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Michael Berkeley talks to David Pountney, Mark Elder and Edward Downes about Shostakovich’s opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.
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.
Radio broadcast. Four-part series in which Huw Edwards discovers how some operatic masterpieces reflect the political and social circumstances of their age. In the final edition Edwards talks about Verdi’s...
Radio broadcast. Michael White assembles a dream team cast for Bernstein and Sondheim’s West Side Story including José Carreros, Marilyn Horne, Kiri te Kanawa and members of the original cast.
Radio broadcast. Roger Nichols examines Berlioz’s approach to his operatic adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.
Radio broadcast. Tenor and broadcaster Wynne Evans explores the influence of Shakespeare in the operatic world. The programme looks at the lesser-known works in addition to Verdi and Britten: Wagner set...
Radio broadcast. Catherine Bott examines the character of Falstaff. Includes music from Elgar’ s symphonic study of Falstaff; Salieri - who wrote a Falstaff opera; Nicolai’s opera of The Merry Wives of...
Verdi wrote two versions of his opera Macbeth, one in 1847 and the 1865 Paris version. Tom Rosenthal looks at the differences between the 1847 and 1865 compositions and compares the two librettos...
Documentary following Graham Vick through six months of rehearsals for two productions of operas by Verdi - Aida and Otello. Otello was transmitted in its entirety later the same day. Narrated by Samuel West.
Presented by Andrew MacGregor. Roger Parker recommends a recording of Verdi’s final opera, Falstaff.
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