UC Santa Cruz to provide taste of ‘Star Trek’ opera-in-progress

UC Santa Cruz to provide taste of ‘Star Trek’ opera-in-progress

SANTA CRUZ — Since its premiere 60 years ago this September, “Star Trek” is a franchise that has set itself apart from other science-fiction works by balancing its spectacle and otherworldly atmosphere with philosophy on the human race, technology and why people do what they do, despite the harm it may cause others. Even with the many additional TV series and movies, “Star Trek” still manages to find new ways to boldly go where the franchise has…

‘The Trial of Spock’: Star Trek-Inspired Opera Premieres at UCSC

Just like Gene Roddenberry’s Starfleet in the 1960s Star Trek TV series, UCSC is also focused on research and moving the human race forward. For Ben Leeds Carson, a professor of music and director of creative technologies at our university on the hill, bringing together a world-class collection of humans to create an opera based on Star Trek is just another mission. The Trial of Spock takes place on March 8th and is a concert performance, an ope…