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| Arts, Briefly: Twitter for Sopranos and a Bat for a Violinist Is there anything Twitter can’t do (when it isn’t shut down by the cyberattacks of malicious hackers)? The popular online network connects you to your friends, feeds you the latest news — and now it’s about to help create a new opera. The Independent reported that the Royal Opera House of London is planning to produce a work called “The Twitter Opera,” in which the libretto will be composed of short messages sent by the public to the opera house’s @youropera Twitter feed. The music will be a mixture of familiar opera music and original compositions by Helen Porter, and the finished work will be performed Sept. 4 through 6. A cast has not yet been announced, but if you’re a soprano who can handle a lyric like “I can’t stand you — no, stronger./You are a horse. And now escape is what I long for,” the Royal Opera may have need for you. ... In other crazy classical music news (a phrase we don’t often get to type), The Associated Press reported that Glenn Donnellan, above, a violinist for the National Symphony Orchestra, performed the national anthem at a Major League Baseball game on Saturday night using an electric violin that he made from a regulation bat. Mr. Donnellan, who performed before a game between the Washington Nationals and Arizona Diamondbacks in Washington, said he used a Derek Jeter-model bat purchased at a sporting goods store. “I went to the Sports Authority with my fiddle one day after work, held it up to the bat and it looked about right,” Mr. Donnellan said, according to The A.P. feeds.nytimes.com |
Lucy Vodden, Who Inspired a Beatles Song, Dies at 46 Ms. Vodden provided the inspiration for the Beatles’ song “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.” feeds.nytimes.com |
Record complaints over U.K. paper's Boyzone column A newspaper column on the death of an Irish boy-band singer has caused an online uproar and caused a record number of complaints to the British Complaints Commission. cbc.ca |
Holiday music calendar This season, there's something for everyone, from Sting to David Archuleta. rssfeeds.usatoday.com |
Critics’ Choice: New CDs New releases from Findlay Brown, Phil Vassar and the Inbetweens. feeds.nytimes.com |