Slog - Comments on Miniature Operas in Water http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/miniature_operas_in_water This morning at 11:30, I was invited to a performance I couldn't attend, but am still thinking about. Good thing there will be more of these public performances: Seattle composer Byron Au Yong has created 64 mini-operas to be performed by four opera singer/water-drummer duos, in fountains, reservoirs, pools, and lakes around Seattle and in in Auburn, Bellevue, Des Moines, Issaquah, Lake Forest Park, Redmond, Renton, Sammamish, Shoreline, and Snoqualmie over the next few weeks. The series is called Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas, and more information about the specifics is here. The idea reminds me of one of the classic... Copyright 2008 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:32:53 -0800 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:10:54 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by The CHZA I think a series of pictures of himself pissing in an ocean it would have been more effective.

]]> The CHZA http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/miniature_operas_in_water#c1098321 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/miniature_operas_in_water#c1098321 Visual Art Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:28:21 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I'd rather see a farewell opera written to Lauren Briel, who's moving to Vancouver BC to work for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Something along the lines of "Study in contrast: Ocean and Mountains at play with the Snow".

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/miniature_operas_in_water#c1098379 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/miniature_operas_in_water#c1098379 Visual Art Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:10:54 -0800