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EFC Lecture Series - Christopher Squier and Karen Wachsmuth: Disease and death in opera
Music in the Shadow of Disease: Famous Last Gasps
Christopher Squier
Professor Emeritus, Oral Pathology and Global Health Studies
Karen Wachsmuth
Associate Director, International Fellowships
Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting
Christopher Squier and Karen Wachsmuth will discuss and illustrate how opera presents epidemic diseases such as tuberculosis (La Traviata and La Bohème) and cholera (Death in Venice) and pathogenic agents such as tobacco (Carmen and Susanna’s Secret). The program is based on an honors seminar that the presenters have offered for almost ten years – Music, Madness, Disease, and Death
~ Sponsored by the Emeritus Faculty Council ~
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