A History of Rigoletto at Opera North
Unpacking Opera North’s various approaches to Verdi’s opera and its depiction of disability.
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Dramaturgical Prosthesis: Disability Imagery in David Pountney and Dan Potra’s The Portrait
Canes, wheelchairs, and symbolic blindness for dramatic effect?
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Insights on Storytelling and Tradition from Opera Mariposa
“How does opera… an art form rooted in centuries of tradition… embrace the future of storytelling – particularly against the backdrop of a global reckoning with systematic inequalities?”
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Strategies for Access and Inclusion from Opera Mariposa
A panel of Deaf and disabled artists and advocates discuss accessibility in opera, during the pandemic and beyond.
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The Paradis Files: Opera like Never Before?
This new opera is breaking ground in terms of accessibility, inclusion and disability representation in the genre.
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Talking inclusive casting with Beth Hinton-Lever
How is inclusive casting shaping conversations about disability representation on stage and screen?
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‘I’m not a box to tick, I’m an actor!’ In conversation with Beth Hinton-Lever
Beth Hinton-Lever on her stage career, disability activism, and performative diversity in theatre.
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Music and Disability Studies: Exploring the Literature
A dive into the existing literature on music and disability studies.
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The 2019 Classical Music Industry Conference
Notes from the 2019 Classical Music Industry Conference (CMIC2019) at Middlesex University, London.
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Disability Mimicry: Exhibition and Erasure
A first look at ‘disability mimicry’ and how it enables the simultaneous exhibition and erasure of disability on the operatic stage.
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Normality and Abnormality in Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg
Juxtaposing disabled characters alongside aesthetically normative counterparts in the operatic canon.
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Q&A with Jacqueline Ko
ME/CFS advocate, artistic director of Opera Mariposa and award-winning singer Jacqueline Ko shares her experiences.
