Opera San José is opening its 2025–26 season with Così fan tutte, and they’re doing more than just staging Mozart’s comedy—they’re inviting the audience to help shape the ending. In partnership with Cloud4Wi, an enterprise Wi-Fi platform, the company is letting audience members vote during intermission—via mobile or lobby kiosks—on which lovers end up together.… Read More about “Reimagining Opera: From Audience Choice to Artistic Identity”
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IPA Source is now a member of the NISO SERU Registry
A SERU (Shared Electronic Resource Understanding) is considered a NISO best practice. IPA Source is pleased to be a part of the NISO SERU registry. If your institutional library wants to get started, visit https://www.niso.org/standards-committees/seru/getting-started-seru-libraries.
Verismo Opera: The Gritty and Realistic Side of Italian Opera
Verismo (Italian for “realism”) opera is a type of opera that emerged in Italy in the late 19th century, characterized by its realistic and gritty subject matter, and a focus on everyday people and their struggles. Verismo opera originated from an Italian literary movement of the same name. Verismo opera sought to portray ordinary people… Read More about “Verismo Opera: The Gritty and Realistic Side of Italian Opera”