A kind of piece we don't get often enough on American radio: an imaginative attempt to use an opera by Weill/Brecht to illuminate Las Vegas and to use Las Vegas to illuminate the Weill/Brecht opera. This is at once a clever arts piece and a good travel story.
And it's messy: Lots of great sound, terrific use of the opera. Half the time you have no idea who's talking. My one minor gripe is that there is so much ambience that it's hard to focus on what the people are saying.
44:00 without breaks can be tough. Part of the Vegas charm is its relentlessness, but I wonder if this piece could be broken roughly into three segments, with short travel pieces from your local PRX outlet to offer a little sonic respite.
Review of Weill and Vegas
Jackson Braider
Posted on June 17, 2004 at 06:13 AM
And it's messy: Lots of great sound, terrific use of the opera. Half the time you have no idea who's talking. My one minor gripe is that there is so much ambience that it's hard to focus on what the people are saying.
44:00 without breaks can be tough. Part of the Vegas charm is its relentlessness, but I wonder if this piece could be broken roughly into three segments, with short travel pieces from your local PRX outlet to offer a little sonic respite.