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Opera and Democracy
Episode 2154

Opera and Democracy

Martha C. Nussbaum reflects on opera as an arm of the Enlightenment movement.

The Brian Lehrer Show

March 18, 202617m 17s

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Show Notes

Martha C. Nussbaum, distinguished service professor of law and philosophy at the University of Chicago and the author of The Republic of Love: Opera & Political Freedom (Oxford University Press, 2026), offers her analysis of opera as an arm of the Enlightenment, from Mozart to today.

 

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Topics

artsoperalocal_wnycarts_and_culture