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Podcast: New Books in Performing Arts
Episode: Caitlin Vincent, "Opera Wars: Inside the World of Opera and the Battles for Its Future" (Simon and Schuster, 2026)
Description: How can cultural industries survive in the twenty-first century? In Opera Wars Inside the World of Opera and the Battles for Its Future Caitlin Vincent, a Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries at the University of Melbourne, examines the past, present and future of Opera to understand how music, performance, institutions and audiences battle to support this artform. Drawing on a wealth of research, as well as personal experience as a performer, librettist and entrepreneur, the book discusses key controversies over scores and staging, demands for changes to casting and working conditions, as well as companies’ and audiences’ resistance to change...