# Android Opera: For the love of Maria

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Podcast: [In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-news-features-nhk-world-japan-news-6248665)
Published: 2025-12-19T04:43:05+00:00
Episode link: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/4471/
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Duration seconds: 463

## Resource

Composer and musician Shibuya Keiichiro continues to challenge audiences with multimedia productions that marry cutting-edge technology with difficult questions about life and death. His latest work, an android opera, was born out of his own experience of loss.

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