BUZZ
McFarland releases Daron’s new book, Exploring Operafilm: Making the Bardo Trilogy, in April 2026.
I Hear America Singing world premiere screening on 10 February 2026 in Pittsburgh at the Oaks Theater, presented by Aria 412. Tickets here.
Barbara Grecki’s full-length play The Keeners is getting a NYC Reading. Coverage in Broadway World here and here.
Haruka Motohashi’s film There Tokyo has been screened at the Cinema Village as part of the New York Shorts International Film Festival.
Kuleana, a new documentary narrated by Woody Harrelson, with Tyler Ono as co-composer, has been released at the Hawaii International Film Festival.
Robert Frankenberry’s new opera The Blue Fairy, produced by our producing partner Aria 412, received its staged world premiere in Pittsburgh in June. Read more here.
Daron’s Exploring Operafilm: Making the Bardo Trilogy is scheduled for April 2026 publication by McFarland and Company. Pre-order it here or here or here or here.
9/10: Love Before the Fall has been licensed by Amazon Prime Video, and is beginning to appear on other streaming services worldwide.
I Hear America Singing is now streaming on Fawesome, Relay, and Stash TV, with more streamers licensing it over the next few months.
Daron screened Orson Rehearsed at the Bogliasco Foundation in Italy on February 17th for the fellows and staff. He is there writing his book on “opera film.”
Excellent article and interview called “Opera Meets Film: Multimodal Marriages in Daron Hagen’s ‘9/10: Love Before the Fall’“ in OperaWire here.
