BUZZ

McFarland releases Daron’s new book, Exploring Operafilm: Making the Bardo Trilogy, in April 2026.

  • 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 doing well on the Festival Circuit. As of June 2025, three months in, it has garnered the following laurels: Nominee - Best Independent Film, Best Composer of the Season - Montreal Independent Film Festival; Nominee - Best Composer - New York Independent Cinema Awards; Official Selection in Best Ensemble Cast and Best American Film Categories - World Film Festival in Cannes; Los Angeles Film Awards Winner-Best Musical / Dance Film; Honorable Mention for Best Indie Film; Nominee - Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Director, Best Cinematography - Swedish International Film Festival; Winner — Diamond Awards for : Best Ensemble Cast, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Original Score; Gold Awards for: Best Actor (Robert Frankenberry) and Best Documentary Film — Mindfield Film Festival, Albuquerque; New York Film Awards - Winner - Best Original Score, Silver; Semi-Finalist - Best Musical Feature or Documentary - Kyoto International Film Festival; Winner — Best Experimental Feature Film - Alternative Film Festival, Toronto; Semi-Finalist — Best Performative or Character-Driven Documentary and Best Documentary Cinematography - Lonely Wolf International Film Festival, London

  • The 2025 Marina del Rey Film Festival is screening 9/10 on June 19. Daron will attend.

  • 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.

    OLD BUZZ HERE…

AMERICA SINGING INSTA FEED…

View fullsize Congratulations, @talaljabari on being awarded the laurel for BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER for your work on "I HEAR AMERICA SINGING" from the @swedish.international.filmfest Bravo, mate!
View fullsize Exhilarating, thrilling sweep at the prestigious Paris Film Awards for our #operafilm "I Hear America Singing!" Thank you for awarding laurels for BEST FEATURE FILM, BEST DIRECTOR, and BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY as well as Silver Awards for B
View fullsize Thank you, @parisfilmawards for making our #operafilm an Official Selection!
View fullsize Ah-oooooooo! We are thrilled and grateful. Thank you, @lonelywolffest for making our #operafilm a semi-finalist in the Best Performative or Character-Driven Documentary and Best Documentary Cinematography categories. And super kudos to @talaljabari &
View fullsize We're delighted to have been awarded the laurel for Best Experimental Film in the Features category by the @alternativefilmfestival in Toronto! Thank you! Bravi to the entire New Mercury Collective creative and performing teams.
View fullsize Thanks, @alternativefilmfestival for making our #operafilm "I Hear America Singing" a Category Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature and Best Experimental Feature. We look forward to our final ranking and laurel on the 22nd! Excited an
View fullsize Thank you Kyoto Independent Film Festival, for making I HEAR AMERICA SINGING a semi-finalist for BEST MUSICAL FEATURE / DOCUMENTARY. Wish us good luck in the finals! @peermusic_classical @mcfpub @aria412pgh @daronhagencomposer @robertfrankenberr
View fullsize Momentum! We are so excited by the terrific reception “I Hear America Singing” is getting on the festival circuit. Bravi tutti! @robertfrankenberry @ariasinger201 @talaljabari @daronhagencomposer @swedish.international.filmfest @worldfilm
View fullsize Thank you @newyorkmovieawards for awarding our #operafilm the SILVER AWARD for BEST ORIGINAL SCORE. @peermusic_classical @ascap @aria412pgh @_the_scl @operawire @skylightmusictheatre @daronhagencomposer
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View fullsize Thank you, @cine_sweden (Swedish International Film Festival, for making our #operafilm "I Hear America Singing" a Nominee in these three categories: BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY FILM, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER.
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View fullsize Thank you, @lafilmawards for honoring our #operafilm with BEST MUSICAL / DANCE FILM and HONORABLE MENTION: BEST INDIE FEATURE. Congratulations to everyone in the New Mercury Collective family and production team. @talaljabari @robertfrankenberry @ari
View fullsize Congratulations to the talented cast and production team of the third #operafilm in the Bardo Trilogy, "I Hear America Singing," for securing the Best Musical/Dance Film Laurel at the @lafilmawards A well-deserved recognition for their exce
View fullsize Thank you, @lafilmawards for advancing our #operafilm! Wish us luck, we are elated!
View fullsize Thank you, @swedish.international.filmfest for the Official Selection in the Best Cinematography Category of our #operafilm. Congratulations, Director of Photography @talaljabari Talal Jabari!
View fullsize We are thrilled that the @lafilmawards have made our #operafilm an Official Selection! Thank you!
View fullsize Our official movie poster has come in.
View fullsize Excited and honored that "I Hear America Singing" is now officially a finalist in the Best American Film and Best Ensemble Cast Categories of the @worldfilmfestivalincannes for February. Congratulations to Robert Frankenberry, Desiree Soter
View fullsize Thank you, @montrealindependentfilmfest for making our #operafilm a Nominated entry. #peermusicnyc