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Mar. 11, 2011
High-Tech Opera Features Robots as Stars
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| Composer and inventor Tod Machover is looking to design the opera of the future. His new work, Death and the Powers, tells the story of a wealthy businessman who downloads himself into his environment in a bid for immortality. Machover, a professor of music and media at MIT, talks about his work melding music and technology. You can learn more about the opera here. |
Produced by Katherine Wells
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Tod Machover
Professor of Music and Media
Director, Hyperinstruments and Opera of the Future Groups
MIT Media Lab
Composer and Creative Director, “Death and the Powers” (2010)
Cambridge, MA
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