{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"OperaWire","provider_url":"https:\/\/operawire.com","author_name":"OperaWire","author_url":"https:\/\/operawire.com\/author\/operawirestaff\/","title":"Opera Profile: John Zorn's 'Rituals' - OperaWire","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"J9ZDQh31oF\"><a href=\"https:\/\/operawire.com\/opera-profile-john-zorns-rituals\/\">Opera Profile: John Zorn&#8217;s &#8216;Rituals&#8217;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/operawire.com\/opera-profile-john-zorns-rituals\/embed\/#?secret=J9ZDQh31oF\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Opera Profile: John Zorn&#8217;s &#8216;Rituals&#8217;&#8221; &#8212; OperaWire\" data-secret=\"J9ZDQh31oF\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/operawire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/BN-KF585_NYZORN_M_20150909160410.jpg","thumbnail_width":1280,"thumbnail_height":853,"description":"(Credit:\u00a0ALAN NAHIGIAN) \u201cRituals\u201d is a five-act monodrama for mezzo-soprano and 10 instrumentalists composed by American composer John Zorn. The History The opera received its first performance at the 1988 Bayreuth Opera Festival, of which Wagner\u2019s Parsifal (conducted by the late James Levine) opened the festival\u2019s activities and where the late German opera director Harry Kupfer premiered a controversial-yet-innovative reimagining of&nbsp;{&hellip;}"}