Lucia’s ‘Madness’: Femininity and Freedom
What does Lucia Di Lammermoor reveal about 19th-century attitudes to ‘madness’?
‘Cripping the Muse’ Conference Report
A commentary and conference report of the ‘Cripping the Muse’ event at the University of Leeds.
Disability in Performance: Questions and Conundrums
Some of the questions and conundrums surrounding disability in performance.
Auerbach’s The Blind and Disability Simulation
Considering the use of disability simulation in the 2013 production of Lera Auerbach’s ‘The Blind’.
In Pictures – Verdi’s Rigoletto
Production posters and photographs reveal the many facets of Verdi’s enigmatic hunchback jester.
Opera’s Narrative Prosthesis
A brief look at what is meant by Narrative Prosthesis, and how it applies to opera.
Disability in Opera – The Numbers
A closer look at the prevalence of disability in opera narratives, with the help of Blake Howe’s database of Musical Representations of Disability.