Opera
Sunday Feature. A Most Ingenious Paradox: Loving G&S to Death? Audio, 45 minutes
Martin Handley explores current attitudes to the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Jonas Kaufmann. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young interviews opera singer Jonas Kaufmann.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Always the Bridesmaid. Audio, 30 minutes
Classical soprano and broadcaster Catherine Bott explores the world of the backing singer
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
Assignment. Hungary’s Crusading Conductor. Audio, 29 minutes
Lucy Ash catches up with the Hungarian composer Ivan Fischer
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. The Invisible Theatre: Wagner's Opera House in Bayreuth. Audio, 45 minutes
Tom Service and others explore the ideas behind Wagner's own opera house in Bayreuth.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Drama on 3. Britten 100: Imo and Ben. Audio, 90 minutes
Drama telling how Imogen Holst worked with Benjamin Britten on the score for Gloriana.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. Wagner - Making a National Hero. Audio, 44 minutes
Stephen Johnson explores Wagner's heroes and charts how Wagner became a national hero.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Butterfly Effect. Audio, 28 minutes
Amanda Roocroft explores the impact of Madame Butterfly in performance and popular culture
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Baroque in Britain. Episode 3. Audio, 15 minutes
It's 1711, and an opera premiere by Handel is about to set a new course for British opera.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. Verdi 200: Viva Verdi. Audio, 60 minutes
Roger Parker explores Verdi's status as an Italian national figure.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Noah Stewart. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young interviews opera singer Noah Stewart.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Twenty Minutes. From Neptune to Nixon. Audio, 20 minutes
Adrian Mourby examines the history of the operatic plot.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Twenty Minutes. Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex. Audio, 20 minutes
Stephen Johnson explores Stravinsky's take on the ancient tale of Oedipus Rex.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Unavailable
Discovering Music. Portraits Day - Opera Portraits. Audio, 20 minutes
Stephen Johnson explores the world of musical characterisation in opera.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Musical Migrants. Series 3, Milan. Audio, 15 minutes
A Venezuelan opera singer now living in Italy was forced to make a life-changing decision.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Opening the Boxes: a Soprano's Secrets. Audio, 30 minutes
Michael White uncovers the life of the soprano singer Jennifer Vyvyan.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Alfie Boe. Audio, 45 minutes
Opera singer Alfie Boe joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
For One Night Only. Series 6, Berlioz's Les Troyens. Audio, 30 minutes
Paul Gambaccini re-visits Sir Colin Davis's triumph with the LSO and Berlioz's Les Troyens
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. John Copley. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young's castaway is opera director John Copley.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Roberto Alagna. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young's castaway is opera singer Roberto Alagna.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Thomas Quasthoff. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young's castaway is bass-baritone singer Thomas Quasthoff.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Luciano Pavarotti. Audio, 30 minutes
Luciano Pavarotti is nominated by the music promoter Harvey Goldsmith.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Ian Bostridge. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young's castaway is musician and opera singer Ian Bostridge.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
