Opera: The Early Adopter Of The Media World

NPR interviews our own Mark Schubin on his lectures about opera’s place on the cutting edge of technology. He says opera theaters got the jump on the first telephone patent, Edison’s light bulb, commercial radios and more.

You can listen to the interview (and read the accompanying story) at http://www.npr.org/2011/11/06/142018443/how-opera-helped-create-the-modern-media-world