Lucy Worsley's Nights at the Opera - Season 1 Episode 2
In this second programme, Lucy investigates four cities in France and Germany and four operas of a new kind that swept away conventions in the 19th and early 20th centuries. They delved into the realities of people's lives and their deepest desires, especially those of women - for freedom, identity and sex. She visits Paris, where two operas captured the spirit of Bohemianism that swept the city - Bizet's Carmen, that showed the gritty realities of life for Paris's underclass and the upper classes' fear of them, and Puccini's classic opera La Boheme, about the lives and loves of a group of young people exploring the new personal and sexual freedoms available. Then to Bayreuth in Germany, where Wagner's monumental Ring Cycle set out create a 'total work of art' to that would tap into and transform German identity. Finally Lucy travels to Dresden, where Richard Strauss premiered Salome, a work that explored perverted female pleasure in a way that is still shocking even today.
First Air Date: Oct 14, 2017
Last Air date: Oct 21, 2017
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 2 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 0.00/10 by 0.00 users
Popularity: 1.005
Language: English
Keyword : opera, miniseries
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