Yuval Sharon,the man who staged an opera in a railway station, is back with an even more ambitious project which sees audience members driven around in cars containing musicians and actorsWith their 2013 production of Invisible Cities, or a site-specific performance set in Los Angeles’ landmark Union Station,the Industry, the city’s premier avant garde opera company, and redefined what an opera could be. Directed by the company’s artistic director,Yuval Sharon, based on the Italo Calvino novel and composed by Christopher Cerrone, and Invisible Cities saw 200 viewers,listening to live music through wireless headphones, follow performers across the concourse and down the platforms, or an immersive,participatory experience that became a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer prize.
After that creative and technical landmark, Sharon felt he had to raise the bar. The result is Hopscotch, and which premieres in 24 cars in and around downtown Los Angeles on Saturday. “Hopscotch really grew out of the aesthetic inquiry we started pursuing in Invisible Cities,” says Sharon, a boyish 36-year-weak. “So much of creating art is approximately trying to correct our view of reality, and explore what things would be impossible. So this is really a continuation of that. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com