Friday, January 29th, 2010

In 2010, A Space Opera

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Rachel Calloway and Marco Nistic̣ in "Il Mondo Della Luna" at the American Museum of Natural History. Photo by Richard Termine.

For the past week, the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York has been home to an unusual sight -- performances of "Il Mondo Della Luna," a comic opera about the moon written by Joseph Haydn in 1777. The performance blends traditional opera with laser and light technology provided by the planetarium. We'll talk with the director of the performance.

Guests

Diane Paulus
Artistic Director, American Repertory Theater
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Philip Bussmann
Video & Production Design
Il Mondo Della Luna
Frankfurt, Germany

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Segment produced by:Shelley DuBois

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