Classical Classroom, Episode 113: Rufus Wainwright On Composing Traditional Opera For A Modern World

Summary: <p>Happy New Year, everybody! Get ready for an astonishing onslaught of awesome, a veritable juggernaut of wow, from Classical Classroom in 2016 (John Luther Adams! The Force Awakens! Alisa Weilerstein!), starting with this episode featuring Rufus Wainwright. You may know Rufus Wainwright as a singer-songwriter, a piano man, a dude who hangs out with Elton John and Joni Mitchell. But as it turns out, he also writes classical music and opera. In this episode, he talks... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/2016/01/04/132787/classical-classroom-episode-113-rufus-wainwright-on-composing-traditional-opera-for-a-modern-world/">Read More</a></p>