Patrick McGraw, Robert Taylor and Steven Webb, three of the Faculty of Music’s imaginative and innovative student composers, have devised a unique and edgy operatic setting of The Machine Stops, a science fiction dystopia based upon the short story by E.M. Forster. In a future where direct communication is virtually forbidden, a mother and son strive to connect while the technology around them crumbles. Conducted by Sandra Horst and directed by Michael Patrick Albano with designs by James Bolton (set), Lisa Magill (costumes) and Gavin MacDonald (lighting).
The performance launches the annual New Music Festival.
MacMillan Theatre
Free
Made possible through a generous gift from Dianne W. Henderson.
All MacMillan Theatre productions are given with Surtitles.
The 2016 New Music Festival features work by JUNO Award-winning Canadian guest composer Allan Gordon Bell, as well as brand new music by U of T students, faculty and alumni. The festival week includes performances by Land’s End Ensemble, Gryphon Trio, Cecilia String Quartet, as well as all U of T major ensembles.