Kill or Cure? The Fates of Disabled Characters in the Operatic Canon
What happens to disabled characters in opera?
Lucia’s ‘Madness’: Femininity and Freedom
What does Lucia Di Lammermoor reveal about 19th-century attitudes to ‘madness’?
Diverse and Inclusive Casting Is an Artistic Breakthrough of Operatic Proportions
David Salsbery Fry discusses his love of opera, social privilege, and diverse casting.
‘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’.
THANK GOD we don’t all look and sound the same!
Baritone Weston Hurt reflects on his experiences in the world of opera.
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.