Check out “A Night at the High-Tech Opera,” an article at Animation World Network that delves into production designer Alex McDowell’s work on the set of Death and the Powers. In an extensive interview, Alex describes the origins of his role in the opera, how his concepts for the production design evolved over time, the …
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Whilst going through memorabilia for the 25th anniversary celebration this week, someone unearthed this photo of Tod from the founding days of the MIT Media Laboratory.
Tod Machover is Musical America’s 2016 Composer of the Year Translating the Music of Trees Into the Sounds of Opera “Death and the Powers” a Finalist for 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Music Buzz from the world premiere performances of Schoenberg in Hollywood The New York Times on “Cheesesteak at Carnegie Hall” “Death and the Powers …
For additional music with video, see Video. For press reviews of music, see Buzz Tod Machover Recorded Music Death and the Powers (CD, BMOP 2021) Quattro Mani (Bridge 2017) Death and the Powers (DVD, Hanoa 2015) …But Not Simpler… (Bridge 2011) Hyperstring Trilogy (Oxingale 2003) Resurrection (Opera; Albany 2002) Angels – Voices from Eternity – Boston Camerata …
Only a week after the world premiere of Death and the Powers, the reviews are flooding in – and they loved it! Stephen Mudge of Musical America, one of the most important classical music publications in the US today, exalts Death and the Powers’ “rather endearing baby robots,” “fine tenor singing from Hal Cazalet,” and …
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Two weeks after the world premiere of Death and the Powers, the reviews are starting to come in (see BUZZ)! This week, Jonathan Levi published his article, “Opera With Atmosphere of Brave New World,” in the International Herald Tribune. It is a beautifully written piece that brings Levi’s own perspective to Death and the Powers. …
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“Last night feels like it was a dream. A hazy, rainbow-colored dream.” -Allegra Libonati, assistant director, the night after the gala After the premiere, the entire cast and crew of the opera joined the guests at a black tie gala at the Hotel de Paris, next door to the Monte Carlo Opera House. Futurum spared …
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Hot off the world premiere of his opera Death and the Powers, composer and M.I.T. Media Lab professor Tod Machover has acquired a new feather in his cap – or in this case, a pair of bunny ears. Noted as a “music futurist,” Tod has made the venerable magazine’s list of the 20 most brilliant …
“Bot 25, stand by.” “Standing by.” “Bot 25, GO.” I am invisible in the left wing of the stage, watching mesmerized as the bots whir and click before me. I’ve sat through dress rehearsals and watched the robots run through this choreography hundreds of times, but tonight, things feel different. This is the first time …
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!
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