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Come Bargain With Uncanny Things - some early reflections
First: it worked. You can make an opera without a score, where the audience have genuine control of the outcome, which can adapt to...
leodoulton
Jul 31, 20214 min read
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What happens if you analyse opera like a TTRPG? - Part 3 - What Social Theory Can A Game Opera Have?
This will make very little sense unless you've read the first part (on TTRPGs) here, or the second part (on opera as a social game) here....
leodoulton
Mar 27, 20212 min read
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What happens if you analyse opera like a TTRPG? - Part 2, opera as social game
This will make a lot more sense if you've read the first part here. At first, I thought I’d do this via the Marxian models I tend to use....
leodoulton
Mar 27, 20214 min read
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What happens if you analyse opera like a TTRPG? - Part 1, games as social theory
I’m currently reworking the game rules used in We Sing/I Sang (working title for the rules: ‘Our People’s Song’). I’m not an expert game...
leodoulton
Mar 27, 20215 min read
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The Unimaginable Liberation Of The Singer - The Nice and the Radical
At a the latest Devoted and Disgruntled conference, I called a session asking for ideas for a utopian opera festival. One thing that...
leodoulton
Feb 14, 20218 min read
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Virtual Opera
Lockdown has caused a rash of online opera, so I thought I'd write a bit about my experiences with opera for film - whether researching...
leodoulton
Jul 21, 20204 min read
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Media Time
Sometimes I write blogs to clarify my thoughts about matters of theatrical theory and practice. Today I'm doing it because tomorrow is my...
leodoulton
Apr 23, 20193 min read
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Don Gioxote: Tilting at the Windmill
I recently said this on Twitter about working on Don Giovanni: I've been thinking it for a while as I work on this production of Don...
leodoulton
Feb 21, 20192 min read
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Some new projects!
UPDATE: some dates have changed. Please see more recent blog posts for the latest information. TL;DR: I have some upcoming projects to...
leodoulton
Nov 10, 20183 min read
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