Pre-Opera Talk + Reception with Dr. Sasha Rasmussen

Solo, Chorus: Women’s Voices in the Musical Landscape of Early Twentieth Century France

A FREE pre-opera wine reception and lecture to prepare you for our opera double bill, La Voix Humaine and Erwartung. Book your FREE TICKET to participate in a riveting conversation with a cultural historian who specialises on areas of women and gender, and will illuminate the significance of these two female-only operas.

About Dr. Sasha Rasmussen:

Dr Sasha Rasmussen is a cultural historian of Russia and France in the early twentieth century, with a particular focus on women and gender. More broadly, her research interests encompass urban history, histories of sexuality and the body, music and dance. She completed her DPhil in History in 2021, and during her time at Oxford she was the manager and regular bassoonist with Oxford Alternative Orchestra (now Orchestra Vox). She is currently a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Nottingham, beginning work on a new project on intimacy between women in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union.