This tag: Opera
This lecture was given on 22 June 2021 as part of the City Lit/British Museum/University College London Classics Week based around the British Museum exhibition on Nero. The text of the lecture. Neros women A PDF version of the slides that went with the lecture. Nero’s Women Classics Week 2021 Lecture PDF The two musical… Read more »
- Posted on: July 9, 2021
- Featured in History, History features
- Also tagged Agrippina, Ancient History, Ancient Rome, British Museum, City Lit Classics Week: Power - lessons from ancient Rome, European History, Handel, Nero, Nero the man behind the myth, Nero's Women, Poppaea, Roman Women, Women in Ancient Rome, Women's history
This tag: Opera
From being the ruler of an obscure German electorate George I suddenly became king of on the most powerful nations in the world in his fifties. He was never popular in his new kingdom but established a constitutional monarchy which has survived to today. This course was run at the City Lit on Saturday 16th… Read more »
- Posted on: March 17, 2020
- Featured in History, Kings and Queens
- Also tagged Art History, British Kings and Queens, British Museum, Choral Music, English Composer, Enlightenment, European History, German composers, Greenwich, Handel, Italian composers, London History, Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time, Modern history, National Maritime Museum, The Hanoverians
This tag: Opera
Orpheus – Life after Death Unlike other Greek Heroes Orpheus was basically peaceful. He braved the Underworld and was one of the Argonauts. Ever since he has been a major influence for artists and composers. This course was run at the City Lit on Saturday 3rd March 2018. We studied the Greek Myths surrounding Orpheus… Read more »
- Posted on: March 25, 2018
- Featured in History, History features, Music, Music features
- Also tagged Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Art History, British Museum, European History, French composers, German composers, Gluck, Greek Myths, Italian composers, Monteverdi, Offenbach, Orpheus