• Canta Viva: Opera’s bad girl: Anna Bishop, the world’s first daringly defiant diva

    Young Person's Theatre, Hamilton Cnr Lawson & Lindsay St, Hamilton, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
    scandal, seduction, shipwreck and song. original diva anna bishop, a daring contemporary of queen victoria, shattered expectations and redefined independence when she left her famous composer husband to forge her own artistic path. bravely defying social norms of the time, and forced to leave her beloved children behind, she toured…

    Canta Viva: Opera’s bad girl: Anna Bishop, the world’s first daringly defiant diva

    Young Person's Theatre, Hamilton Cnr Lawson & Lindsay St, Hamilton, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
    scandal, seduction, shipwreck and song. original diva anna bishop, a daring contemporary of queen victoria, shattered expectations and redefined independence when she left her famous composer husband to forge her own artistic path. bravely defying social norms of the time, and forced to leave her beloved children behind, she toured…