Composer hopes 3D occult thriller highlights the future of opera

By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - The composer of an opera described as a multimedia, occult thriller is hoping the world premiere of "Sunken Garden" in London on Friday will show that opera is a developing art form that is not stuck in the past. The film-opera "Sunken Garden", a collaboration between the English National Opera and London's Barbican Center, is one of the first operas to make use of 3D film while also mixing live voices and musical instruments on stage with recorded sounds. ...



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