Books written, photographed and designed by ML Hart
In progress
PASSION & GLORY AT THE OPERA [The Tenor Book]
Passion & Glory at the Opera: Conversations with Tenors on Fame and Failure, Sacrifice and Success
I’ve talked with four generations of those who are tenors, want to be tenors, train them, support them, hire them and appreciate them: Singers of all voice types, conductors, teachers, directors, coaches, impresarios, composers, critics, a fight director, a makeup artist and a vintage record collector. The richness of these 175 conversation-encounters will seep into what ends up in the book. How, exactly, does that happen? I don’t know. But it filters through me.
Published
THE ART OF MAKING OPERA
two seasons with San Diego Opera
a two-years-in-the-making documentary-photo&text book – shot in San Diego, written in Prague
Foreword by conductor Richard Bonynge
TYPED LIVE, EXCUSE ERORS
photographers @ technology’s crossroads
part history, part personal journey documenting an online photography group before there were Twibes on Twitter or Like Buttons on Facebook… and yes, the misspelling is intentional
Foreword by scholar Eric McLuhan
INSIDE THE MUSIC
performance portraits 1993-1997
musicians on stage ⊢ clubs, festivals, street fairs
Photography onstage and backstage:
Magazines
Opéra Magazine [France]
Opera Magazine [UK]
Opera News [US]
Opera Now [UK]
OPERNWELT [Germany]
PhotoMetro
The White House Journal
Books
The Young Person’s Guide to the Opera. Anita Ganeri, Nicola Barber. Harcourt Children’s Books. 2001.
Falling Up: The Days and Nights of Carlisle Floyd. Thomas Holliday. Syracuse University Press. 2013.
Film and Video
San Diego Opera Spotlight [documentary video series] UCSD-TV with San Diego Opera. John Menier, producer. 1997–2017.
HERMANN PREY – Stille meine Liebe [film] TryHarder Productions. Michael Harder and Martin Blum. 2009.
Gallery exhibits — photography and mixed media
Solo exhibits
ARTE PER LA MUSICA — Taber Mandros Exhibition Space
THE ART OF MAKING OPERA — The Photo Factory Gallery
PICTURE THIS! A NIGHT AT THE OPERA — LaVae Gallery
INSIDE THE MUSIC — The Photo Factory Gallery
A FANTASY LIFE OF THE ARTIST — LaVae Gallery
Juried group exhibits
San Diego Art Institute — San Diego, California
International Photography Exhibit — Del Mar, California
Off the Highway II — Chester, Virginia
Off the Highway — Denver, Colorado / Aspen, Colorado
Summer Southern Exchange/Graduate School — Claremont, California
Awards
Best Non-Fiction Book — THE ART OF MAKING OPERA / San Diego Press Club
Telly Award — scriptwriter / Discover UC San Diego
Accolade Award — scriptwriter / History of UC San Diego
Specialized studies
Design for the Theatre: Mount Holyoke College / San Diego State University
Studio Art / Art History / English Literature: San Diego Mesa College
Papermaking: with Georgia Laris
Alternative Photographic Processes: with Suda House
Abstract Painting: with Reed Cardwell
