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VIDEO: Stephen Fry and Alan Davies Discuss The Science of Opera

By: BWW News Desk Oct. 16, 2013

From: Royal Opera House

The Science of Opera aims to explain why we get a rush of blood to the head, goose bumps or shivers down the spine when we are moved by great art. Find out more at
http://www.roh.org.uk/events/5xxrh

Opera virgin and QI panellist Alan Davies was recently taken to The Royal Opera's Simon Boccanegra by Stephen Fry. Both were hooked up with the latest medical gadgetry to record the effects on their bodies of watching Verdi's political masterpiece.

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