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30 July 1949, from otrcat.com, a vintage broadcast (edit) of a Chicago Summer Theater of the Air. This program Music In The Air features the music of Jerome Kern, George Gershwin and others. Performers are Virginia Parker, Bruce Foote and Barnard Isso. This unique radio show was created during the rising popularity of operas and dramas in the 1940s with an attempt to add high culture to American entertainment. The operas were sensitively translated into English and were supplemented by strong story dramas. The combination was quite successful and the show covered a variety of operas such as Madame Butterfly, The Vagabond King, The Merry Widow and many others. The show was 60 minutes long as the creators prided themselves in utilizing the complete music and intended plot for each opera...OTRCAT.COM
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Keith Lockhart talks about his job...conducting.

Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart loves his work. Here is an interview which aired on public radio's Marketplace.
Keith Lockhart (born November 7, 1959, Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.) is an orchestral conductor. He is the current Music Director of the Boston Pops Orchestra, taking over from John Williams in 1995. Previous to this, Lockhart was associate conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops, as well as Music Director of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, all based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Lockhart is an alumnus of Furman University, and of the Brevard Music Center, where he had his first experience of conducting. He was a conducting fellow at Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute. More Wiki Bio | Official Site | ON THE WEB | IMAGES | SHOP Keith Lockhart
