Experiments in Opera: "The Travel Agency Is On Fire: Burroughs Cuts Up the Great Bards"
This post is by Jean Ballard Terepka The evening consisted of two sets; the first six pieces lasted from 8:00 to 9:05 PM, were then followed by a between-set break of almost an hour for last-minute rehearsals and sound checks, and the concluding five pieces lasted from 10:00 to 11:15 PM. Before each piece was performed, a pre-recorded introduction was provided. These were fairly conversational in tone; some contained…