From Computer Music to the Theater: The Realization of a Theatrical Automaton

In this talk will be presented an experience of application of computer music in theater realized in 1981 in the "Festival of Two Worlds" in Spoleto, Italy. The aims was to increase the interaction between sounds, scenery and actors on stage distributing the control of the musical events generation. In the seminar the structure of the performance and the music generated will be adressed such as the technical apparatus constructed to perform the work.