daddy Voyage is the name of the concert that will allow ABBA fans to reunite with their idols starting Friday at a 3,000-seat theater built especially for the occasion, in the east of the country. London.
The translators of “Mamma Mia”, “Dancing Queen” and “Voulez-Vous” return unharmed to the passage of time thanks to technology in the form of avatars created by Industrial Light and Magic, the special effects company founded by “Star Wars” creator George Lucas.
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Audiences will hear the current and real voices of Agnetha Faltskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, but what they see on screen won’t be for them, at least not in the body.
The new show was very exclusive at the ABBA Arena, in the presence of the King and Queen of Sweden, celebrities such as Kyle Minogue and Keira Knightley, and the four members of the legendary band, and British critics were full of praise. .
According to columnist Alexis Petridis, of The Guardian, the concert left the chosen audience ‘furious’, and he didn’t hesitate to predict that his success would be such that many other artists would imitate them.
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Speaking to the BBC, producer Svana Gisla explained that the goal was to have the audience blur the lines between digital and the real world within the theater. “If you go out thinking you’ve attended a visual show, we’ll be a flop”As he claimed.
To create their own song ‘Abbatares’, members of the 40’s group re-enact their 70’s dances wearing motion capture costumes, albeit including songs recorded specifically for the concert, which will repeat every day in London until May 2023.
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