Baritone James Maddalena chats about his role as Simon Powers in the new opera Death and the Powers. He describes the character of Powers. At the end of Scene Two, "he goes completely digital. He leaves his body behind and goes into the system." Maddalena vanishes from the set and sings from an off-stage location …
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The Chicago Opera Theater, which is presenting performances of Death and the Powers in April at Chicago's Harris Theater, has organized two panel discussions this week in Chicago with the opera's composer Tod Machover. Here's the scoop: Wednesday, March 2, 2011 4:00 p.m. ITW Classroom, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center 2133 Sheridan Road, Evanston …
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Here are the final questions from New Vilna Review Editor Daniel Levenson's recent interview with composer Tod Machover: NVR: Can you give us a little glimpse of what you might be working on right now? TM: Whenever I finish a project as large and involving as Death and the Powers (which took me about 10 …
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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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Here is question 3 from New Vilna Review Editor Daniel Levenson's recent interview with composer Tod Machover: NVR: It seems as though a large part of the work you do involves an educational element – what is it that inspires you to not only want to create this music, theater and art, but to put …
Here is question 2 from New Vilna Review Editor Daniel Levenson's recent interview with composer Tod Machover: NVR: During the event at the NCAC, the moderator, Professor Lloyd Schwartz, asked a question about the role that Jewish identity plays in the work you do, and specifically whether it figured into the creation of this new opera. …
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New Vilna Review Editor Daniel Levenson's recent interview with composer Tod Machover asked wonderfully probing questions that elicited thoughtful, revealing replies. It's a long interview, and we thought readers would enjoy seeing them in a "Q&A of the day" format. Here is question 1: NVR: You recently participated in an event sponsored by the New …
Death and the Powers will be prominently featured at Opera America's 2011 Opera Conference. Scheduled for May 7-11 in Boston and hosted by the Boston Lyric Opera and Opera Boston, the conference sessions include talks by Death and the Powers composer Tod Machover and director Diane Paulus. The opening keynote will be delivered by Nicholas …
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 …
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