Composer Birman speaks to writer Diel before the premiere of financial opera "Nostra Culpa" in Tallinn...
Composer Eugene Birman (L) speaks to writer Scott Diel before the premiere of financial opera "Nostra Culpa" (Our Fault) in Tallinn April 7, 2013. Nostra Culpa is a 16-minute musical piece for soprano and string orchestra, based on a twitter spat between Nobel Prize economist Paul Krugman and President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilvess about austerity measures in Estonia. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (ESTONIA - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS BUSINESS SOCIETY)