Today's conversation features Jane Fitzpatrick, a contributing writer to Religion Matters who covers the intersection of religion and the performing arts, with a particular emphasis on the opera. Conversations about religion in the public square happen in all kinds of contexts. This episode considers the many ways that religion is both represented and critiqued in the high cultural form of the opera. We also consider storytelling within both the performing arts and religion, in particular the interpretation and reinterpretation of narrative that is a hallmark of both.

Show Notes:

• "What we can still learn from Dialogues of the Carmelites" (LSE):
  (https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/religionglobalsociety/2023/10/what-we-can-still-learn-from-dialogues-of-the-carmelites/)
• "Religious Pluralism at the Opera" (The Interfaith Observer):
  (http://www.theinterfaithobserver.org/journal-articles/2023/10/2-religious-pluralism-at-the-opera)
• "The Show Must Go On For Boris Godunov" (Appreciate Opera):
  (https://www.appreciateopera.org/post/the-show-must-go-on-for-boris-godunov)