Thinking with Opera 02: Carnivalesque
Episode 2 of the Thinking with Opera podcast, hosted by Opera North, titled "Thinking with Opera 02: Carnivalesque" was published on July 29, 2020 and runs 63 minutes.
July 29, 2020 ·63m · Thinking with Opera
Summary
From Monteverdi to Monty Python, cross-dressing, gross-out humour and a preoccupation with the grotesque seem to offer a release from the constrictions of moral codes and social conventions. Tenor Daniel Norman takes a trip into transgression in the company of Professor Alan O'Leary. Drawing on the theories of philosopher and critic Mikhail Bakhtin, they discuss “the licence to misbehave” in opera, film and performance. Part of the DARE partnership between Opera North and the University of Leeds
Episode Description
From Monteverdi to Monty Python, cross-dressing, gross-out humour and a preoccupation with the grotesque seems to offer a release from the constrictions of moral codes and social conventions.
A familiar face on the Opera North stage, tenor Daniel Norman takes a trip into transgression in the company of Alan O'Leary, Professor of Film and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds. Drawing on the theories of philosopher and critic Mikhail Bakhtin, they discuss “the licence to misbehave” in opera, film and performance; the liberating effect of the Carnivalesque in the arts; and its unforeseen consequences.
Warning: this podcast features frank discussion of bodily functions!
Produced as part of the DARE partnership between Opera North and the University of Leeds
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