An Operatic Oresteia, with Andrew Simpson @ClassicsConfidentia1
An Operatic Oresteia, with Andrew Simpson @ClassicsConfidentia1
Uploaded February 2013 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
This week, our Classics Confidential vodcast features Dr. Anastasia Bakogianni (OU) talking to Professor Andrew Earle Simpson (Benjamin T. Rome School of Music of The Catholic University of Washington, DC) about his operatic reception of Aeschylus' Oresteia. You can listen to extracts from this three-part opera on the website www.andrewesimpson.com, which also contains additional links to photographs, video footage and reviews of the performances, and much more.
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An Operatic Oresteia, with Andrew Simpson

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