A Lear Influence: Succession and Opera
With Emmy season upon us, we couldn't help but notice the similarities one of our favorite shows has with our favorite art form. Jesse Armstrong's Succession has swept the world off its feet with its Shakespearean story. The writers of the show have not kept their love for The Bard secret (and it just so happens that Shakespeare is one of opera's all time favorite writers). Read how Shakespeare's stories have impacted both HBO's hit show as well as opera legends like Giuseppe Verdi to contemporary composers like Aribert Reimann as we take a look at opera's history with Shakespeare's masterpiece King Lear.

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