Science fiction opera is a
subgenre of
science fiction. It refers to
operas whose subject-matter fits in the
science fiction genre. Like science-fiction literature, science-fiction operas may be set in the future and involve
spaceflight or
alien invasion. Other science-fiction operas focus on a
dystopian view of the future. Like
Lorin Maazel's opera 1984, they may be based on a previously written science fiction book.
List of science fiction operas
The following is a partial list of science fiction operas.
Karel Janovický (b 1930): The Utmost Sail (1958) a one act opera inspired by the launch of the satellite
Sputnik in 1957. It concerns the crew of a space ship flying into space and watching the Earth being consumed in a nuclear holocaust.[1]