Author Maggie O’Farrell, New opera Giant, The consumerism in creativity

Front Row · Jun 5, 2023 · 42m

Charles Byrne was an 18th-century “Irish giant” whose skeleton was stolen and put on display against his wishes. 240 years after his death, he is being remembered in a new electro acoustic opera rather than as a museum-piece curiosity. Dawn Kemp of the Hunterian Museum discusses removing the famous skeleton from their collection, and composer, musician, and robotic artist Sarah Angliss tells us about her new opera, Giant, which celebrates Byrne on stage, and is opening the Aldeburgh Festival.The Irish writer Maggie O’Farrell’s last novel “Hamnet” is now playing on stage at the Globe Theatre…