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Posted on July 25, 2010September 17, 2010

First Rehearsals – Slide Show!

Posted by June We thought you'd enjoy these photographs taken during the first set of rehearsals in June 2010. Can't wait to find out how these look on stage with lighting and imagery!!

Posted on July 15, 2010September 17, 2010

Nature interview with Tod

The current issue of Nature features an interview with Tod about Death and the Powers. Because the venerable science journal lacks a music or opera review section (what an oversight!), the interview ended up under Book reviews. In the interview, Tod explains why he has been drawn time and again to creating operas: "With the …

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Posted on July 14, 2010September 17, 2010

Death and the Powers Ticket Site Now Open

Buy tickets for the Monaco premiere of Death and the Powers. Shows run on September 24th (invitation only), September 25th (8pm), and September 26th (3pm and 8pm). Ticket prices begin at 80 euros. About Death and the Powers "When the eccentric patriarch Simon Powers departs his physical being and downloads himself into The System, his …

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Posted on July 8, 2010September 17, 2010

Lunch at the Consulate General of Monaco in New York

Yesterday, Tod was invited to lunch at the Consulate General of Monaco in New York as the guest of honor to speak to top members of the U.S. press about Death and the Powers. The event aimed to introduce the press to the Monaco premiere of the opera, as well as interest them in covering Powers …

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Posted on June 26, 2010September 17, 2010

Karole Armitage at work with Miseries

by June Kinoshita I dropped by the Media Lab this week to sit in on Death and the Powers rehearsals and had the privilege of catching choreographer Karole Armitage at work. It was fascinating and exhilarating to see her creative process unfurl. She explained to me that when she choreographs for operas she often turns …

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Posted on June 11, 2010September 17, 2010

Machover and Minsky at World Science Festival

Last week, a crowd gathered under the dome of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City to hear Tod Machover and artificial intelligence visionary Marvin Minsky converse about music and the mind. Tom Ashbrook, host of NPR's On Point, moderated. One take-away that I thought was particularly pertinent to opera was Marvin's opening remark: He …

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Posted on June 3, 2010September 17, 2010

Open House at the Media Lab

So things have been pretty busy over here at Opera of the Future! Last week Iwas introduced to the creative team in a series of meetings aimed at evaluating the progress of the set, the music, and the singers. On Monday morning I sat in on a meeting with production designer Alex McDowell, technical director …

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March 7, 7:30 p.m. ET. World premiere of Tod Machover's Overstory Overture, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. Joyce DiDonato and the Sejong Soloists, Conducted by Earl Lee

March 16, 7:30 p.m. Korean Standard Time. Asian premiere of Tod Machover's Overstory Overture, Seoul Arts Center. Joyce DiDonato and the Sejong Soloists, Conducted by Earl Lee

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Death and the Powers (DVD blu-ray)

Superb blu-ray of the Dallas Opera's 2014 production. “Death and the Powers doesn’t point the way to a new era of opera. It’s there. Now.” - Philadelphia Inquirer

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Tod Machover Recordings (click image to order)

 

In SACD, this CD provides an ideal opportunity to savor the richness, subtlety, variety and originality of Machover’s music.

 

 

“…manages to be at once technically rigorous, hard-charging, and hugely visceral.”
– The Boston Globe

 

 

“Mr. Machover’s new quartet, “… but not simpler …,” is a vigorous, exciting study in speediness, full of tremolando figures, racing lines and iridescent passages..”
– The New York Times

 

”A milestone and a noble achievement”
– Lloyd Schwartz, National Public Radio

 

 

 

”…one of the brightest and most intelligent of new American operas”
– Andrew Porter, The New Yorker

 

 

 

“…the music leaves an indelible aural effect upon the ear in its colorful writing, swirling figurations, and immediacy.”
– David DeBoor Canfield, Fanfare

 

 

”…Best of the Year”
– The Boston Globe

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