“A COMPOSER MANY BELIEVE TO BE THE BEST OF HIS GENERATION”
- THE NEW YORK TIMES
"The most epic Demo in computer history is now an opera"
- WIRED
THE DEMO
“If Mr. Rouse had built his career in a different era, he might be playing these songs to indie-rock fans alongside bands like Dirty Projectors or Sufjan Stevens.”
- THE NEW YORK TIMES
GRAVITY RADIO
“A composer many believe to be the best of his generation."
- THE NEW YORK TIMES
OPERA TRILOGY LUMINATO 2008
“(INTERNATIONAL CLOUD ATLAS) was the purest realization of Mr. Cunningham’s chance aesthetic, the ultimate in intimacy”
- THE NEW YORK TIMES
MUSIC FOR IPODS
“If the job of an artist is to upset expectations, stimulate the viewers’ imaginations, critique the corporate driven culture and expand the possibilities of any given genre, then Mikel Rouse is at the top of his league.”
- THE TORONTO STAR
THE END OF CINEMATICS
“No one can really say what it is to be an American these days. But (MUSIC FOR MINORITIES) is a meaningful piece of the puzzle.”
- THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
MUSIC FOR MINORITIES
“Opera deals with higher truths. And the particular path that Rouse is exploring has much promise for the advancement of a new and, in its own right, distinctly American art form.”
- THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
FAILING KANSAS
“Dennis Cleveland is the most exciting and innovative new opera since Einstein on the Beach.”
- THE VILLAGE VOICE
DENNIS CLEVELAND
“We have Rouse’s works as living proof that complexity need not keep listeners at a distance, and that pop music can sustain serious interest with the right person at the helm.”
- GRAMOPHONE
CAMERAWORLD
