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Video podcast. L.A. Opera chorus master Jeremy Frank and soprano Katherine Powers discuss Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as well as its 1867 opera adaptation by Charles Gounod, with selections performed by...
Recording of a live streamed performance of Tobias Theorell’s new production of Benjamin Britten’s opera based on Shakespeare’s magical comedy. Orchestra conducted by Simon Crawford Phillips.
An operatic adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" by the Charles Gounod. The opera tells the story of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy over five acts and was first performed in 1859. Placido Domingo conducts the...
Opera. Conductor William Christie and librettist Jeremy Sams assembled the score from the music of Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau and others. A pastiche retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest and A Midsummer...
Recording of an illustrated lecture by Kathryn Smith in which she explores how some of Shakespeare’s works have been adapted for opera. Some the works discussed include adaptations of Macbeth (Verdi,...
Podcast. Barbara Bogaev talks to composer Brett Dean and librettist Matthew Jocelyn about their opera based on Hamlet.
Podcast. Barbara Bogaev talks to composer John Adams about his new two-act opera based on Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra.
Shankar Vedantam presents a look at the way a people is dehumanised before a genocide. Featuring the experiences and theories of Ervin Staub, it first looks at his experiences in Nazi Germany and then looks...
Podcast. Composer Brett Dean and librettist Matthew Jocelyn created an operatic retelling, which has its world premiere at Glyndebourne Festival 2017. In this episode of the Glyndebourne podcast, they...
Barbara Bogaev and Colleen Fay discuss the history of operas based on Shakespeare.
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