Opera, The Art of Emotions

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Opera, the Art of Emotions

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Soprano and mind coach Nadine Benjamin reveals how opera composers play with our emotions.

Operatic soprano and mind coach Nadine Benjamin explores how opera composers use music to create a heightened emotional response in their audiences. What makes opera so compelling?

Opera, the Art of Emotions: Episode 3 - Joy, Jubilation and Courage

Episode 3 - Joy, Jubilation and Courage

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Soprano Nadine Benjamin explores how opera composers use music to create a heightened emotional response in their audiences. Why can opera be so thrilling and compelling?

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.

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