Jeff Lunden

New York

Arts Reporter and Producer at Freelance

Freelance arts reporter, composer

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Articles

Two nonverbal actors star in a new opera - with an assist from AI

3 days ago | wusf.org | Jeff Lunden

Updated June 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM EDTOpera is all about singing, so what do you do with a character who is non-verbal? That's the challenge faced by composer Paola Prestini with her new opera Sensorium Ex, which premiered in late May in Omaha at the Common Senses Festival. "How do you bring a non-verbal character to life?" Prestini asked.
How a new opera gives a voice to the nonverbal

3 days ago | wbur.org | Jeff Lunden

HomeRadioHere & NowHow a new opera gives a voice to the nonverbalTwo nonverbal actors have been cast in a new opera, opening this week in Omaha. The production has worked for five years to develop technology to give them a voice. Jeff Lunden reports. This segment airs on June 3, 2025. Audio will be available after the broadcast.
Latino stories bring new audiences to Broadway

1 week ago | marketplace.org | Jeff Lunden

In New York, where almost 30% of the population identifies as Hispanic, two Broadway musicals have opened this spring which feature Latino stories, writers and casts: “Buena Vista Social Club” and “Real Women Have Curves.” The shows’ producers see an opportunity to expand their audiences. When the album “Buena Vista Social Club” came out in 1996, it was an international hit. Featuring older Cuban musicians playing songs of their youth, the CD captured the imagination of Orin Wolf.
A new opera in Omaha uses technology to give voice to two non-verbal actors

2 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Jeff Lunden

SOMOS CONNECTICUT is an initiative from Connecticut Public, the state’s local NPR and PBS station, to elevate Latino stories and expand programming that uplifts and informs our Latino communities. Visit CTPublic.org/latino for more stories and resources. For updates, sign up for the SOMOS CONNECTICUT newsletter at ctpublic.org/newsletters.
A new opera in Omaha uses technology to give voice to two non-verbal actors

2 weeks ago | wesa.fm | Jeff Lunden

Two non-verbal actors have been case in a new opera, opening this week in Omaha. The production has worked for five years to develop technology to give them voice.
A new opera in Omaha uses technology to give voice to two non-verbal actors

2 weeks ago | wamc.org | Jeff Lunden

SCOTT SIMON, HOST:A new opera in Omaha not only presents disability as a theme, it presents disabled singers and actors on stage, front and center. Two of those cast members are nonverbal. Jeff Lunden reports that the production worked for five years to develop technology to give them voice. JEFF LUNDEN, BYLINE: If you remember physicist Stephen Hawking, he used a special speech synthesizer to let him express himself. Jakob Jordan uses similar technology.
Charles Strouse, Broadway composer of 'Annie' and 'Bye Bye Birdie,' has died at 96

3 weeks ago | hawaiipublicradio.org | Jeff Lunden

Broadway composer Charles Strouse, creator of the hit musicals "Bye Bye Birdie," "Applause" and "Annie," died at his home in New York City on Thursday.
Composer John Adams' opera 'Antony and Cleopatra' opens in New York

3 weeks ago | delawarepublic.org | Jeff Lunden

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)SCOTT SIMON, HOST:John Adams has written operas that spring from world events - "Nixon In China," "The Death Of Klinghoffer," "Doctor Atomic." But the great composer's newest work, premiering at the Metropolitan Opera, is his first adaptation of a play by Shakespeare. Jeff Lunden reports.
Composer John Adams' opera 'Antony and Cleopatra' opens in New York

3 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Jeff Lunden

SOMOS CONNECTICUT is an initiative from Connecticut Public, the state’s local NPR and PBS station, to elevate Latino stories and expand programming that uplifts and informs our Latino communities. Visit CTPublic.org/latino for more stories and resources. For updates, sign up for the SOMOS CONNECTICUT newsletter at ctpublic.org/newsletters.
Composer John Adams' opera 'Antony and Cleopatra' opens in New York

3 weeks ago | kuow.org | Jeff Lunden

Composer John Adams' opera 'Antony and Cleopatra' opens in New YorkJohn Adams has been called America's greatest living composer. His adaptation of Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" opens at the Metropolitan Opera, in New York, next week.