As the United States approaches its semiquincentennial, Detroit Opera invites you to Apartment House 1776, a revolutionary, immersive operatic experience staged inside the galleries of the Cranbrook Art Museum. Originally conceived by John Cage for the US bicentennial in 1976, Apartment House 1776 places you at the crossroads of the nation’s colonial foundations, imagined as a chorus of voices drifting from apartment windows. Listen, share, and consider how the multiplicity of 1776 still resonates today. No two audience members will have the same experience!

Apartment House 1776

Cranbrook Art Museum

Join us at The Colburn School Mayman Hall for an exclusive video screening of Vera Ivanova's "The Double," a captivating work based on the Dostoyevsky story of the same name. This event, recorded in 2022, promises to be a profound exploration of identity and reality in the digital age.

**Event Details:**

- **Title:** Synchromy The Double HD Screening
- **Date & Time:** Saturday, June 8th, 2024, at 2:00pm
- **Venue:** The Colburn School Mayman Hall, 200 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012
- **Tickets:** Admission is free, but registration is required. Reserve your spot online.

**Program Highlights:**

- **Featuring:** Vera Ivanova's The Double HD Screening
- **Librettist:** Sarah LaBrie
- **Performers:** Jon Lee Keenan (tenor Noth), Anna Schubert (soprano Klara), Scott Graff (baritone Therapist), Timur (tenor The Double)
- **Director:** Alexander Gedeon
- **Conductor:** Marc Lowenstein
- **Ensemble:** The Brightwork Ensemble
- **Lighting Design:** Alejandro Melendez
- **Costume Design:** Lena Sands

**About the Program:**

"The Double" delves into the complexities of how our digital personas influence our perception of reality. The opera follows the journey of a troubled hero who believes his online profile has begun to act independently, threatening to take over his life. This narrative raises poignant questions about identity, reality, and the impact of our digital lives.

Librettist Sarah LaBrie remarks on the script's relevance, highlighting the evolving concept of identity in our increasingly digital world and its deeper cultural implications in today's society.

Don't miss this thought-provoking screening that bridges classic literature with contemporary concerns. Reserve your tickets now and be part of a unique cultural experience.

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The Double – HD Screening

Colburn School

The inaugural Synchromy Opera Festival delivers an inglorious, dynamic take on this digital life. In Vera Ivanova’s comic opera, The Double, the troubled hero believes that he has a double who is acting independently in an attempt to take over his life. For librettist Sarah LaBrie, this operatic re-imagining of Dostoevsky’s classic novel is newly relevant, as “many of us are coming to terms with what it means to be a citizen of a country founded on a dream that clashes glaringly with the reality many of us confront.” Directed by Alexander Gedeon, The Double features Brightwork Ensemble conducted by Marc Lowenstein.

Roman, Ian Dicke’s multimedia opera in two acts, questions the morality of designing intelligent machines to exhibit human behaviors. The central character, an AI assistant, is performed by a sung robotic voice and appears as a projection. Director June Carryl says, “In Roman, what’s toxic is giving ourselves wholesale to tech without boundaries, without a sense of right and wrong, only logical conclusions.” Conductor Thomas Buckley and the Koan Quartet accompany the human and virtual performers.

Alexander Gedeon

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