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Operatic Emotions – Hunger
18 May 2023Short essays on key feelings, by Thomas Dixon, historian of emotions
Flecks of light in a Renaissance painting
11 May 2023John Allison explores the radical invention in Verdi’s tragedy
An interview with Richard Burkhard
30 Jul 2021We catch up with Richard who sings Major-General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance about his latest father role, his process and Gilbert & Sullivan finally sailing back into Holland Park.
A short guide to the Pirates of Penzance
30 Jul 2021Robert Thicknesse outlines the plot of Gilbert and Sullivan's Victorian comedy and what all the 'ooing and arring' is about
Piracy, Publishers and Police
30 Jul 2021George Hall explores the genesis of The Pirates of Penzance.
Poetic Feeling
7 Jul 2021George Hall explores the music of Mascagni’s pastoral idyll L'amico Fritz.