MEDIA

As well as her work for academic audiences, Emma is also experienced in communicating with the general public and the media. She has appeared on BBC Radio 3, and writes programme notes for the BBC and its affiliated orchestras. She has also appeared on podcasts to discuss her research.

Emma is available for media enquiries - please use the website contact form to get in touch.

Articles and Profiles

‘La valorisation scientifique des archives audiovisuelles du Festival international d’art lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence : état des lieux et perspectives’ [with English translation]. AixOPERA.hypotheses.org: Travaux en Cours. Co-authored with Joséphine Simonnot and Christine Esclapez, 2025

‘Portrait de lectrice: Emma Kavanagh’, Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris, 27 June 2024

“Camille Saint-Saëns: A Belated Centenary”. Oxford Musician, Issue 12 (Summer 2022)

Broadcasting and Podcasting

BBC Radio 3, “Opera on 3: Gustave Charpentier’s Louise”, December 2025 [Guest Expert]

The French History Podcast, “Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen, read by Dr. Emma Kavanagh”, July 2022 [Guest Episode]

The French History Podcast, “Notre Dame in Adaptation: Louise Bertin’s La Esmeralda”, June 2021 [Guest Episode]

Programme Notes

Since 2024, Emma has written programme notes for concerts featuring the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre National de France, and The Sixteen. She also wrote an article on Elsa Barraine for the 2025 BBC Proms Guide