Thinking with Opera

By Opera North

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.... more

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August 13, 2020 Khyam Allami: Al-Mayasan
"During lockdown I’ve learned how much our daily interactions with people give us a different perspective on what we do and how we think”, says Khyam.
“On this short journey with me, I'd like to encourage listeners to consider their environment through the perspective of one of the other people that they encounter.”
Designed be taken with you on headphones, Walking Home is a series of sound walks created during lockdown for BBC Arts and Arts Council England’s Culture in Quarantine programme.
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17min
August 13, 2020 Abel Selaocoe: Ulibambe
This work, intended to accompany a walk at the day’s end, is inspired by a Zulu saying, meaning "Hold the sun, so it may not set". “Here the phrase takes on a new meaning", Abel explains, "and becomes a way to soothe your worries towards the end of the day."
Walking Home is a series of sound journeys created during lockdown to be listened to on headphones whilst walking, for BBC Arts and Arts Council England’s Culture in Quarantine programme.
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14min
July 29, 2020 Thinking with Opera 02: Carnivalesque
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
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1h 4min
July 16, 2020 Thinking with Opera 01: Performing Violence
“In cinema you are a spectator; in opera you are present. I’m fascinated by the notion that we witness in opera: we have to endure.”
Ranging from Ancient Greece to The Godfather, and focusing on the operas of Puccini and Verdi, renowned art historian Professor Griselda Pollock discusses how violence is represented in painting, sculpture, film and literature, how it is performed in opera, and its implications.
Produced as part of the DARE partnership between Opera North and the University of Leed
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1h 2min
February 07, 2020 Jasdeep Singh Degun on Arya: A Sitar Concerto
The Leeds-based sitarist and composer talks about bringing Indian classical music to the western symphony orchestra, ahead of the world premiere of his new sitar concerto, commissioned by Opera North.
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7min
April 10, 2013 Joshua (Opera North podcast)
Director, Charles Edwards and Opera North's Editor, Stuart Leeks discuss Handel's mighty oratorio, Joshua, ahead of Opera North's new, fully-staged production at Leeds Grand Theatre
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12min
December 17, 2012 Otello (Opera North podcast)
Opera North's Editor, Stuart Leeks interviews director, Tim Albery
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13min
December 17, 2012 La clemenza di Tito (Opera North podcast)
Opera North's Editor, Stuart Leeks interviews Director, John Fulljames
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11min
September 27, 2012 Don Giovanni (Opera North podcast)
Director Alessandro Talevi talks about how he shaped the concept for his production and reveals his favourite musical moments in the piece.
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11min
May 18, 2012 Die Walküre (Opera North podcast)
Stuart Leeks discusses the second part in Wagner's ring cycle with the conductor, and Opera North's Music Director, Richard Farnes.
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9min

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