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How to rile the white, male opera establishment

How to rile the white, male opera establishment

My Lebrecht Interview with Wasfi Kani presents a woman of colour at war with the old school ties who control British opera.

Wasfi is the first to admit she’s not an easy person to get on with – the last place she worked she took away all the furniture and fittings. But she has created more opera companies than anyone in memory and she has brought opera to some of the most desperate and despised members of a fractured swociety.

This is not a promo. But if you listen to the programme you will discover an engine of opera activity that is hardly ever credited by mainstream print media.

Listen here for the next 29 days.

 

 

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