Explore the thrilling world of opera and its component parts in our series of podcasts, produced as part of the DARE partnership between Opera North and the University of Leeds.
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Explore the thrilling world of opera and its component parts in our series of podcasts, produced as part of the DARE partnership between Opera North and the University of Leeds.
From Monteverdi to Monty Python, cross-dressing, gross-out humour and a preoccupation with the grotesque seem to offer a release from the constrictions of moral codes and social conventions.
Tenor Daniel Norman takes a trip into transgression in the company of Professor Alan O'Leary. Drawing on the theories of philosopher and critic Mikhail Bakhtin, they discuss “the licence to misbehave” in opera, film and performance.
Part of the DARE partnership between Opera North and the University of Leeds
Thinking with Opera
Explore the thrilling world of opera and its component parts in our series of podcasts, produced as part of the DARE partnership between Opera North and the University of Leeds.