The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host musicology PhD candidate Paul Abdullah for a Graduate Student Work-in-Progress lecture.
Abdullah will present “Opera, Shakespeare, and the Creation of Romanticism” Thursday, Oct. 5, at 4:30 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206.
Shakespeare’s current position atop the global literary pantheon belies a complex history of reception, especially in continental Europe. By examining the collision of early 19th-century Shakespeare reception and nascent romantic opera, Abdullah will highlight the entanglements of literary and musical histories for the romantic generation.