Tag: Opera

Hans Op de Beeck – interview: ‘It’s about suspension of disbelief and how far you can take a spectator into something undeniably fake’

The artist talks about art-making as catharsis and why, for him, it is all about the creation of visual fiction
Trulee Hall – interview: ‘When I say “whore”, I wouldn’t say that it’s a bad word’

Trulee Hall talks about her multimedia practice, her views on sex and voyeurism, and how she hopes her giant, golden corn-on-the-cobs and dancing, milk-squirting boobs will offer visitors a new experience
Harriet Middleton-Baker: ‘I enjoy the potential for opera to be seriously extreme’

The artist talks about unpicking the story of William Hogarth’s A Harlot’s Progress and using her latest opera to explore architectural form, power distribution and the ambivalence of feminism in a corporate climate
Frances Stark: ‘I am desperately trying to connect outside of the art world’

Frances Stark, the Los Angeles-based interdisciplinary artist and writer, talks about her first opera, an adaptation of Mozart’s Magic Flute,and her desire to cross boundaries