How do you make a younger audience go to the opera? That was the question that always haunted writer Cerise Jacobs through the years as she wrote numerous librettos and operas. It always confounded her that her son never showed interest in the works she created. But it was ultimately this question that inspired her to make the first video {…}
Librettist Cerise Jacobs and composer Dan Visconti’s upcoming opera “ PermaDeath,” presented by White Snake Projects, is a work that combines music, theater, and cutting-edge technology, will also highlight Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). The opera features the story of gaming enthusiast Sonny, who is struggling with early stages of ALS. In the portrayal of the character, Jacobs has found the {…}
Cerise Jacobs’ video game opera “Permadeath will premiere in Boston. The opera written by Jacobs and her son Pirate Epstein was composed by Dan Visconti will make its premiere at Boston’s Cutler Majestic Theater on Sept. 27-29, 2018. When Jacobs’ wrote the opera, her vision was to build her libretto around a fictional video game in the style of the {…}