Straight from Sydney Festival to Melbourne's Art House, Opera for the Dead is a striking contemporary Chinese cyber-opera that blurs ritual, music and technology. Co-creator Mindy Meng Wang reflects on how her personal experience of grief and funeral rites shaped the immersive visual and musical work she developed with sound designer Monica Lim.

Guest:Mindy Meng Wang, world-leading guzheng player, composer and co-creator of Opera for the Dead

Excerpts from Opera For The Dead rehearsal audio courtesy Mindy Meng Wang and Monica Lim