: 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 .