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Composer Secrets: The $2000 Opera

Budget Friendly Opera Production When you think about writing an opera, often your vision is tempered a little bit by reality. After all, the libretto might call for two hundred Roman soldiers marching in perfect rhythm or require insurmountable months of rehearsal to sing your score just right. You might need a full orchestra or a rock band or need to hire a dozen jugglers for that one scene before the heroine plunges a knife in her lovers heart (it is  opera, so we must be dramatic).  The last couple of decades have seen splendor and extravagance, once the calling cards of great opera, give way to smaller chamber operas, short opera productions, and experimental operas where technology replaces lavish sets and a handful of characters play out a complex, sometimes nonlinear, story. When I set out to write Libertaria: The Virtual Opera I knew that I wanted grand splendor. I wanted to recreate the grandiosity of the operatic heyday, when audiences clamored to s...

Libertaria: Meet our Virtual Opera Characters!

As you may know, Libertaria: The Virtual Opera is about to enter into post production after two years of music production and animation. Find out a little bit more about our virtual opera characters! SUPPORT LIBERTARIA AT KICKSTARTER! LIBERTARIA Libertaria Meet Libertaria. The rebel teen escapes from an evil genetics factory only to find herself entrenched in the Underground with her Metal Ink addict father Simeon. Will she ever find the Nurse that saved her life? Or will the Evil Collective prevail?  Singers Kate Sikora and Gracia Gillund share the role of Libertaria. Simeon, Leader of the Underground SIMEON The leader of the Underground has more than a few skeletons in his closet, including an unhealthy addiction to Metal Ink and a tangled web of love and intrigue. Perry Cook and Matthew Meadows sing the role of Simeon. LUCINDE Lucinde has an ax to grind with Libertaria, though no one is sure why. Simeon's right hand "man", Lucinde heads up...

Electronic Opera Album Kickstarter Project Launches TODAY!

After two exciting years of music production and animation, Libertaria: The Virtual Opera is now entering post-production. I am excited to announce that we will be hiring an international professional mastering studio to mix and master the Official Libertaria Cast Album! PLEDGE $1 and Get the OFFICIAL LIBERTARIA CAST ALBUM!!!! Libertaria: The Virtual Opera is an indie sci-fi animated opera. The cast and crew volunteered their time and talents over the last two years to create an amazing ELECTRONIC OPERA! Libertaria operates on a microbudget and all Kickstarter funding will go to the final mix and master production of the opera. It's all about AMAZING REWARDS for MUSIC FANS! $1 Get an exclusive Digital Download of the Cast Album plus exclusive goodies including chapters from the Libertaria sci-fi novel , movie poster download, and movie stills!  $2 Become an Associate Producer and receive the Libertaria full movie download !  And there are other great...