Translating the Music of Trees Into the Sounds of Opera

Translating the Music of Trees Into the Sounds of Opera

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The composer Tod Machover and ths soprano Joyce DiDonato. Machover’s chamber opera, “Overstory Overture,” stars DiDonato and is an adaptation of Richard Powers’s novel. Musical themes abound in the work of the novelist Richard Powers, often intertwined with science and social issues. The parallel…

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