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Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 1 TraditionalTraditional MediaMedia HistoryHistory
1876: Bell files patent for the telephone st 1879: 1 Edison light bulb demonstration st 1895: 1 movie theater st 1920: 1 commercial radio station st 1927: 1 sound movie 1939: TV introduced at New York World ’s Fair st 1954: 1 NTSC color TV show st 1961: 1 FM stereo broadcast
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 2 TraditionalTraditional OperaOpera
1876: Bell files patent for 1849: Havana Opera electrical the telephone voice -transmission experiments st 1879: 1 Edison light bulb 1849: Paris Opera electric -light demonstration effect in Le Prophète st 1895: 1 movie theater 1886: opera movie system st st 1920: 1 commercial 1910: 1 radio broadcasts radio station of operas st 1927: 1 sound movie 1900: opera sound movies 1939: TV introduced at 1936: opera Pickwick on TV New York World ’s Fair before its opening night st 1954: 1 NTSC color TV show 1953: NBC Carmen in NTSC color st 1961: 1 FM stereo 1925: Berlin Opera stereo radio broadcast broadcasts
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 3 Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 4 Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 5 WhatWhat IsIs Opera?Opera? Latin:Latin: oo pus pus== work,work, operaopera== worksworks SingingSinging InstrumentalInstrumental MusicMusic StorytellingStorytelling ActingActing VisualVisual ArtsArts StageStage CraftCraft DancingDancing Opus [a piece of work] ““exotickexotick && irrationalirrational ”” © Berkeley Breathed - Samuel Johnson http:// www.berkeleybreathed.com /
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 6 Expensive!Expensive! Solutions:Solutions: boxesboxes forfor thethe richrich Palais Garnier largelarge auditoriumauditorium Paris Opera thusthus largelarge gesturesgestures “melodrama ” largelarge institutioninstitution withwith bigbig budgetbudget
“Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive ” - attributed to Moli ère Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 7 WhyWhy IsIs GalileoGalileo CalledCalled Galileo?Galileo?
IsaacIsaac NewtonNewton JohannesJohannes KeplerKepler NicholasNicholas CopernicusCopernicus EdmundEdmund HalleyHalley ClaudiusClaudius PtolemyPtolemy ChristiaanChristiaan HuygensHuygens GiovanniGiovanni CassiniCassini GalileoGalileo GalileiGalilei
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 8 VincenzoVincenzo GalileiGalilei ,, 15201520 --15911591 FatherFather ofof operaopera foundingfounding membermember ofof CountCount BardiBardi ’’ss CamerataCamerata FatherFather ofof modernmodern acousticsacoustics equationsequations forfor tuningtuning stringsstrings andand pipespipes FatherFather ofof GalileoGalileo chosechose mellifluousmellifluous namename taughttaught himhim toto experimentexperiment
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 9 ““TheThe BaroqueBaroque Twins:Twins: ScienceScience && OperaOpera ””
Galileo Galilei Claudio Monteverdi 1564 -1642 1567 -1643 “Father of Modern Science ” “Father of Musical Drama ”
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 10 FirstFirst OperaOpera Medium:Medium: BooksBooks
1711 – multi -sales translation (Handel ’s candles )
1598 - gift 1600 – for sale librettolibretto == littlelittle bookbook
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 11 EarlyEarly SoundSound DistributionDistribution 1637:1637: firstfirst operaopera ticketticket theatertheater inin VeniceVenice turnedturned intointo firstfirst operaopera househouse (with(with boxes)boxes) 1673:1673: PhonurgiaPhonurgiaNovaNova AthanasiusAthanasius KircherKircher publishespublishes plansplans toto extendextend thethe soundsound beyondbeyond thethe auditoriumauditorium inin --househouse soundsound ductsducts startingstarting inin 1717 th centurycentury BuildingsBuildings forfor Music,Music, MichaelMichael Forsyth,Forsyth, MITMIT Press,Press, 19851985
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 12 Early Moving -Image Projection 1728 Early Moving -Image Projection book HamburgHamburg OperaOpera (no(no laterlater thanthan 1726)1726) magicmagic lanternlantern
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 13 MoreMore IlluminationIllumination
18491849 electricelectric --arcarc sunrisesunrise effect,effect, ParisParis Opera,Opera, JulesJules DuboscqDuboscq laterlater rainbow,rainbow, spoutingspouting fountain,fountain, etc.etc. NatureNatureapplaudsapplauds batterybattery --fumefume safetysafety patentspatents 11 st photographicphotographic motionmotion --picturepicture projectionprojection system,system, 18521852 (( inin 3D!)3D!) 18811881 gasgas --jetjet librettolibretto projectionprojection patent,patent, UK,UK, W.R.W.R. LakeLake && S.L.S.L. JonesJones
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 14 MediaMedia toto GoGo BeyondBeyond thethe HouseHouse Wheatstone “Enchanted - Lyre ” concert “by these means the music of the opera may ere long be simultane - ously ” heard elsewhere, Repository of Arts, Sep. 1, 1821
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 15 TheThe Telephone:Telephone: LossLoss ofof VisualVisual
1848:1848: homehome --deliverydelivery forfor aa fee,fee, PunchPunch 1849:1849: electricelectric tests,tests, HavanaHavana OperaOpera 1876:1876: NYNY TimesTimes predictspredicts BOBO dropdrop 1877:1877: DuDu MaurierMaurier cartoon,cartoon, PunchPunch 1878:1878: DonDon PasqualePasqualeinin BellinzonaBellinzona 1880:1880: ZZ üürichrich toto BâleBâle ,, 8080 km,km, microphonemicrophone forfor opera,opera, firstfirst courtesycourtesy homehome listenerslisteners
Punch, December 14, 1877
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 16 EagerlyEagerly AwaitingAwaiting MediaMedia
March 22, 1876
before Alexander Graham Bell announcement
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 17 ““HotHot andand CrowdedCrowded ””
LavoisierLavoisier OpOp éérara dede ParisParis lighting, ventilation OpenOpen flamesflames consumeconsume oxygenoxygen
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generategenerate heatheat Ventilating and Heating, John Shaw Billings, The Engineering Record, 1893 causecause coldcold draftsdrafts The Engineering Record, 1893 sometimessometimes smoke, stink, toxins, dripping wax & oil, uncontrolled fires
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 18 Salle Le Peletier OperaOpera 1873 CouldCould BeBe DeadlyDeadly
Fire codes, extinguishers Vienna Opera: 21 - man “fire watch ”
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 19 MeucciMeucci stagehand,stagehand, TeatroTeatro delladella Pergola,Pergola, FlorenceFlorence technicaltechnical director,director, TeatroTeatro TacTac óónn,, Havana,Havana, experimentsexperiments 19491949 StatenStaten Isl.Isl. museummuseum
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 20 “… performances at 1850 spoof of Barnum’s promotion “… performances at of Swedish opera soprano Jenny Lind thethe ParisParis OperaOpera dependdepend largelylargely forfor theirtheir successsuccess onon thethe sceneryscenery andand ballet,ballet, thethe singerssingers notnot rankingranking veryvery highhigh ”” TheThe ElectricianElectrician andand ElectricalElectrical Engineer,Engineer, AugustAugust 1887,1887, ofof aa P.P. T.T. BarnumBarnum planplan toto bringbring ParisParis OperaOpera performancesperformances toto thethe U.S.U.S. byby teleptelephonehone atat $5$5 perper actact (~$120(~$120 inin todaytoday ’’ss money)money)
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 21 TheThe FirstFirst HomeHome Listeners:Listeners: 18801880
EdwardEdward P.P. Fry,Fry, connectedconnected toto NewNew YorkYork ’’ss AcademyAcademy ofof MusicMusic nono laterlater thanthan NovemberNovember courtesycourtesy ofof Col.Col. J.J. H.H. MaplesonMapleson arrangedarranged photosphotos ofof singerssingers aroundaround himselfhimself WilliamWilliam HeardenHearden ,, connectedconnected toto PlymouthPlymouth ’’ss TheatreTheatre RoyalRoyal possiblypossibly inin NovemberNovember courtesycourtesy ofof J.J. R.R. NewcombeNewcombe
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 22 ParisParis StereoStereo 18811881 (London(London laterlater samesame year)year)
Victor Hugo: “It ’s very strange. We heard the opera through two ear - pieces connected to the wall. ” “The children were delighted, & me, too. ” Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 23 OperaOpera PromotesPromotes TelephonesTelephones
portion of 1883 Dundee (Scotland) telephone directory
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 24 DeathDeath ofof aa Princess,Princess, BirthBirth ofof aa MediumMedium
Teatro de São Carlos
King Luis I Princess Maria Ana
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 25 FasterFaster --thanthan --LightLight Neutrinos?Neutrinos?
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Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 26 EngineeringEngineering toto thethe RescueRescue
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Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 27 HonorHonor && ProtocolProtocol SatisfiedSatisfied 18841884
first ear buds? Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 28 PayPay --CableCable 18851885 FullFull seasonseason (90(90 operas)operas) fromfrom TeatroTeatro dede SSãoão CarlosCarlos 180k180k reisreis (~$1825(~$1825 today)today) JointJoint ventureventure ofof theatricaltheatrical promoterspromoters && locallocal telephonetelephone companycompany InIn samesame year,year, withwith onlyonly 8080 telephonetelephone 1884 TV? subscriberssubscribers inin thethe city,city, MadridMadrid phonephone telephone operaopera serviceservice planned,planned, addingadding aa centralcentral transmitter hallhall forfor nonnon --telephonetelephone --subscriberssubscribers
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 29 HeadphonesHeadphones byby 18881888
ReportedReported inin useuse forfor thethe Electrophone LisbonLisbon operaopera serviceservice inin headphones and table TheThe ElectricalElectrical EngineerEngineer Earlier?Earlier? Fry,Fry, anan invalid,invalid, saidsaid toto readread libretto,libretto, applaud,applaud, && patpat photosphotos StereoStereo headphonesheadphones inin UKUK forfor operaopera byby 18951895
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 30 BeforeBefore HeadphonesHeadphones
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Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 31 BusinessBusiness PlansPlans Dundee:Dundee: callcall chargescharges onlyonly Lisbon:Lisbon: annualannual subscriptionsubscription ParisParis institutional:institutional: coincoin --opop ParisParis residential:residential: perper --eventevent MarcelMarcel ProustProust subscribedsubscribed Budapest:Budapest: monthlymonthly chargecharge
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 32 1st1st NewscastNewscast 18931893
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 33 TelephoneTelephone vs.vs. PhonographPhonograph TelephoneTelephone NY Times Mar. 22 1876
PhonographPhonograph NY Times Nov. 7 1877
Edison: “The main utility … being for … letter writing ”
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 34 Recording:Recording: NotNot LiveLive && TooToo ShortShort st 18601860 songsong (1(1 st playedplayed inin 2008)2008) 18771877 EdisonEdison cylinder,cylinder, ““perfectedperfected ”” inin 18881888 18881888 BerlinerBerliner diskdisk gramophonegramophone EarlyEarly cylinderscylinders && disksdisks 22 --minutesminutes laterlater extendedextended toto 44 --minutesminutes accidental cylinderscylinders recordedrecorded individuallyindividually (( stereo )) 18891889 survivingsurviving operaopera recordingsrecordings notnot commercialcommercial
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 35 18891889 pennypenny arcadearcade phonographphonograph nono visualvisual shortshort timetime notnot livelive distortionsdistortions recordingrecording hornhorn playingplaying tubetube
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 36 Location opera recordings by Lionel Mapleson at the Metropolitan Opera starting 1900 Ernani (abridged) on 40 disks in 1903 (almost complete Pagliacci 1907) Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 37 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/26/boys -hobby -creates -puppet -opera/ Popular Science April 1940 oneone solutionsolution toto thethe lacklack ofof visual:visual: modelmodel stagesstages && puppetpuppet operaopera
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 38 19081908 IfIf recordsrecords werewere soso operaopera unfriendly,unfriendly, howhow diddid wewe getget toto here?here?
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Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 40 EdisonEdison ToneTone TestsTests (1916(1916 andand on)on)
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 41 PerceptionPerception IsIs Learned,Learned, ButBut …… PittsburghPittsburgh Post,Post, 19191919 "It"It diddid notnot seemseem difficultdifficult toto determinedetermine inin thethe darkdark whenwhen thethe singersinger sangsang andand whenwhen sheshe diddid not.not. TheThe writerwriter himselfhimself waswas prettypretty suresure aboutabout itit untiluntil thethe lightslights werewere turnedturned onon againagain andand itit waswas discovereddiscovered thatthat [the[the singer]singer] waswas notnot onon thethe stagestage atat allall andand thatthat thethe newnew EdisonEdison alonealone hadhad beenbeen heard."heard." Anna Case, tone -test soprano (confessed in 1972) Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 42 11 99 77 66
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Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 44 ThomasThomas EdisonEdison 18881888 ““wewe maymay seesee && hearhear aa wholewhole OperaOpera asas perfectlyperfectly asas ifif actuallyactually presentpresent ”” patent caveat Oct. 8 manymany moremore mentionsmentions Oct. 8 ofof operaopera asas thethe impetusimpetus forfor moviesmovies
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 45 ““SilentSilent ”” MoviesMovies EarliestEarliest individual,individual, notnot live,live, nono sound,sound, veryvery briefbrief CarmencitaCarmencita18941894 OperaOpera introducesintroduces moviesmovies CarmenCarmenbullfightbullfight 18961896 Longer,Longer, locallocal soundsound operaopera storiesstories (known)(known) operaopera singerssingers (stars)(stars)
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 46 ““SilentSilent ”” SoundSound
MarthaMartha18991899 singerssingers behindbehind screenscreen L'AssassinatL'Assassinat dudu DucDucdede GuiseGuise 19081908 firstfirst filmfilm scorescore (by(by operaopera composercomposer SaintSaint --SaSa ëëns)ns) RapsodiaRapsodiaSatanicaSatanica19151915 st 11st ““filmfilm operaopera ””
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 47 CueCue LightsLights inin SetSet
DasDas CaviarmCaviarmääuschenuschen 19181918
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 48 ConductorConductor atat BottomBottom
WennWenn MMäännernner streikenstreiken 19191919
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 49 ScoreScore BackwardsBackwards atat BottomBottom
LaLa MujerMujer dede medianochemedianoche 19251925
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 50 HalfHalf --LiveLive MovieMovie ProposalProposal HugoHugo GernsbackGernsback ““GrandGrand OperaOpera byby WirelessWireless ”” RadioRadio AmateurAmateur NN ews ews Sep.Sep. 19191919
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 51 ““SilentSilent ”” MovieMovie IntertitleIntertitle
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Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 52 TheThe ““FirstFirst ”” SyncSync --SoundSound Movie?Movie?
1927
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 53 1900 1905 1927
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 54 EarliestEarliest ExtantExtant SoundSound Movie:Movie: 18941894 --55 ““DicksonDickson soundsound moviemovie ”” WhyWhy music from Les cloches didndidn ’’tt de Corneville, an opera that syncsync opened in Paris soundsound 7 years earlier continue?continue? nono amplifieramplifier livelive vs.vs. cannedcanned
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 55 FirstFirst MilliMilli --VanilliVanilli ofof OperaOpera
CinophonCinophon CarusoCaruso ’’ss voicevoice 19081908
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 56 AcousticAcoustic BroadcastingBroadcasting
19001900 ParisParis WorldWorld ’’ss FairFair AuxetoAuxeto --GramophoneGramophone compressedcompressed airair tanktank needleneedle controlscontrols valvevalve
commercial Victor Auxetophone early system Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 57 RadioRadio Hammerstein London Opera 1911 restoredrestored eventevent && lengthlength 1907:1907: livelive operaopera singersinger leadsleads toto U.S.U.S. NavyNavy radioradio 1920 Nellie Melba 1910:1910: livelive operaopera global broadcast (1 st off -air recording) 1919:1919: operaopera >2k>2k milesmiles 1920:1920: transatlantictransatlantic && beyondbeyond 1925:1925: stereostereo broadcastbroadcast 1937:1937: ““nonnon --visualvisual ”” (w/sound(w/sound effects)effects) st 1973:1973: 11 stereostereo networknetwork Met Opera Saturdays Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 58 PredictionPrediction ofof OperaOpera onon TV,TV, 18821882 “…“… operaopera onon thethe telephonoscopetelephonoscope toto whichwhich hehe treatedtreated himselfhimself dailydaily afterafter dinnerdinner …”…” -- AlbertAlbert RobidaRobida ,, LeLe VingtiVingtièèmemeSiSièèclecle (The(The TwentiethTwentieth Century)Century) predictions of TV, broadcasting, newscasts, & product placement, all based on Paris Opera 1881 demonstrations
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 59 ScienceScience FictionFiction ScienceScience FactFact 1882
1880 Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 60 1930 Jenkins Radiovisor
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 61 Television:Television: LiveLive ImageImage && SoundSound 1928:1928: conductorconductor --cameracamera proposalproposal 1936:1936: PickwickPickwick excerptexcerpt prepre --stagestage 1937:1937: fullfull --length,length, liplip --synchedsynched 1938:1938: dancedance --sync,sync, film,film, adaptationadaptation 1947:1947: fromfrom operaopera --househouse stagestage 1963:1963: unstageableunstageable LabyrinthLabyrinth 1971:1971: cablecable --TVTV (pre(pre --HBO)HBO) 1976:1976: 11 st livelive stereo,stereo, subtitlessubtitles Washington Post 1989:1989: HDTVHDTV (Bavarian(Bavarian RingRing)) May 17, 1928
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 62 Modern Mechanix April 1932
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 63 GeosynchronousGeosynchronous SatellitesSatellites
operaopera deliverydelivery sincesince 19761976 proposedproposed byby scisci --fifi authorauthor ArthurArthur C.C. Clarke,Clarke, 19451945 rd basis:basis: KeplerKepler ’’ss 33rd lawlaw ofof planetaryplanetary motion,motion, 16191619
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 64 SonSon ofof aa WitchWitch
st PublishedPublished 11 st twotwo lawslaws ofof planetaryplanetary motionmotion byby 16091609 JourneyedJourneyed inin 16171617 toto savesave hishis mother,mother, accusedaccused (and(and laterlater convicted)convicted) ofof witchcraft,witchcraft, andand readread aa bookbook alongalong thethe wayway rd PublishedPublished 33 rd lawlaw inin 16191619 JohannesJohannes KeplerKepler 15711571 --16301630
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 65 KeplerKepler wrotewrote (left)(left) thatthat hehe owedowed hishis ideasideas toto thisthis musicmusic -- theorytheory bookbook (right)(right)
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 66 AngelsAngels && DemonsDemons oror OperaOpera Media?Media?
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Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 67 TheThe WorldWorld OperaOpera
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bass audiences in theaters Delay issues: NY -Sydney ~16k km, ~53 ms at c Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 68 CommunityCommunity TV:TV: AddsAdds AudienceAudience
letter to the editor of The Sun (New York), March 29, 1877
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 69 LiveLive CinemaCinema 19521952 startstart 3131 cinemas,cinemas, 2727 citiescities lowlow def,def, B&W,B&W,
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 70 FreeFree CommunityCommunity TVTV 19861986 BaselBasel plazaplaza 20062006 MetMet HDHD plazaplaza && TimesTimes SquareSquare 20072007 SFSF AT&TAT&T ParkPark
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 71 BaseballBaseball @@ OperaOpera HousesHouses 18861886 1895 AtlantaAtlanta boysboys DetroitDetroit apparatusapparatus 18951895 manymany systemssystems ofof animatronicsanimatronics 19141914 ProvidenceProvidence argumentsarguments
19311931 1924 Coleman Lifelike TusconTuscon freefree (system used in Providence)
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 1931 Playograph 72 CinemaCinema OperaOpera PerceptionPerception
GroupGroup MentalityMentality ifif theythey dondon ’’tt complain,complain, whywhy shouldshould I?I? applauseapplause CognitiveCognitive DissonanceDissonance money,money, time,time, efforteffort ifif bad,bad, thenthen stupidstupid thereforetherefore goodgood
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 73 OperaOpera inin 3D3D (predicted(predicted 1936)1936) GlassGlass ’’ss MonstersMonsters ofof GraceGrace 19981998
3D projected backdrop in lieu of expensive set L.A. opera audience
DonDon GiovanniGiovanni OpOp éérara dede RennesRennes 20092009 (( beforebefore AvatarAvatar)) FaustFaust FolkoperanFolkoperan 20102010 LucreziaLucreziaBorgiaBorgia ENOENO 20112011 CarmenCarmen ROHROH (not(not live)live)
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 74 CyberspaceCyberspace OperaOpera
1987:1987: Countdown,Countdown, computercomputer --aidedaided 1994:1994: availableavailable onon thethe webweb 1994:1994: honoriahonoriainin cybespaziocybespazio collaborationcollaboration st 1995:1995: 11 performanceperformance 2000:2000: VirtoperaVirtopera:: BR,BR, DE,DE, IN,IN, IT,IT, && webweb 2000:2000: TheThe InternetInternet Opera,Opera,ororTheThe CedarCedar BucketBucket (or(or TheThe WavesWaves ofof CyberspaceCyberspace))
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 75 ScenicScenic RealReal --TimeTime InteractiveInteractive CGCG Sensors:Sensors: IRIR camerascameras microphonesmicrophones rotationalrotational encodersencoders ProcessingProcessing interactiveinteractive imagesimages depthdepth selectionselection videovideo warpingwarping PresentationPresentation 99 30k30k --lmlm projectorsprojectors w/activew/active noisenoise cancellationcancellation Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 76 warpwarp enginesengines dealdeal withwith motionmotion ofof individualindividual planks;planks; asas ofof Siegfried,Siegfried, alsoalso usingusing depthdepth planesplanes forfor 3D3D effecteffect http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/arts/music/19ring.html Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 77 TheThe FutureFuture 100100 YearsYears AgoAgo Harry Grant Dart, “We ’ll All Be Happy Then, ” Life, Dec. 7, 1911
Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 78 Questions?Questions?
““FandomFandom ofof thethe OperaOpera ”” presentationspresentations areare availableavailable inin thethe ““GetGet TheThe DownloadDownload ”” sectionsection ofof SchubinCafe.comSchubinCafe.com
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Mark 8chubin, NYU -Poly, 2012 April 27 79