Ca Ira not different to Pink Floyd albums

Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters has gone from the group's Live 8 reunion in July to releasing his first opera, Ca Ira. Waters is no stranger to long, conceptual pieces, having worked on Pink Floyd albums such as Dark Side Of The Moon, Animals, and, of course, The Wall. The songwriter-bassist told us that his opera was a similar exercise:
[ click here to listen if you have a Backstage Pass] "It's not really very different at all. It's working with a big symphony orchestra and operatic voices and the chorus. It's a different palette, obviously, but, you know, but painting is painting, whatever the palette is."

Ca Ira is an opera about the French Revolution that Waters adapted from a libretto by Etienne and Nadine Roda-Gil.

A live performance will be held on November 17th in Rome. Waters said some North American dates might be scheduled for 2006.
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