The Glance: A Laptopera | Exhibition
Date and Time
- Thu, Feb 19, 2026 - Fri, May 29, 2026
Location
836M
836 Montgomery St
Details
Anne Hege | The Glance: A Laptopera
🗓️ February 19 - May 29, 2026
đź“Ť 836M | 836 Montgomery Street
The Glance: A Laptopera is an operatic reinterpretation of the Orpheus myth for laptop orchestra and live voices that integrates electronic instrument design, composition, choreography, and visual art. The work explores themes of surveillance, control, witnessing, care, and human connection, linking ancient narratives with contemporary technologies. Through bespoke, body-centered electronic instruments, the project uses embodied performance to investigate how trust and love are shaped—and strained—within our modern technological landscape.
Created by composer Anne Hege in collaboration with electronic instrument builders Daniel Iglesia and Curtis Ullerich; vocalists Sidney Chen, Carmina Escobar, and Michele Kennedy; art director Kim Anno; and choreographer Carrie Ahern, The Glance foregrounds instrument design as a core expressive and narrative force. Performers engage with custom-built looping, motion-tracking, and architectural sound instruments that physically shape sound, movement, and character. In development during their residency at 836M through iterative rehearsals and interactive workshops, the opera culminates in a full premiere on May 29–31, 2026, at ODC Theater, offering audiences an immersive, multisensory experience in which sound, body, and story evolve together.