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’?
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.