

Talk: Baudelaire at 200
Fri 22 Oct 12:00
Oxford Lieder Festival
Helen Abbott (Speaker)
Ahead of today’s lunchtime concert, Professor Helen Abbott, a leading Baudelaire scholar and founder of the Baudelaire Song Project, introduces this beguiling poet in his 200th anniversary, giving an overview of and insight into his important role in the history of the French mélodie.
This pre-concert talk will be streamed online for free. In-person, the event is only available to ticket holders for the Baudelaire in Song concert at 13:00.