke izindawo zadayiswa kusenesikhathi.
Ubambe iqhaza kumakhonsathi oyedwa ocula yedwa - u-Amanda Somerville, nakuba babebabili ohambweni lwango-2008. Zombili izinkambo (2008 kanye no-2011) u-Amanda uthumele esiteshini sakhe se-YouTube.
Amavidiyo abethandeka kakhulu, abhala izikhathi zokuzilolonga, nezigameko ngezindiza ezikhanseliwe, nohambo lwesitimela.
I-DVD ethi The Flying Opera - Around the World in 20 Days iqukethe amadiski amane anazo zonke izinto, okuhlanganisa namavidyo kliphu, futhi yakhululwa entwasahlobo ka-2011. Futhi ngokuwa konyaka ofanayo, irekhodi le-vinyl le-Flying Opera lakhululwa, ngokushesha lathengiswa abathandi-abaqoqi bomculo.
Iwebhusayithi ye-Avantasia ithumele imininingwane mayelana nokwethulwa kwe-albhamu entsha yesitudiyo. USammet uthe ufuna ukuqopha i-opera ye-rock "metal" emnandi ngesitayela sakudala, futhi isakhiwo sizoba izitayela eziye zaba uphawu lwesimanje sethu. I-albhamu yayibizwa ngokuthi The Mystery of Time futhi yavela entwasahlobo ka-2013.
Le phrojekthi idalwe ngu: Ronnie Atkins, Michael Kiske, Biff Byford, Bruce Kulik, Russell Gilbrook, Arjen Lucassen, Eric Martin, Joe Lynn Turner, Bob Catley.
I-Avantasia manje
Ukuqhubeka kwale phrojekthi ethi The Mystery of Time kwaphawulwa ngu-Sammet ngoMeyi 2014.
UTobias wasigcina isithembiso sakhe, kwathi ngo-2016 kwakhululwa i-albhamu entsha ebizwa ngokuthi Ghostights.
Yaqoshwa ngokubamba iqhaza kuka-Bruce Kulik no-Oliver Hartmann (isiginci), uDee Snyder, uJeff Tate, uJorn Lande, uMichael Kiske, uSharon den Adel, uBob Catley, uRon Atkins, uRobert Mason, uMarco Hietal, uHerbie Langhans.