Notable Monsters of Music with Tom Allen Episodes Available now
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Franz Liszt The First Rockstar with Jack Steadman
Liszt was a monk, a sex symbol, and a pianist who made nuns faint and forget their vows.

Wagner’s Tainted Legacy with Frank Cottrell Boyce
Richard Wagner was a romantic, a revolutionary and bitter antisemite.

Alma Mahler The Heartbreaker with Arlene Phillips
A composer, heartbreaker, socialite and antisemite. Who was the real Alma Mahler?

Fifty Shades of Percy Grainger with Lou Sanders
Percy Grainger had a fetish for whips, blood-stained shirts and folk melodies.

Debussy The Love Rat with Abi Clarke
Claude Debussy was a love rat who left behind a trail of broken hearts and gunshot wounds.

The Divine Maria Callas with Arielle Free
Maria Callas's life was as dramatic as an operatic storyline. But was she really a Diva?

Dame Ethel Smyth The Wrecker with Laufey
Ethel Smyth was a trailblazing composer, suffragette and no stranger to passionate affairs

Puccini The Mighty Hunter with Bec Hill
Blackmail, affairs and a secret love child. Was Puccini the bad boy of the Opera world?

Handel The Royal Glutton with Issy Suttie
Handel was a glutton, a royal composer and maybe a spy, but was he really a monster?

Anton Bruckner The Corpse Chaser with Edith Bowman
Anton Bruckner was a composer fascinated with death, religion and teenage girls.