The Sleepwalking Soprano

Renowned Korean coloratura soprano Sumi Jo joins us as she prepares for her Caramoor debut as a sleepwalker in Bellini's opera La Sonnambula. Jo's past bel canto roles have been acclaimed from Salzburg to La Scala to the Metropolitan Opera, and she helps present Bellini's original score for the first time here in America. Also: Microtonal composer, author and music critic Kyle Gann joins us to today to discuss his collection of essays about the experimental music scene in New York entitled "Music Downtown: Writings from the Village Voice." He'll also talk about his latest release, "Nude Rolling Down an Escalator: Studies for Disklavier," a work that uses mechanical piano controlled by a computer via MIDI data.