Lauren Elkin and Shahidha Bari: Vocal Break

In Vocal Break: On Women, Music and Power Lauren Elkin uses her own experience of training as a young soprano in the 1990s as a springboard for a powerful investigation of the female voice, from Maria Callas to Beyoncé and beyond. Part manifesto, part cultural history and all full-throated celebration, Vocal Break is a joyous call to arms and hymn of praise.

Elkin was in conversation with writer, academic and broadcaster Shahidha Bari.