Ada: Poet of Computing

A One Person Opera Libretto
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Abstract

This text will describe the libretto for a one person opera about Ada, countess of Lovelace, its development, and with it Ada’s life and work. There was a big challenge to make audible and visible her abstract mathematical abilities and her insights into the capabilities of computers at the early time of the nineteenth century, as well as her (first) programming, of e.g. the Bernoulli-numbers. In particular logistic problems of the staging arising from a one-person opera are described. The solution is found with the intertwining of an oratorium-like form with stage imaging and projections, electronic devices and tuning.

Keywords

Winning Strategy Bernoulli Number Analytical Engine Steam Engine Surveillance Camera 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.University of FreiburgFreiburgGermany

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