Op-era
April 06, 2020

'Full Pink Moon' - modern opera to be sung by 250 performers

On Tuesday evening, for six hours, more than 250 artists from around the world will gather for an epic online performance of late composer Pauline Oliveros' 'The Lunar Opera: Deep Listening For _Tunes', an open-form opera in which the enlisted performers create their own characters, movements and sound based on sonic cues known only to themselves, LA Times reports. For this occasion the production is called Full Pink Moon: Opera Povera in Quarantine, it's free, but the viewers can also choose to donate to help cover production costs. It's on here, starting at 5 p.m. Los Angeles time, 1 a.m. (Wednesday) London time, 8 a.m. Beijing time.