Nudity: Shame Censorship And Celebration

Opera Holland Park

On 6 March 2018, we brought together a panel of fascinating speakers to discuss the theme of Nudity: Shame, Censorship, and Celebration, all focused on the naked horse ride which forms the centrepiece of our upcoming production of Mascagni's Isabeau, an opera based on Tennyson's famous poem about the Lady Godiva. Opera Holland Park’s General Director, Michael Volpe, and Director of Opera, James Clutton, were joined by Donald Macleod, presenter of BBC Radio Three’s Composer of the Week and Opera on Three; the feminist writer and activist, Julie Bindel; V&A curator, Kate Bailey; and Pevsner Professor of History of Art, Lynda Nead in a stimulating discussion at the German Embassy.