Source: Vivid PR
By: Company Press Release
(NEW YORK, NY) — In what is believed to be a first-ever occurrence, an adult superstar, Vivid Girl Savanna Samson, will be a commentator on a highly promoted series on the opera “Tristan und Isolde” on WNYC Radio, 93.9 FM in New York, the largest public radio station in the country. The interview will also be streamed live at www.wnyc.org.
Ms. Samson is a contract actress with Vivid Entertainment, the world’s leading adult film company. She will appear on “The Tristan Mysteries” program on Thursday May 3rd (7:30-8:30 p.m., WNYC 93.9 Fm) the title of her segment is “The Sexual Mystery: What Can you Hear in the Music?” the Tristan Mysteries coincides with the Lincoln Center production of the opera opening May 2nd.
Ms. Samson, who began her career as a ballerina and is an opera aficionado, is a life-long Wagner fan. She is a multi-award winning actress who also started her own wine company and her first vintage,Sogno Uno, attracted world wide media attention and received 91 points from top wine critic Robert M. Parker. The New York Post recently reported that she signed a recording contract with Koch Records and that her first album will be out in September of this year.
Other participants in the WNYC series include famed playwright Terrance McNally, anthropologist Helen Fisher, choreographer Mark Morris and video artist Bill Viola, who created the Tristan Project.
According to WNYC “The Tristan Mysteries” is a “week long multi-media immersion into Wagner’s timeless opera, which permanently altered the terrain of Western culture. The series will offer opera buffs and novices alike an unprecedented, multi-platform opportunity to immerse themselves in all-things-Tristan through radio broadcasts to be broadcast April 28th through May 4th during the acclaimed “Evening Music” program, material prepared exclusively for www.wnyc.org, and a 24/7 feature on Wagner and his musical progeny on WNYC2, the station’s Hd channel and online classical music stream.”
“I love opera and enjoy going to the Met whenever my schedule permits,” said Ms. Samson. “I think I’m in a unique position to discuss the sensual aspects of the “Tristan und Isolde” characters and of opera in general,” she noted.
About Vivid:
The Vivid Entertainment Group is the world’s leading adult film company. Founded in 1984, Vivid pioneered the “Vivid Girl” concept, under which top adult film stars are signed to exclusive agreements that are styled on the old Hollywood contract star system. Vivid has always placed heavy emphasis on high quality erotic film entertainment for the couples market. It has created wide brand-name awareness through its films and through a licensing and marketing program that extends to advertising, apparel, book publishing, virility supplements, condoms, snowboards, calendars and comic books. The company is known for its innovative technological advances such as full function DVDs, a fast growing wireless program that is already active in 20 countries, its Burn-to-DVD technology and its popular website www.vivid.com. Vivid is the first adult company to release a movie on both Hd DVD and Blu-ray with “Debbie does Dallas…Again.” a reality series about the making of the “Debbie” movie has become a popular Showtime Tv series. Vivid is a major supplier of content for pay-per-view networks in North America and internationally. The best selling hardcover book How to Have a XXX sex Life: The Ultimate Vivid Guide, was co-authored by the Vivid Girls and published by HarperCollins.
The company’s Vivid-Alt imprint is headed by Eon McKai, alt-porn’s dominant icon. McKai has been widely credited as the founder of this new and edgy film genre. He has been profiled in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and the Village Voice. Visit Vivid-Alt’s popular website www.vividalt.com. Tristan Taormino, popular columnist with the Village Voice and an award winning director has also launched a Vivid-Ed imprint for the company. Visit www.vivid-ed.com.
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