On 22 September 2011 the OPERA collaboration published a paper which communicated their results concerning the measurement of the neutrino velocity, which appeared to have exceeded the speed of light. If confirmed, this would imply a huge anomaly for the theory of relativity and physics in general. It took until July 2012 for the OPERA collaboration to figure out this was due to an internal err...

While the traditional notion of "opera" describes a production that incorporates musical elements with other art forms and media, the conceptual and technical considerations required to mount an electronic multimedia opera add significant layers of complexity. Design issues including projecting visual media, the implementing of an immersive audio environment and maintaining synchronization (bet...

With the increase in processing power of computers, proliferation of specialized software and hardware, and the availability of greater communications bandwidth, it is possible to deploy more demanding modern Distributed Interactive Multimedia Applications such as World Opera. The World Opera application realizes the vision of a distributed real-time opera performance in which artists who are d...

Compared with the study on acoustic quality of western music and opera, few studies were carried out on how the contemporary people evaluate acoustic attributes of Chinese traditional opera. In this study the subjective preference values of acoustic parameters for Peking opera such as sound pressure level, reverberation time and frequency response curve of RT were revealed through laboratory ex...

The authors focus on spectators’ judgements on the performance quality in opera. The results of a field study conducted in Dessau Opera House revealed the single components (e.g. orchestra) and the congruency components (e.g. congruency between the music and the staging dimension) which contribute to operagoers’ overall quality judgements. Spectators’ individual judgements were found to be high...

Opera is a complex musical form that reflects the complexity of the human condition and the human brain. This article presents an introduction to the portrayal of medical professionals in opera, including one neurologist, as well as two characters in whom neurological disease contributes to the action of the musical drama. Consideration is also given to the neuroanatomy and neuropathology of op...

HAPPY YEAR OF THE YANG (羊)! On Friday February 20, 2015 The Chinese Program ushered in the Year of the Sheep with a celebration chock full of Chinese New Year activities including paper crafts, Jianzi game (aka hacky sack), opera mask painting, Beijing opera performance. Students had their faces painted as opera clowns. Students and faculty members from both Pacific Lutheran University and the ...