Call Me Ishmael

Studio 360

The composer and performer Laurie Anderson was so taken with Moby-Dick, she composed a strange, cool, modern opera called Songs and Stories from Moby-Dick. Anderson tells us how Melville hooked her in the first few pages.Thanks to KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic.

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