CMU School of Drama


Saturday, July 12, 2008

Finnish theatre troupe brings opera to the deaf

Reuters: "'This is like a new food you order, you don't know what it's going to taste like. You just take it and try it out,' said Juho Saarinen, one of a new order of 'opera signers', amplifying the mime characteristic of normal opera with sign language adapted to convey the mood and tone of music."

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