Opera

MASARY gives the lyrics a little stage presence with flowing script

Technology

Boston Lyric Opera has turned subtitles into a character on stage. Designed by MASARY Studios, a multimedia design studio based in Boston, the animated text flows with the music, transforming a common distraction into part of the scenery.

The Blog Opera is trained on recordings of actual opera singers, and then produces sounds based on its understanding of what opera should sound like

Computing

Fun machine learning experiment creates a vocal opera in your browser

Google's Arts and Culture lab has launched a clever browser experiment in collaboration with David Li. The Blob Opera puts four operatic voices at your disposal to create glorious AI-driven performances.

Open Suseok resembles an alien spaceship or an enormous pebble perched at the end of the promenade (image by Lacoste Stevenson)

Architecture

Ambitious Busan Opera House proposal draws inspiration from Korean stone art

A futuristic, spaceship-like design by Australian architects Lacoste+Stevenson was submitted for the Busan Opera House competition.