Opera
The Essay. Inspiring Women in Music, Inspiring Women in Music: Sarah Connolly. Audio, 15 minutes
Mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly on her career, her family and characters she has played.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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- Posted13 November 2015
Composer of the Week. Bellini. Audio, 64 minutes
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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, 43 minutes
Kirsty Young interviews opera singer Jonas Kaufmann.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Nancy Storace: Mozart's English Soprano. Audio, 30 minutes
Catherine Bott tells the story of Nancy Storace, an English star who worked with Mozart.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- 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
The Poet Librettists. Audio, 30 minutes
Michael Symmons Roberts explores why so many poets choose to become opera librettists.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- 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
I Found a Tenor: Richard Tauber Revived. Audio, 30 minutes
Entertainer Bernie Clifton explores the impact of Austrian Tenor Richard Tauber.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
Music Feature. Verdi 200: Verdi the Opera Director - the Composer's Other Artistic Side. Audio, 45 minutes
Opera scholar Susan Rutherford traces Verdi's journey from composer to 'opera director.
- 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 11 months
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, 30 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, 43 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
- Available for over a year
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
