American composer Robert Ashley – who reinvented opera with electronics and avant garde techniques – died yesterday at the age of 83. Ashley (March 28, 1930 – March 3, 2014) was known for radically rethinking the concept of opera – reimagining it for TV and for recordings. and incorporating electronic instruments and electronic manipulation of speech. In… Read More Robert Ashley, “The Greatest Genius Of 20th Century Opera”, Dead At 83