Mariinsky Theatre premieres world's first opera made with help of AI - Sponsored
Based on the idea of Peter Tchaikovsky and Sergey Rachinsky, the work was recreated and completed by Peter Dranga and neural networks from Sberbank. The libretto was finalized by GigaChat, the musical fabric by SymFormer, and Kandinsky created visual and scenic solutions. All artificial intelligence solutions were implemented under artistic control and with deep respect for the style of the era.
German Gref, President, Chairman of the Management Board of Sberbank:
"Mandragora is a collaboration between a large number of people: our wonderful musician and composer Peter Dranga, the brilliant maestro Valery Gergiev and, of course, the artists of the Mariinsky Theatre. And all this is implemented together with artificial intelligence, which saves a huge amount of time. Imagine how long it takes to arrange a score for a large symphony orchestra. This is not the composers' favorite work, because it takes up years of their lives. And thanks to artificial intelligence, a person can focus on creativity — the realization of what is inside him. And artificial intelligence can be a very powerful helper and inspiration."
Pеter Dranga, composer, Merited Artist of the Russian Federation:
"We have a very interesting story of interaction, when artificial intelligence offers options, helps to refine, speeds up the process and makes it even more interesting. And this is by no means a competition, but an absolute collaboration. I think it will help us all a lot in the future. And our opera should change not only our characters, but also everyone around who watched it. Because people always do certain things in the name of something. They are growing spiritually. The opera is about that. And everything happens inside the head that you will see on stage. This is the personification of Mandragora herself."
The performance involved more than 170 artists, including the Grand Symphony Orchestra and soloists. The central scenic image is a giant head, inside which fantastic worlds unfold with the help of video mapping.
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