StyleBoston WCVB-TV produced this spot on Death and the Powers (April 2 and 3, 2011), with footage from the rehearsals at the Cutler Majestic and interviews with Tod Machover, Robert Pinsky and Diane Paulus. The operabots are cute and look good on camera! http://vimeo.com/21721641
Death and the Powers opens in Chicago
Death and the Powers was successfully launched this past Saturday night for its week-long run with the Chicago Opera Theater. The production looks and sounds fabulous in the Harris Theater. Unlike the ornate, traditional venues in Monaco and Boston, the Harris has a dark, industrial modern design that harmonizes beautifully with the futuristic set. The …
Monsters and Immortals
David Patrick Stearns, the classical music critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer, has written a thoughtful review of Death and the Powers and another new work, a stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, directed by Slumdog Millionaire Oscar winner Danny Boyle for the National Theater of Great Britain. The two works are linked thematically ("the desire …
Opening Week Round-up
Finally, a moment to catch our breath while the entire stage set of Death and the Powers is being trucked to Chicago. Fingers and toes crossed that nothing breaks along the way, as there's barely enough time to get everything set up and running smoothly for the Midwest premiere on Saturday, April 2! We compiled …
Opening Week Press on Death and the Powers
We've been inundated by press and reviews this week! It's hard to keep up, so we've collected those from the past couple of days here. Death and the Powers has one more Boston performance this Friday night (March 25) before moving on to Chicago for a one-week run (April 2-10). - Updated March 24, 2011 …
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Opening Weekend in Boston
What an incredible weekend! Death and the Powers opened on Friday night at the Cutler Majestic Theater in the epicenter of Boston's theater district. The air was electric with anticipation. The audience was studded with an only-in-Boston constellation of artists, intellectuals and übergeeks. Spotted in the crowd were M.I.T. President Susan Hockfield, Harvard Provost Steven …
Smooch!
Getting ready for tonight's U.S. premiere of Death and the Powers, composer Tod Machover shares an intimate moment with Operabot...
Boston Phoenix – “High tech meets high anxiety”
Journalist Chris Dahlen hung out in the Cutler Majestic Theater during rehearsals of Death and the Powers last August, just before the set was shipped off to Monaco for the opera's world premiere. His story in the current Boston Phoenix reports in detail on the numerous technological innovations in the opera. It's an entertaining account …
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Time Out Boston interviews Tod Machover
Which film robot is the favorite of Death and the Powers composer Tod Machover? What came first in the creation of the opera - the technology or the concept? And where does baritone James Maddalena, who sings the role of Simon Powers, go when he disappears from the stage? How would Tod characterize his music? …
BBC World Service chats with Tod Machover
You can count on the BBC to produce great material, and this interview with Death and the Powers composer Tod Machover is no exception! The interviewer asks great questions. Are the operabots instruments or are they performers? How much is the pursuit of immortality a motivation for the composer? Is it about living forever through …
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