Mozart, Gluck and the Reform of 18th Century Opera An introduction to the furious world of opera reform in...
The cultural politics of war, peace and sacrifice This lecture delves into how the culture of a society...
Debussy - Text and Ideas: Maeterlinck's Golaud As title roles of both Maurice Maeterlinck’s play and Claude...
The Tyranny of Charity: Patronage, Philanthropy and State Intervention This lecture explores the relationship between art and charity, from...
Prokofiev's War and Peace Sergei Prokofiev’s War and Peace (1953) was an adaptation of Tolstoy’s novel begun during WWII. He saw it as a personal interpretation of the novel.