The ImpresA.I.rio and I due timidi
October 30, 2023
Description
Live performances October 30, November 1, 3, and 5, 2023 in the Ellen and James S. Marcus Vocal Arts Studio. Video recorded November 1, 2023. Director's note: "'The Impress.A.I.rio' is an exploration of how artificial intelligence has become an inextricable part of our lives. In a series of connected vignettes, with Mozart's music from his singspiel 'Der Schauspieldirektor' plus two additional arias, we set out to understand [...] the warnings set forth 205 years ago with the publication of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.' The dialogue was realized by gathering and fusing texts from several different sources: press interviews with Sam Altman, creator and CEO of OpenAI, Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein,' 'The New York Times,' my own writing, Luigi Pirandello's play 'Six Characters in Search of an Author,' and generated text from ChatGPT, an A.I. powered language model." Director, John Giampietro ; Justina Lee, musical preparation ; Nils Neubert, German language preparation ; Nicolò Sbuelz, Italian language preparation ; Annie Shikany, English dialogue preparation and speech coach ; Jason Simms, scenic designer ; Ashley Soliman, costume designer ; Kate Ashton, lighting designer. CAST: Nazrin Azlan Alymann, Chen Xi, Molly Snodgrass, Juliette Di Bello, Adriana Stepien, Stephanie Bell, Lewei Wang, Geun-hyeong Han, Benjamin Truncale, Sophia Baete, Kerrigan Bigelow, singers. Charlotte Loukola, Yun-Chung Lin, violins ; Johannah Carmona, viola ; Noah Chen, cello ; Anders Ruiter-Feenstra, double bass ; Liza Armistead, piano. Zachary Schwartzman, conductor.
Event Type Opera
Language Performed Italian