Cambridge Campus

Opera at MIT

Opera Conference 2011 goes offsite for an evening session about multimedia innovation at the MIT Media Lab, hosted by composer Tod Machover. Learn about the kinds of cutting-edge technology available for sound and stage, and how technology can (and is) transforming opera. Machover is head of the Media Lab's Hyperinstruments/Opera of the Future group, and the composer of Death and the Powers, an opera featuring a robotic, animatronic stage — the first of its kind — that gradually "comes alive" as the opera's main character.

Putting the Alternative Venue on Center Stage

American Repertory Theater Artistic Director Diane Paulus hosts the New Works Sampler at the OBERON, A.R.T.'s theatrical club space. Paulus will use this unconventional setting to talk about the creative uses of so-called second stages, the advantages of creating a social community experience around opera and how unconventional settings can enrich the art form. Local Boston companies will execute the New Works Sampler, using this cabaret space as a theatrical backdrop.

Dinner at the Grafton Street Pub in Harvard Square, and coach transportation to and from the Hyatt Regency Boston, may be purchased when you register. This event is included with Early-Bird registration for teams of four or more.

Cambridge Campus After-Party

Opera on Tap tops off the visits to MIT and the OBERON with a fun social gathering.