BBC’s Art that Conquered the World on the Vermeer Girl

The latest edition of BBC Radio’s Art that Conquered the World series looks at Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, and includes a segment on Russell Hoban’s opera The Second Mrs Kong. The opera, whose libretto Hoban wrote for music by the late Sir Harrison Birtwistle, is seeing a rare re-staging next year in Glasgow. … Continue reading "BBC’s Art that Conquered the World on the Vermeer Girl"