FULL Anarchy at the Opera & Burn Down the Opera Houses 2 Lectures by Yuval Sharon Chicago IL 2025

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Anarchy at the Opera & Burn Down the Opera Houses  
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• Venue & Opera Company: Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts Performance Hall, Chicago, Illinois, Melvin R. Berlin Family Lectures  
• Recorded: May 6 & 13, 2025
• Type: Other
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Information about the Recording

• Published by: UChicago Division of the Arts & Humanities  
• Date Published: 2025  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  Visionary opera director Yuval Sharon presents the 2025 Berlin Family Lectures.

  Picking up on a line from his new book, A New Philosophy of Opera (2024), Sharon explores the question under his theme of “Anarchy at the Opera”: Is opera a standard bearer or a pall bearer for the status quo? These lectures explore both historic experiments in non-hierarchical creation—John Cage’s Europeras and the history of improvisation in opera—as well as Sharon’s own practical experiences with “anarchic” opera.

  
  The final lecture concludes with a rare live performance of John Cage’s Europera 5, directed by Sharon, as a demonstration of the ideas explored in his talks.
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