The Met Live: Roberto Devereux
April, Fathom events - On Saturday, April 16, 2016, Fathom Events presented Gaetano Donizetti’s del canto* masterpiece Roberto Devereux for a one-night only cinematic presentation in hundreds of theaters throughout the United States. The screening was part of the year-long celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy award-winning series, “The Met: Live in HD.” This magnificent program, which has included some of the greatest operas of all time, also features during intermissions, fascinating...
The Bolshoi Ballet’s “Don Quixote”
April, Fathom events - Arthur C. Clark, the renowned English physicist and science fiction novelist, once wrote: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” (Profiles of the Future, 1961), and this prescient observation is nowhere more apparent than today, 55 years later, with the phenomenal bursting forth of the Digital Age that has swept the globe over the past couple of decades and has impacted almost every aspect of our daily existence. Within this relatively brief period of time, digital technology...
20 valuable lessons for games designers
Game Developers Conference, San Francisco - Mark Rosewater, Head Designer for the “Magic: The Gathering” shared his experiences that he gained over the past 20 years on designing, improving, and advancing the same game. Since 1995, he has been working for Wizards of the Coast which created Magic: The Gathering. He mentioned not many games survived that long time and it is no wonder that the game went though many changes. In the period of 20 years they made: 86 randomized booster products, 69 non-randomized products, online licensed...
The Met Live: Madama Butterfly
Fathom events - Hailed by The New York Times as “A gorgeous cinematic spectacle,” and in continuation of their invaluable cultural service by offering stunning live filmed performances, Fathom Events presented Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly for a one night only screening on April 6, 2016 in over 700 movie theaters worldwide. It was truly an incomparable operatic and cinematographic event not to be missed! Anthony Minghella’s* breathtaking production has delighted and thrilled audiences at the Met ever since it premiered in...