Here is question 5 from New Vilna Review Editor Daniel Levenson's recent interview with composer Tod Machover: NVR: You are currently the Head of the Media Lab's Hyperinstruments/Opera of the Future group – can you tell us a little about how you became involved with the Media Lab and what role you see the Hyperinstruments/Opera …
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Here is question 4 from New Vilna Review Editor Daniel Levenson's recent interview with composer Tod Machover: NVR: Throughout your career you have had the opportunity to collaborate with an incredibly diverse range of artists, thinkers, writers and entrepreneurs – can you tell us a little about how these collaborative efforts have influenced the ways …
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Message from Tod: "I thought you might enjoy this new interview that just got posted. The editor of the New Vilna Review was at the event I participated in last month with Robert Pinsky and followed up with these questions. I enjoyed this opportunity to talk about my Jewish roots, something that I haven't really …
Oh cool! Here's an interview with Tod Machover for the King's Place podcast series. Tod spoke with the interviewer via phone from his MIT Media Lab office. Tod describes the idea behind the new work he will be presenting at the upcoming November 13 concert at King's Place London. He will be premiering "Spheres and …
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Shannon Mullen of NPR's All Things Considered interviews Tod Machover about Death and the Powers. The interview was broadcast on Friday, October 15, 2010. Listen here.
Check out today's post on the WBUR web site, "Q&A: Opera Of The Future, Starring (What Else?) Robots!" WBUR's Andrea Shea interviewed Tod by email from Monaco about the genesis of Death and the Powers. An interesting read!
I filmed this brief interview with a subset of the Miseries a few days ago on the back steps of the opera house, with the help of assistant director Allegra Libonati. The Miseries represent, well, the misery in the world - the pain, the torture, the anguish - as the victims of the famine and …
I was wandering around backstage at the Salle Garnier when I stumbled across the (very hot) wardrobe room, where David Woolard was finishing up the final touches on the suit jackets of the delegates from the United Nations, the United Way, and the Administration. David has designed costumes for such Broadway shows as West Side …
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This is the third of the three-part interview with Tod Machover discussing the history of Death and the Powers. Here, Tod talks about how the project evolved from the first draft of the libretto to today's full-scale production, from about 2004 to 2010. This is probably my favorite interview I've filmed to date - you …
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This is the second of Tod's three-part interview about the history behind Death and the Powers (didn't I tell you we had a LOT to talk about?). Here, Tod discusses how the first part of the creative team came together - Robert Pinsky, Diane Paulus, Randy Weiner, and Alex McDowell - and worked as a …
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