37 min.
Alex Beard CBE Reading People
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- Maatschappij en cultuur
We chat to Alex Beard, CEO of the Royal Opera House who has a CBE for his services to the arts. From classics to finance and finding his true calling, we talk leadership, the Tate, new audiences for opera and ballet and controversy!
Books:
The Iliad by Homer
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada
Chosen track: Ride of the Valkyries, Wagner. Experience the wonder Alex felt as a child with this as his first taste of opera!
Date recorded: 30/05/19 at the Royal Opera House, London.
We chat to Alex Beard, CEO of the Royal Opera House who has a CBE for his services to the arts. From classics to finance and finding his true calling, we talk leadership, the Tate, new audiences for opera and ballet and controversy!
Books:
The Iliad by Homer
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada
Chosen track: Ride of the Valkyries, Wagner. Experience the wonder Alex felt as a child with this as his first taste of opera!
Date recorded: 30/05/19 at the Royal Opera House, London.
37 min.