How Puccini's music has spread from the opera house into digital culture
This lecture traces how Puccini's music has spread from the opera house into digital culture. The sound of Puccini and what it conveys has also changed via high notes, romance, New York and penguins. Come and find out what this means!
Guests are always welcome. No need to pre-book. Pay £7 cash on the door (includes a glass of wine). Doors open at 6:30 pm and the lecture starts at 7 pm.
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No need to pre-book. Pay on the door. £7.
THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER
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Dr John Snelson
John Snelson has been fascinated by musicals all his life and is now a leading expert in British musical theatre (the subject of his PhD). His publications include Andrew Lloyd Webber (Yale University Press) and chapters in many authoritative reference works. He is especially known for exploring musicals – British and American – in the light of not just the music and the stage, but society and culture to reveal what makes them so appealing, enduring and important. He is well known as a writer and speaker on all aspects of the lyric stage – musicals, opera, ballet – and has written many programme articles for leading companies in the UK and abroad. John has given talks for, among others, the Royal Opera House, English National Opera, the Garsington and Glyndebourne festivals and for BBC radio. For 20 years he worked for the Royal Opera House. He currently lectures at Goldsmiths, University of London, and is completing a book on British musical theatre for Bloomsbury Publishing.
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