Opera Stunting – Covent Garden To Produce Twitter Opera

“In a blatant attempt to shake off its fusty image, the Royal Opera House has teamed up with the micro-blogging site to produce The Twitter Opera with a libretto composed entirely of public tweets. The ROH will join the 140-character tweets into a libretto, set them to familiar opera tunes and original music by Helen Porter and stage the result at its Covent Garden home next month.”

Building The Classical Musician Of The Future

“For years, conventional wisdom has been that leadership in the classical music industry should work to increase demand so that more young musicians can get jobs. Better funding, it is said, should be found to expand orchestras and develop audiences, and music should be cultivated at all levels. But for advocates of entrepreneurship such as [David] Cutler, it is the musician who must adapt to the shrinking and changing marketplace.”

The Odd Orchestra That Pops Up… Where?

“Best to get used to the Asphalt Orchestra: The musicians aim to pop up most any place but conventional concert halls. At the group’s first performance, on Wednesday, it sprang from a subway entrance as part of Lincoln Center’s Out of Doors Festival. Yesterday’s Philadelphia performance grew out of Lincoln Center’s partnership with Amtrak.”