Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Pain Suffering And Torment | 20221106 | Opera singer and mind coach Nadine Benjamin explores how opera composers use music to create a heightened emotional response in their audiences. What exactly is it that make opera so thrilling and compelling? In this opening episode, Nadine draws on her own experience as an operatic soprano and mind coach to uncover the methods that composers from Rameau and Lully to Puccini and Wagner have used to draw audiences to empathise with their characters' suffering. Soprano and mind coach Nadine Benjamin reveals how opera composers play with our emotions. |
| 02 | Rage Jealousy And Madness | 20221113 | Opera singer and mind coach Nadine Benjamin explores how opera composers use music to create a heightened emotional response in their audiences. What exactly is it that make opera so thrilling and compelling? In the second episode of the series, Nadine draws on her own experience as an operatic soprano and mind coach to uncover the methods that composers, from Francesca Caccini to John Adams, have used to encourage audiences to feel a characters' sense of anger, rage and jealousy. Soprano and mind coach Nadine Benjamin reveals how opera composers play with our emotions. |
| 03 | Joy Jubilation And Courage | 20221120 | Opera singer and mind coach Nadine Benjamin explores how opera composers use music to create a heightened emotional response in their audiences. What exactly is it that make opera so thrilling and compelling? In the final episode of the series, Nadine draws on her own experience as an operatic soprano and mind coach to uncover the methods that composers, from Handel to Gershwin have used to encourage audiences to feel uplifted and a characters' sense of courage and jubilation. Soprano and mind coach Nadine Benjamin reveals how opera composers play with our emotions. |