Poet Cecile Goding first heard her words set to music for a class at the Iowa Writers Workshop. This led her to the idea of creating a new opera inspired by the E.M. Forster short story, “The Machine Stops,” whose setting is a world where people never meet physically, but create relationships through the screen of their mobile devices.
And Forster had this idea in 1909!
Cecile enlisted the aid of guitarist and composer John Lake, and the two crafted a brand new opera. John is a musical omnivore, and says the music draws from his many influences, from the Beatles to Frank Zappa to Wagner. The opera premieres July 30 and 31 at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts.
Tickets and info at www.themachinestopsopera.com.
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