The Beast Who Became an Opera

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010

Chicago Tribune music writer Greg Kot explains how a potential merger between two major concert promoters could spell trouble for concertgoers and for artists. Also, film composer Elliot Goldenthal and stage director and librettist Julie Taymor discuss "Grendel," their new opera inspired by the Beowulf legend. It combines projections, puppetry, masks and an emotional score. Finally, soul songwriter Dan Penn, the man behind such hits as Aretha Franklin's "Do Right Woman," stops by to share his latest studio project.

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