This event will explore the profound impact of major illness on personal identity and relationships, offering an original perspective that draws on neuroscience, psychology, and psychoanalysis.

The talk, led by Sara Collins, will discuss the psychoanalytic understanding of opera. Legendary operatic characters such as Rusalka (Dvorak), Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) and La Traviata (Verdi), are examined from a contemporary psychoanalytic perspective.