THE_OPER&

THE_OPER& (“the operand”) is an opera that talks to its singers and its audience. The conversation includes us because we are all living in a world increasingly mediated by technology, and we are all trying to understand what that means. Operas normally consist of words and music written on paper, and performed in more or less the same way at every show. Most of the components of THE OPER&, however, are stored on computers, which are programmed to search themselves for the right sounds, images, and texts during every moment of the performance.

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