IF YOU GOWhat: Trans-Siberian Orchestra.When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.Where: Memorial Auditorium, 399 McCallie Ave.Admission: $39.50-$59.50.Phone: 642-8497.Venue website: www.chattanoogaonstage.com.
Paul O’Neill is nothing if not passionate about his projects, seeing them not just as a source of income but as vehicles for ideas he believes the world desperately needs.
As the creator and producer of the internationally renowned prog-rock group Trans-Siberian Orchestra, O’Neill has delivered these messages to more than 7 million people in the last 17 years via a series of over-the-top rock operas.
The underlying message of the group’s production “Beethoven’s Last Night,” which recounts a battle of wills between the titular composer and the devil, is one of indomitable faith in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.
That kind of uplifting idea is something O’Neill said he believes the world could use more of lately.