Interview with Ellen Pearlman about AIBO, an “Emotionally Intelligent” Artificial Intelligent Brainwave Opera. Part 1.
Conducted 2/17/20 by Allison Berkoy, Assistant Professor City Tech, CUNY New York. This interview...
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Theatre and Opera
Indian Puppets Perform to Mozart and Puccini Compositions
Traditional Indian puppets perform Western classical pieces in A Timeless Tale of the Turbulent...
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Digital Sci-fi Opera “Red Giant”: An Opera Of Our Times
Red Giant, commissioned by Baltimore-based Indie Opera company, Rhymes with Opera, is a live,...
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“The Brooklyn Job” Stole My Heart
With a themed cocktail box, a program that doubled as a coloring book, and incredibly performed...
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NEMPAC Opera Project’s “Juneteenth”: Opera in the Key of Freedom
After more than a year of American racial unrest since the high-profile deaths of George Floyd and...
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Immersive Opera “Laila” at the 50th Hong Kong Arts Festival
Laila, a special co-production by the Hong Kong Arts Festival (HKAF) and the Finnish National...
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A Point and Click Music Session With “Modulation”
I was mesmerized by Courtney Love, performing in Kansas City Choir Boy at Prototype in 2015....
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Iceland’s “Wide Slumber for Lepidopterists” Undergoes Metamorphosis by Means of Metaphor
Composed by Valgeir Sigurðsson and directed by Sara Martí, Wide Slumber for Lepidopterists is an...
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Cinematic Opera Unveiled: Philip Glass and Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher”
Speaking to a class in Rome years ago, I heard Tito Schipa Jr. speak about how opera is simply too...
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“Times3 (Times x Times x Times)” Takes Bite Out of Big Apple
Created by theatre-artist Geoff Sobelle and composer-performer Pamela Z, Times3 (Times x Times x...
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A Son, His Father, and Steampunk: Reliving Days of Future Past
Filmmaker Sun Yang discusses his recent documentary about visual artist Ma Liang, also known as...
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Self-Isolation and the Modern-Medieval Sounds of “The Anchoress”
A blend of evocative medieval accompaniment and leaping modern Soprano melodies, The Anchoress is...
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Four Years Later: “The Astronaut’s Tale”
How do we continue forward without the great opera houses open? It is an extraordinary moment for...
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As COVID Wreaks Havoc in the Performing Arts, Do We Still Need a National Opera Company?
Anyone looking for evidence of just how devastating the COVID-19 pandemic has been to Australia’s...
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“Breaking Glass” Review: Sydney Chamber Opera Livestreams Premiere
There are very few silver linings that have developed from the current catastrophic health crisis,...
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A Celebration of Love, Nature, and German Lied with 92Y
On February 13th, 2020, 92Y celebrated German Lied with Beethoven and Schumann song cycles...
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Forbidden Longings: Two Operatic Premieres at Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg
Two productions, both under musical direction of Valery Gergiev, were put on at Mariinsky Theatre...
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Space Opera in New York City
With a smattering of words, carefully grouped to alert the scholar that collectivism and...
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“Ellen West” at The Prototype Festival
Two embarrassing conditions unsettled me at the top of Ellen West, the new opera by Ricky Ian...
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Big Bolshoi: How the Theatre Got Its Name
The Moscow-located Bolshoi theatre quite literally translates to “Big” Theatre. And...
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