Minecraft's First Opera Premieres This Week
OPERAcraft, an original opera created at Virginia Tech University by university and high school students, will debut this week with a live performance including a livestream of the full show.
Minecraft has been put to all sorts of educational uses, from teaching first and second grade students about original opera, performed in Minecraft [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/110186-Computer-Teacher-Uses-Minecraft-as-Curriculum].
Work on OPERAcraft told Polygon [http://www.polygon.com/2013/9/14/4726958/minecraft-opera-operacraft] why she chose Minecraft as the vehicle for the opera. "I wanted to create something that they were able to do," says Wyatt. "I didn't want it to be something where you had to have particular skills, like carpentry or music. I thought there had to be a way to produce a set virtually, and then Minecraft proved to be the best vehicle."
The available on Livestream [http://www.music.vt.edu/department/calendar/index.php?eventid=1171]. The first performance is Wednesday, December 4 at 7:30 p.m. ET, and the second performance will be Saturday, December 7 at 2 p.m. E.T. Break a leg, Steve.
Source: Polygon [http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/3/5171542/minecrafts-first-opera-will-be-livestreamed-this-week]
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OPERAcraft, an original opera created at Virginia Tech University by university and high school students, will debut this week with a live performance including a livestream of the full show.
Minecraft has been put to all sorts of educational uses, from teaching first and second grade students about original opera, performed in Minecraft [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/110186-Computer-Teacher-Uses-Minecraft-as-Curriculum].
Work on OPERAcraft told Polygon [http://www.polygon.com/2013/9/14/4726958/minecraft-opera-operacraft] why she chose Minecraft as the vehicle for the opera. "I wanted to create something that they were able to do," says Wyatt. "I didn't want it to be something where you had to have particular skills, like carpentry or music. I thought there had to be a way to produce a set virtually, and then Minecraft proved to be the best vehicle."
The available on Livestream [http://www.music.vt.edu/department/calendar/index.php?eventid=1171]. The first performance is Wednesday, December 4 at 7:30 p.m. ET, and the second performance will be Saturday, December 7 at 2 p.m. E.T. Break a leg, Steve.
Source: Polygon [http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/3/5171542/minecrafts-first-opera-will-be-livestreamed-this-week]
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