The Impresario Who Invented the Movie Theatre
A long time ago, I worked on a television show featuring opera star Luciano Pavarotti singing at the Spectrum arena, home of the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team. The concert […] More
Recent Posts tagged with Metropolitan Opera
Opera in New York City in 2015
Opera was alive and well in New York City, again, in 2015. I have tried to compile all of the opera performances there in that year. I’ve probably missed […] More
Operatic Media Borrowings, Hybrids, and Commixtion by Mark Schubin
Presented at SID: Sounds, Images, and Data 2015 (http://ocradst.org/sid2015), New York University, New York City on July 24, 2015. Direct Link (69 MB / TRT 35:36): Operatic Media Borrowings, […] More
The Technology of Le nozze di Figaro by Mark Schubin
The Technology of “The Marriage of Figaro” In October 2014, the Metropolitan Opera transmitted The Marriage of Figaro live from its technologically advanced stage to more than 2000 cinemas worldwide. […] More
Baseball & Opera? Opera & Baseball?
Recorded Wednesday, October 29, 2014. A free event for National Opera Week 2014 at GoingGoingGoneSports Gallery at the Atrium at Citigroup Center in New York City (with special thanks to […] More
Alternative Content for Cinema (mp4), NAB, April 15, 2012
Alternative Content for Cinema NAB, Las Vegas, NV April 15, 2012 MP4: Alternative Content for Cinema 690×540 24.3 MB TRT: 22:14 More
The Alternatives
At next month’s SMPTE/NAB Technology Summit on Cinema in Las Vegas, one session will be devoted to “Alternative Content.” What’s that? It’s complicated. One hundred years ago, the 1912 […] More
"The Fandom of the Opera: Live HD to Cinemas," HD World, October 13, 2010
The Fandom of the Opera: Live HD to Cinemas HD World, October 13, 2010 http://schubincafe.com/files/2010/10/HD_World_2010_The_Fandom_of_the_Opera_Live_HD_to_Cinemas.ppt (42 MB, 60 slides, 43 minutes) PLEASE VIEW IN SLIDE SHOW MODE TO ACTIVATE AUDIO More
Metropolitan Opera Hits Top-10 Box Office!
Actually, The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD, the series of transmissions to movie theaters that began in December 2006, has hit the top-10 of weekend theatrical box office many times […] More
"The Fandom of the Opera," LaGuardia Community College, October 6, 2010
The Fandom of the Opera: How a Four-Century-Old Art Form Helped Create Stereo, Home Entertainment, the News, and More LaGuardia Community College, October 6, 2010 PPT: http://schubincafe.com/files/2011/01/Fandom_of_the_Opera_LaGuardia_v2.ppt (55 MB, 113 slides) […] More