What’s Wrong With Opera?

Joanna Lumley & The Maestro

Bauer Media

Music Commentary, Music

4.7 • 548 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Why does Opera make some people (maybe you?) run for the hills? In this episode Joanna and Stephen dig down into the big questions… Like, when did Opera become posh? How did it evolve from musical drama? And can it be reduced to 6 emotions: Admiration, Hatred, Love, Desire, Joy, Sadness and Sorrow - according to René Descart?

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0:00.0	At Liddle, we value all the good that value brings.
0:04.0	But what do you value?
0:06.0	You value the quiet victory of a school run that glides without a hitch,
0:10.0	the lunchbox negotiations, you value filling your boot,
0:14.0	bringing everything and everyone to the table.
0:16.0	You value your food, real food, fresh food,
0:20.0	quality that speaks for itself.
0:22.3	And so do we, giving you more to value at every step every day.
0:27.1	Little, more to value.
0:30.2	Babe, it's Jim. Just voice-noting you because I'm so busy.
0:35.0	I can't even type right now.
0:36.8	I'm working on that big presentation for my new launch.
0:40.3	I'm making it on Canva Mobile like you suggested. And it's making everything iconic.
0:46.7	So it's a bit noisy, babe. Mards is going off. Anyways, I'm going to ping the presentation to you now so you can see what I mean.
0:55.2	Yeah, madame.
0:56.0	Got to go, hon.
0:57.3	Thanks for introducing me to Canva.
0:59.4	Love you.
1:00.1	Blood test, scan, treatment,
1:03.9	Ash knows the drill by now.
1:06.2	But there's something else that helps her to live with cancer.
1:09.5	The McMillan online community.
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