Opera and Democracy
Opera and Democracy  
Podcast: The Brian Lehrer Show
Published On: Wed Mar 18 2026
Description: Martha C. Nussbaum, distinguished service professor of law and philosophy at the University of Chicago and the author of The Republic of Love: Opera & Political Freedom (Oxford University Press, 2026), offers her analysis of opera as an arm of the Enlightenment, from Mozart to today.   cover image courtesy of the publisher