Thoughts from the inside

by Michael Zarathus-Cook   Over the past month there’s been a lot coverage on the process by which Pandora came fruition–and deservedly so, as Thursday May 23rd will mark the premiere of a project that began over two years ago. We’ve heard from the artistic...

Libretto of Pandora – by David James Brock

PROLOGUE (D.Storen/D.Brock) A Place Where Hope is Missing.   HEPH Curious. Curious. Fruits and legends in plain sight. Myth hangs in the air. Radiant energy. I want to get close. Closer still. Taste. Devour. Ingest a vital promise. What could be the harm in one....

The Myth of Pandora: A Brief Intro

      by Michael Zarathus-Cook It’s one of the most disturbing artifacts of Greek mythology and, two thousand years later, the inspiration for one of the more sadistic episodes of Netflix’s Black Mirror: as punishment for stealing fire from the gods,...

FAWN’s Devised Opera Method

(from left to right: Adam Scime – double bass, Darren Creech – piano, Joseph Glaser – Composer, Jonathan MacArthur – Voice) Written  by Michael Zarathus-Cook Be it “Verdi’s Otello” or “Wainwright’s Hadrian”, a top-down creative process has been...