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 …
Meet Jess Kim – blogger-in-chief
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, …
Death and the Powers – Welcome to the blog
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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