Cloud Atlas author David Mitchell is interviewed by Conor Dillon at DeutscheWelle, in 'Cloud Atlas' author talks revenge and opera.
The opera in question is the Michel van der Aa work, Sunken Garden, for which he wrote the libretto. The English National Opera is premiering it next month -- see their publicity page -- and it sounds ... intriguing, promising:
The opera in question is the Michel van der Aa work, Sunken Garden, for which he wrote the libretto. The English National Opera is premiering it next month -- see their publicity page -- and it sounds ... intriguing, promising:
The world première of a groundbreaking occult mystery film-opera, featuring one of opera's first uses of 3D film.I'm not really sure I need my opera to include 3D film -- quite honestly, I haven't been won over by cinema using 3D film ... -- but I am a bit curious.