Skip to 0 minutes and 4 seconds House lights out, to screen in, and tiny smoke. Go, thank you. Projection queue nine, go. [Wagner’s ‘Flight of the Valkyries’] Strobes, go.
Skip to 0 minutes and 20 seconds Final smoke burst, go.
Skip to 0 minutes and 31 seconds Explore these questions and more with this free online course taking you behind opera’s velvet curtain. Whether you’re just getting into opera, or wonder whether it’s for you at all, this is your opportunity to gain a backstage pass
Skip to 0 minutes and 45 seconds into one of the world’s leading opera houses: the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. You’ll hear from experts in the field from King’s College London and delve into the archives of the Victoria and Albert Museum, and you’ll have an opportunity to throw your own voice into the discussion about opera’s relevance today. Join me, Dr Flora Willson, over the course of four weeks as we talk to a host of the people who bring opera to the stage, including musicians, technicians, directors and stage managers. The emotions are so extreme. The score controls everything. Opera is this art form that somehow has a need to kill off its women. Opera is live. It’s an extremely dangerous medium. It’s a life-changing art form.
Skip to 1 minute and 33 seconds So join the conversation, and decide for yourself, why does opera matter?
