Frustratingly banal plots and often incomprehensible lyrics meant that for much of his listening life Julian Barnes had 'a serious problem with opera'. Then all that changed. In an attempt to demystify this huge and multifaceted genre for the BBC's Opera season, five creative individuals examine their own encounters with opera, as an art form and as a life-enhancing and sometimes life-changing emotional experience. These personal essays reveal the variety of ways in which opera can seduce, fascinate, bore, frustrate and excite. Opera - Coming to it Late, written and read by Julian Barnes Produced by Jill Waters A Waters Company Production for BBC Radio 3.
from The Essay https://bbc.in/2hLovA4
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