by June Kinoshita I dropped by the Media Lab this week to sit in on Death and the Powers rehearsals and had the privilege of catching choreographer Karole Armitage at work. It was fascinating and exhilarating to see her creative process unfurl. She explained to me that when she choreographs for operas she often turns …
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I had this crazy idea that once I graduated, things would quiet down for a little bit. Finishing college was supposed to mean no more late nights, and definitely no more running around doing fifteen things at once, right? Unfortunately, life just won't let up, and so I'm back in Boston starting a full-time job …
Last week, a crowd gathered under the dome of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City to hear Tod Machover and artificial intelligence visionary Marvin Minsky converse about music and the mind. Tom Ashbrook, host of NPR's On Point, moderated. One take-away that I thought was particularly pertinent to opera was Marvin's opening remark: He …
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So things have been pretty busy over here at Opera of the Future! Last week Iwas introduced to the creative team in a series of meetings aimed at evaluating the progress of the set, the music, and the singers. On Monday morning I sat in on a meeting with production designer Alex McDowell, technical director …
It's not every day that you're offered the opportunity to follow the development of a new opera. It's also not every day that that opera involves disembodied performances, an animated stage, and a robot chorus. But sometimes these opportunities just come along, as they often do in life. Sometimes, the robot opera calls to you, …
Behind every opera is...another opera. This summer, Tod Machover's new work, Death and the Powers, will enter the home stretch as the crew works to complete one of the most technically ambitious and visionary opera sets ever built, and the cast arrives in Boston to rehearse for the world premiere in Monte Carlo on September …
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