R&J Podcast

My debut with Nashville Opera will also be the firsttime an In-Performance Director’s Commentary Podcast will be availablefor an opera performance. Pretty cool!

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Nashville Opera to Offer In-Performance Director’s Commentary Podcast For Upcoming Roméo
November 13, 2006

In what will likely be the first sanctioned use of an iPod during anopera performance, Nashville Opera has announced that it will offeraudience members the option of utilizing a pre-recorded director’scommentary podcast during select performances of its upcomingproduction of Roméo et Juliette.

The chance to hear the podcast will be offered during the last weekendof the company’s winter production, for performances on February 2 and3. The full-length commentary, which has yet to be developed, willreportedly feature director John Hoomes and several of the production’sprincipal artists.

"The opportunity to listen to director’s commentary in real-time duringa live performance will provide unparalleled insight into the thoughtprocesses of our director and principal artists," said Carol Penterman,Nashville Opera’s executive director. "It’s a natural extension of ourvery popular ‘In Studio with John Hoomes’ podcasts which have beenavailable since the beginning of our 2006-07 season on iTunes."

In an effort to encourage patrons to experience Gounod’s operasans-iPod during the January 26 and 28 performances, and then returnfor the performances with the commentary offered, is selling speciallypriced two-show commentary packages at its box office.
The company reportedly has undertaken the endeavor after a series of successful feasibility tests during the opera’s recent performances of Aida.

"The concept of podcasting is a new and innovative way of communicatingdirectly with our audience,” John Hoomes, the company’s artisticdirector, said in a statement issued by the company. “With thedirector’s commentary podcast, we hope to make our productions, and theart form of opera, more accessible to a wide audience through a morepersonal, and up-to-the-minute exchange of information."

This entry was posted on Monday, November 13th, 2006 at 3:37 pm