
In the experiment you don’t hear their voices, but the machine learning model’s understanding of what opera singing sounds like, based on what it learnt from them. Tenor, Christian Joel, bass Frederick Tong, mezzo?soprano Joanna Gamble and soprano Olivia Doutney recorded 16 hours of singing. Li and his team developed a machine learning model trained on the voices of four opera singers in order to create an engaging experiment for everyone, regardless of musical skills. This experiment pays tribute to and explores the original musical instrument: the voice. We think it appropriate, therefore, to show you this remarkable machine learning experiment by David Li, in collaboration with Google Arts and Culture. This holiday season has been, frankly, weird. Blob Opera is a machine learning experiment by David Li in collaboration with Google Arts and Culture.
