The Algae Opera

Late night specials at the RA

26 November 2019

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The Algae Opera was presented in London as part of the RA Lates: Deep Earth on 23 November 2019. For those that ‘dined’ with us, here’s a reminder as to the late-night specials sampled… BurtonNitta’s The Algae Opera is a performance art piece in the gu …

Made for life

19 November 2019

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Just what can the castrati tradition reveal about the algae opera singer? Meet the protagonist of The Algae Opera, Evalga… When I was 12, mum and dad bought me a hard-backed shiny book about classical music.  I think it had a picture of James Galway …

The alternative entrance to Narnia

18 November 2019

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The six steps to creating an operatic character. The Algae Opera is a micro-opera that required the creation of a character living in a future world.  Rather than rocking up to the rehearsal to scour the score for clues, we built the future state and c …

Sitting next to the future

18 November 2019

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How can an opera singer become the producer of a future food? Explore, The Algae Opera, where song is a tasty experience. Carmen clicked her castanets to seduce. Dido drank a vile of poison to nobly end her life. Charlotte kept letters to remind her of …

The Algae Opera: Live performance at RA Lates: Deep Earth, Saturday 23 November 2019, 19:00 – 23:00

13 November 2019

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Part of the Antony Gormley event programme, this epic RA Lates invites you to experience nature reinterpreted through earthly intervention, performances and soundscapes across the RA’s two-acre campus. BurtonNitta’s The Algae Opera will be performed in …

The Algae Opera at Centre Pompidou, Paris

1 February 2019

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Burton Nitta’s The Algae Opera was presented as part of the ‘La Fabrique du Vivant’ exhibition at Galerie 4, Centre Pompidou, from 20 February – 15 April 2019. ‘La Fabrique du Vivant’ [The Factory of Life] examined how the concept of nature is changed …