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“Musician/robot enthusiast explains the human themes behind his futuristic opera.” – Time Out Boston

“In Tod Machover’s new opera, Death and the Powers, high technology meets high anxiety.” – Boston Phoenix

WGBH’s “Greater Boston” – A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus is about to have four of her directorial efforts running simultaneously—including Hair, The Donkey Show, Death and the Powers, and Prometheus Bound.

“There’s a decent argument that the true onstage stars of “Death’’ are made of wires, metal, and LED lights. These are the robots, including a dozen “Operabots,’’ as Machover calls them, with plastic, pizza box-shaped heads…” – The Boston Globe

“Ultimately it’s the relationships, the loss, the longing to connect that give this opera its emotional weight.” – The Atlantic

“In the new robot opera, ‘Death and the Powers,’ humans are history. So is flesh and blood- as ‘so over’ as the dinosaurs.” – wbur.org

“ART show takes contemporary look at Prometheus.” -Boston.com

System of a Down’s Serj Tankian soundtracks the A.R.T.’s production of Prometheus Bound.