COMPOSER SABRINA PENA YOUNG | MUSIC TECHNOLOGY | FILM | CLASSICAL | OPERA

Caricature of Giuseppe Verdi. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Although I have written an operetta and oratorio in the past, nothing prepared me for the intricacies for learning how to compose an opera. The large scale form that made countless composers like Verdi immortal in the annals of classical music seems daunting and somewhat archaic in a world of fast-paced social media, instant entertainment, and blase' pop music that permeates our minds like the polluted air we breathe. Ironically, I found little modern literature that helped me learn how to write an opera. Had the form been so abandoned in the Digital Age that writing a book on opera composition was futile? In any case, I decided to reinvent the form combining modern technology with contemporary compositions with Libertaria: The Virtual Opera , an animated opera produced entirely online.  Here are a few tips I have learned along the way: 1) Be Realistic  When I started working on Libertaria: The Virtual Opera...