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OPERA AND DISABILITY

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A History of Rigoletto at Opera North
Analysis | Production

A History of Rigoletto at Opera North

ByCharlotte Armstrong February 15, 2021February 10, 2024

Unpacking Opera North’s various approaches to Verdi’s opera and its depiction of disability.

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Dramaturgical Prosthesis: Disability Imagery in David Pountney and Dan Potra’s The Portrait
Analysis | Costume design | Production

Dramaturgical Prosthesis: Disability Imagery in David Pountney and Dan Potra’s The Portrait

ByCharlotte Armstrong January 30, 2021February 10, 2024

Canes, wheelchairs, and symbolic blindness for dramatic effect?

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Auerbach’s The Blind and Disability Simulation
Analysis | Production

Auerbach’s The Blind and Disability Simulation

ByCharlotte Armstrong May 29, 2018February 10, 2024

Considering the use of disability simulation in the 2013 production of Lera Auerbach’s ‘The Blind’.

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In Pictures – Verdi’s Rigoletto
In Pictures | Production

In Pictures – Verdi’s Rigoletto

ByCharlotte Armstrong April 1, 2018February 10, 2024

Production posters and photographs reveal the many facets of Verdi’s enigmatic hunchback jester.

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