I happened to catch this last night. I thought it was an interesting way of looking at/talking about opera but it still sounded more like sharing her enthusiasm with fellow opera fans rather than inviting unconverted to try to see/hear a performance. When I wasn’t interested in opera, I didn’t bother too much to listen to any programmes about opera.
... In the second essay in the series, academic and novelist Patricia Duncker examines the dangerous and seductive ways in which opera can overwhelm the senses. In particular she discusses the power of Benjamin Britten's Death in Venice....
... In the second essay in the series, academic and novelist Patricia Duncker examines the dangerous and seductive ways in which opera can overwhelm the senses. In particular she discusses the power of Benjamin Britten's Death in Venice....
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