Opera Prelude: The Puccini Problem, .. or How do you solve a problem like Puccini?!

Musicologist Alexandra Wilson and mezzosoprano Adriana Festeu discuss Dr. Wilson’s critically acclaimed book, The Puccini Problem: Opera, Nationalism and Modernity.

“As accessible as Puccini's music itself … a book that can engage both scholars and the opera-going public” – Musical Times on The Puccini Problem.

This morning’s lecture recital will focus on Puccini as a national and international composer and his status as a traditionalist or modernist. We will also be discussing the opera singers in Puccini’s time and their influence on his writing. To complete the morning, soprano Tanya Hurst and mezzo Adriana Festeu will perform some of Puccini’s most beloved arias and duets.

Opera Prelude is a small charity about supporting young professional opera singers who give lecture recitals in London. These friendly and inclusive events will introduce you to the international opera singers of tomorrow by way of recitals, concerts and masterclasses.