Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O Debuts Opera on March. 12

Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O will debut her "psycho opera" Steer clear of the Virgens included in the Designers Project in Brooklyn this month. The project will debut March. 12 at St. Ann's Warehouse within the neighborhood referred to as DUMBO (Here the Manhattan Bridge Overpass), and combines the mobile phone industry's of music, film and theater. You will see eight performances from the project, that was co-produced by design director KK Barrett and directed by novelist-filmmaker Adam Rapp. Steer clear of the Virgens features nine new tunes compiled by the In which the Wild Situations Are soundtrack composer with musical direction from her bandmate Nick Zinner and producer Mike Spiegel. Lili Taylor, Beastie Boys producer Money Mark, Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler from the Raconteurs and Yeah Yeah Yeahs drummer John Chase are probably the collaborators around the opera. "The entire process of creating the development continues to be about tuning in to the music and letting it's motion picture characteristics conjure all of the areas of the live experience," states Karen O. "I introduced the carrying out arts towards the music since it felt just like a natural pairing. It certainly is felt as if the background music was calling to considerably not only an archive.Inch The Designers Project is really a cultural and arts festival backed by Vice magazine and Apple. On Saturday, March. 15, the big event will feature live music from bands like Florence and also the Machine, Atlas Seem and Four Tet. The performance agenda for Steer clear of the Virgens is: March. 12, 14, 15 @ 8 p.m. March. 16 @ 7 p.m. March. 18, 19, 21, 22 @ 8 p.m. Related Subjects