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Podcast: Jazz88
Episode: Aaron Kerrโs New Opera Performed on November 18 Captures the Spirit of the Times of the Kennedy Assassination and Nixon Resignation
Description: Aaron Kerrโs new opera captures the spirit of the times of the assassination of President Kennedy and resignation of President Nixon. Inspired by TV news copy saved over the decades, the work is called Kennedy Nixon UPI AP. Itโll be staged at Zion Lutheran Church in St Paul, Friday November 18 at 7PM. When Aaron talked to Phil Nusbaum about this most unusual opera which involves TV news copy, a narrator and singing, he said that there was a family connection with the UPI and AP TV news copy.