Soprano Chen Reiss, Theatre Online, National Poetry Competition
Soprano Chen Reiss discusses her new recording of rarely performed Arias by Beethoven. Plus the winner of the National Poetry Competition, Susannah Hart.
To mark Beethoven's 250th anniversary, soprano Chen Reiss has released an album of rarely performed Beethoven arias called Immortal Beloved. She joins us live from her home in Vienna, and also performs a favourite aria by Handel.
With arts organisations scrambling to reproduce their output online, we discuss the dilemmas of streaming works intended to be experienced communally. Academic Kirsty Sedgman, who specialises in audience research, and theatre critic Alice Saville, Editor of Exeunt Magazine, consider the consequences for artists and their audiences.
Susannah Hart has won the National Poetry Competition for her poem Reading the Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, which draws from her experiences as a school governor - the poem is her reaction to how we support and look after children at risk.
Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Timothy Prosser
Engineer: John Boland
Image: Chen Reiss
Photo Credit: Paul Marc Mitchell
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Chen Reiss
You can hear Chen performing in Cunning Little Vixen on Tuesday 7 April and Handel’s Ariodante on Wednesday 8 April, streamed for free from The Wiener Staatsoper. For more information on other opera's available see the news page.
Immortal Beloved, the new album is out now.
Photo Credit: Claudia Prieler
Theatre Online
You can now watch various theatre productions online, please see the following links for more information:
Royal Shakespeare Company & Royal Opera House via Marquee TV
Photo: OVERS, Jeff / BBC
Susannah Hart
Watch Susannah reading her poem 'Reading the Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy'.
Photo Credit: Ged Equi
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