Opera
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
Desert Island Discs. Alfie Boe. Audio, 43 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
Desert Island Discs. David McVicar. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young's castaway is opera director David McVicar.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Felicity Lott. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young's castaway is soprano Felicity Lott.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Unavailable
Close Up. Trailblazers - Robert Wilson. Audio, 26 minutes
Interview with the director who stages silent operas and 7 day plays
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Renee Fleming. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is soprano Renée Fleming
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
For One Night Only. Series 3, The Three Tenors in Rome. Audio, 28 minutes
Paul Gambaccini goes behind the scenes of the Three Tenors' concert in Rome in 1990.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Dr Jonathan Miller. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is director Dr Jonathan Miller
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Pavarotti: The Last Tenor. Video, 85 minutes
Film following Luciano Pavarotti as he performs to sell-out audiences on three continents.
- AttributionBBC Two
- Available for 12 days
Desert Island Discs. Angela Gheorghiu. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is soprano Angela Gheorghiu
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
