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Radio series on the media world. In this edition Steve Hewlett talks about the the discovery by the British Film Institute of 100 hours of TV dramas from the 1960 believed lost lost until found recently by...
Ronald Draper, Emeritus Professor of the University of Durham, discusses a selection of Shakespeare’s sonnets. Some attention is given to the place in the story of the golden young man, the dark lady, and...
Radio broadcast. Verdi’s opera broadcast live from the Colieseum and presented by Andrew Lyle. Malcolm Donnelly sings the title role. The English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra are conducted by Mark...
Radio broadcast. In this two-part programme Professor Michael Dobson explores the history of outdoor Shakespeare productions. The second episode (30/07/2007) focuses on the amateur theatre company.
Six programmes, broadcast daily, in which Simon Callow explores the hidden meaning of the Sonnets by following a radical reordering by John Padel. Believing that the W.H. is William Herbert, it suggests that...
Verdi’s opera in a new production by Graham Vick.Renato Bruson and Maria Guleghina are the Macbeths. The Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala are conducted by Riccardo Muti.
Shostakovich’s opera broadcast live from the New York Metropolitan Opera and directed by Graham Vick. Maria Ewing is Katerina and Vladimir Galusin is Sergei, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra are...
Fiction film. The first filmed version of Hamlet to be produced in England. For a detailed account of the complicated provenance of this film see Ball, especially pp.318-20.
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Andrew McGregor presents a performance of the celebrated Paris revival of Verdi’s Macbeth, featuring Simon Keenlyside and Liudmyla Monastyrska in the title roles....
Live transmission from the 2007 Proms, presented by Martin Hendley, bringing together two key themes of the season: Shakespeare and Auden. The Halle Orchestra, conducted by Mark Elder, performs Macbeth by...