The Machine Stops is a futuristic opera for our time. 

In this future, AI-based computer networks control 

the world's inhabitants (both physically and socially 

by means of social media) while also providing 

for their needs--a dystopian dream that can't be 

dismissed. In this world, we meet a young couple 

(Kuno and Em), who join forces to explore beyond 

the boundaries of their enclosed world. Their discovery reaffirms humanity, while the story interleaves love, tenderness, and the brutality of control. The kaleidoscopic and powerful music and the story's important questions resonate with listeners.