In the first installment, meet Lady Mary: a defiant campaigner for inoculation - the purposeful infection of a patient to produce a mild and controlled case of disease - in 18th century Britain - performed by the spell-binding mezzo soprano Rosie Middleton ✨

Check out the @ox.ac.uk news piece to find out more about our world premiere of Dangerous Matter @rncmlive.bsky.social last week!
🔗https://www.immunology.ox.ac.uk/news/world-premiere-of-dangerous-matter-opera-inspired-by-vaccine-science-and-history-as-part-of-thanks-for-the-memories-project

"Can opera contribute to better understanding of science and even help overcome the vaccine scepticism of our time? It’s not an obvious contender for the role of public educator in that way, but this attempt at pushing its boundaries is a brave one." 🎭🎵💉

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What a night! A HUGE congratulations to everyone involved in bringing Dangerous Matter to life @rncmlive.bsky.social last night - we're still buzzing from the brilliant performance!

Today's the day! Here's a sneak peek of the world premiere of Dangerous Matter, showing tonight at the RNCM at 7pm - grab your ticket now! www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...

Get your ticket here! www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...

Only 4 days to go until the world premiere of Dangerous Matter - a powerful new opera exploring memory, innovation, and the forgotten history of vaccination 🎵🧪

Get your ticket today! www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...

#t4tm Project Facilitator Rachel had a fantastic time presenting new opera Dangerous Matter at the Society for Apothecaries seminar on medicine and music today!

Grab your ticket now for the world premiere of Dangerous Matter - an urgent new opera exploring vaccination, memory and innovation

🎟️https://rncm.ac.uk/performance/dangerous-matter-a-new-opera-on-medicine-memory-and-innovation/

... and Zakiya Leeming worked with students to transform what they had learnt about the science and history of vaccines into original musical compositions using brilliantly imaginative scores - no student in the project needed to have a musical background to be involved!

hindmarshrachel.bsky.social introduced students to the overlooked but pioneering story of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, an 18thc advocate for inoculation who paved the way for Edward Jenner's development of the world's first vaccine for smallpox...

A team of immunologists from @ox.ac.uk and @manchester.ac.uk carried out workshops to help students understand immune memory, and the power of vaccines to help save lives across the world...