If you're in Boston in early October, check out this event at the Museum of Fine Arts: Mixed Taste: Tag-team Lectures on Unrelated Topics: Robot Opera and Clam Chowder Huh? You may well ask. What do operatic robots have to do with chopped clams simmered with onions in a creamy broth? We don't know, and …
The Sound Bath’s radio interview with Tod Machover
The British radio program "The Sound Bath" (on MyWordRadio), dedicated to the exploration and appreciation of the human voice, interviewed composer Tod Machover about his newest opera Death and the Powers. Interviewer Angelina Kalahari, a classical opera singer herself, leads a fascinating and original conversation about how the composer approaches writing for the human voice …
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FAST Light – Photos and Video
Update May 11, 2011. Nice write-up in The Tech (M.I.T.'s campus newspaper). Update May 9, 2011. Check out these beautiful photos of FAST Light taken over this past weekend. There must have been tens of thousands of people there, thronging the campus and the riverbank. Joyous and moving. Getting very excited about tomorrow night's launch …
Opera for All (video)
Tod Machover on Opera for All - from the Chicago Opera Theater Elementary school kids chose to delve into "Death and the Powers" - they really ran with the idea of what a legacy is. A great way to bring young people into the experience of what an opera is.
Opera America in Boston
Broadway World - OPERA America Conference 2011 Held In Boston May 7-11 "OPERA America's annual conference presents a unique opportunity for the field's leaders to examine the issues affecting the opera community today. Anticipated highlights of Opera Conference 2011 will include the Opening Keynote Address by Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the MIT Media Lab; a …
Rethink Music Conference April 25-27, 2011
Tod Machover Keynote to Open Rethink Music Conference (PRWire) "Tod Machover, Professor of Music & Media, MIT Media Lab, will open proceedings at the first "Rethink Music: Creativity, Commerce and Policy in the 21st Century" conference with the inaugural keynote address. Heralded as "America's most wired composer" by the Los Angeles Times, and inventor of …
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A couple of wonderful blog posts…
Just when we thought the Chicago coverage was finished, we came across these two thoughtful and thorough blog posts: MAL Music - Death and the Powers "This is one of those posts that makes it difficult for me not to just hit caps lock and begin effusing unintelligibly about how wonderful this show I saw …
…And it’s a wrap – Farewell to Chicago
We can't thank Brian Dickie and his amazing team at Chicago Opera Theater enough for their years of support and faith in Death and the Powers. They did a fantastic job and the Chicago audiences were wonderful. We will cherish this experience. In his blog post about the end of the Chicago run, Brian writes, …
New Machover piece to be premiered April 15
For the past several months, Tod has been meeting with M.I.T. linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky to explore ideas for a new piece, centered particularly around the influence of music in Chomsky's life and work. The project originated with David Harrington, violinist for the Kronos Quartet, who reached out to Chomsky after hearing him …
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Audience reactions in Chicago
Thanks to the Chicago Opera Theater for putting this together!!
Opera of the Future 