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This fifth installment of the Tapestry Explorations (TAP:EX) series offers a take on a Silicon Valley product launch, where audiences are the first to learn about Elysium, a new cloud-based technology that reimagines the afterlife as a perfect curation of our best memories. This fictional product draws attention to the modern world developing ne...

Composer: Benton Roark

Librettists: Debi Wong, Benton Roark

R.U.R. A Torrent of Light

The fictional tech company R.U.R., founded by couple Helena and Dom, dominates the A.I. software market and powers the now-ubiquitous androids that serve their human owners.

As Dom becomes more focused on growing R.U.R’s profits, Helena’s creative research leads to an unexpected technological breakthrough that pits the couples’ visions square...

Composer: Nicole Lizée

Librettist: Nicolas Billon

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Excerpts

TAP:EX Augmented Opera – Section 1: ” Product Launch”

Eurydice volunteers to test new A.I. technology that promises to capture your most vivid memories and curate your perfect virtual afterlife. Lab techs hand out eye masks to the audience.

TAP:EX Augmented Opera – Sections 2 and 3: “Descent Into Memory – Garden of the Subconscious”

Calliope and the Muses lead Eurydice C into her subconscious, to the memory of her first love.

TAP:EX Augmented Opera – Section 4: “Inner Sanctum”

In memory, Eurydice C's painter lover pushes her to allow him to paint her and make love to her, even though she is reluctant.

TAP:EX Augmented Opera – Section 5: “Fragments”

Eurydice C remembers different versions of her lover in an Arioso, Bourrée, and Passacaglia. She questions what might have been, before Calliope calls her back to the present.

TAP:EX Augmented Opera – Section 6: “Elysium”

Eurydice C is shown her Elysium with Orpheus in the garden - she is not sure she wants him there, but it fades before she can decide. The CEO brings her back to reality and closes the presentation.