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How Coronavirus and the Black Lives Matter movement has affected the operatic industry in the UK
SPECIAL EDITION EPISODE!
This week Helen is taking over the podcast to present the research project she's been working on over the last year:
"As I hope many of our regular listeners know, one of the main aims of Where's My Freaking Dressing Room?! is to provide an open and honest account of what it can be like to be a classical musician in the UK. Since September 2020 I have been conducting a research project as part of my master’s degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. This research project has seen me conduct interviews with a cross-section of UK-based singers and opera companies to discuss the combined effects of the Coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement, two events which undoubtedly took hold of our country throughout 2020.
This episode takes the form of a round-table discussion with four very special guests:
Monique Foulger (Opera Holland Park Associate Producer),
Johnny Langridge (Garsington Opera Director of Development and Communications),
Annie Lydford (Nevill Holt Opera Managing Director)
Internationally acclaimed soprano Gweneth Ann Rand.
In this episode I ask my guests for their thoughts and comments on three themes that were highly prevalent throughout my research and I explore some of the work being done by these opera companies both in terms of supporting their artistic and administrative community during the pandemic, as well as their commitment to improving diversity.
The three overwhelming themes which dominated my research were:
1. A new sense of community which formed in the immediate months following the pandemic.
2. A lack of financial clarity as to how freelance creatives earned their living, brutally highlighted by the government's insufficient Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
3. A fear that the industry would not have learnt any lessons following the pandemic, in particular the conflicting motives of needing to sell tickets and generate sales vs needing to promote creatives from underrepresented backgrounds in all areas of the industry.
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By Alexander Simpson & Helen Daniels
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SPECIAL EDITION EPISODE!
This week Helen is taking over the podcast to present the research project she's been working on over the last year:
"As I hope many of our regular listeners know, one of the main aims of Where's My Freaking Dressing Room?! is to provide an open and honest account of what it can be like to be a classical musician in the UK. Since September 2020 I have been conducting a research project as part of my master’s degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. This research project has seen me conduct interviews with a cross-section of UK-based singers and opera companies to discuss the combined effects of the Coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement, two events which undoubtedly took hold of our country throughout 2020.
This episode takes the form of a round-table discussion with four very special guests:
Monique Foulger (Opera Holland Park Associate Producer),
Johnny Langridge (Garsington Opera Director of Development and Communications),
Annie Lydford (Nevill Holt Opera Managing Director)
Internationally acclaimed soprano Gweneth Ann Rand.
In this episode I ask my guests for their thoughts and comments on three themes that were highly prevalent throughout my research and I explore some of the work being done by these opera companies both in terms of supporting their artistic and administrative community during the pandemic, as well as their commitment to improving diversity.
The three overwhelming themes which dominated my research were:
1. A new sense of community which formed in the immediate months following the pandemic.
2. A lack of financial clarity as to how freelance creatives earned their living, brutally highlighted by the government's insufficient Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
3. A fear that the industry would not have learnt any lessons following the pandemic, in particular the conflicting motives of needing to sell tickets and generate sales vs needing to promote creatives from underrepresented backgrounds in all areas of the industry.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.