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: It transitioned directly into a high-energy performance of "Blue Suede Shoes" involving acrobats and dancers.

In the Viva Elvis stage show, which ran from 2010 to 2012, this opening set a "larger-than-life" tone: Opening (Viva Elvis) (Also Sprach Zarathustra)

: Elvis Presley used the powerful fanfare of this classical piece as his grand entrance music for nearly every live performance from 1971 until his death in 1977. : It transitioned directly into a high-energy performance

"Opening (Viva Elvis) (Also Sprach Zarathustra)" is the first track from the 2010 soundtrack album Viva Elvis , a musical tribute produced for the Cirque du Soleil resident show at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Musical Significance Musical Significance The track is a modern re-imagining

The track is a modern re-imagining of Richard Strauss’s Also Sprach Zarathustra , which became iconic as the theme to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey .

Opening (viva Elvis) (also Sprach Zarathustra) Site

: It transitioned directly into a high-energy performance of "Blue Suede Shoes" involving acrobats and dancers.

In the Viva Elvis stage show, which ran from 2010 to 2012, this opening set a "larger-than-life" tone:

: Elvis Presley used the powerful fanfare of this classical piece as his grand entrance music for nearly every live performance from 1971 until his death in 1977.

"Opening (Viva Elvis) (Also Sprach Zarathustra)" is the first track from the 2010 soundtrack album Viva Elvis , a musical tribute produced for the Cirque du Soleil resident show at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Musical Significance

The track is a modern re-imagining of Richard Strauss’s Also Sprach Zarathustra , which became iconic as the theme to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey .