In his new opera 'Last Days,' loosely based on the Gus Van Sant film of the same name, Matt Copson is bringing theatrics back to Los Angeles.
in London in 2022, a work loosely based on the 2005 Gus Van Sant film of the same name. Last Tuesday, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Copson directed the opera in a one-off performance in a city best known for its celluloid mania.follows Blake, a noncommital version of Kurt Cobain as he putters around his grungy Seattle home in the days just before his suicide.
GHORASHI: And you had a very busy week. I heard that you hosted a party at the Chateau after the opera. Was it more fun than the Grammys party?. Opera brings people together more than pop music these days. We had a really fun, eclectic crowd and we went harder than the Grammys went.COPSON: People had flown from London, New York, all over the place. It really felt like a big special event. Everyone got dressed up for the opera. It always strikes me as really strange that L.A.
COPSON: Not really, no. The film itself is quite a loose, tonal piece. Oliver Lith, the composer, and I were talking about making an opera, and it was a reference point for us, along with. They were a funny combination because we were trying to find the middle ground of our interests from a musical and artistic perspective and we kept on just talking about this idea of banality and magic. It’s kind of obvious inwith the candelabras and chandeliers and kettles and teapots all coming alive.
COPSON: That’s the thing with idols, it’s not about them, it’s about us. It’s greedy, and that’s very much there in my opera. Everyone just wants something from this person who has no voice on stage. They just mumble while everyone else sings about their desires the whole time. But ultimately, that’s one of the profound truths of life. We will never know anyone other than ourselves.
COPSON: Yes, definitely. I’ve made many artworks that fail, but it’s not necessarily a term I get too caught up on. I think of art less in terms of, “I’m making these beautifully crafted gems for posterity,” and more like an attitude by which to bring things into the world. The only failure is if I feel like it hasn’t been committed to.
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