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Radio 3 Opera Guides
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BBC Radio 3 Opera guides
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Verdi: Nabucco
May 21, 201400:08:32Tap to summarizeA guide to Verdi's opera Nabucco featuring the voices of singer Placido Domingo and opera historian Sarah Lenton, as well as Verdi experts Flora Willson and Roger Parker.
Transcribe →Strauss: Arabella
Apr 21, 201400:09:05Tap to summarizeThis Opera on 3 download about Richard Strauss opera ‘Arabella’ includes contributions by soprano Dame Felicity Lott as well as opera experts Gavin Plumley and William Mival.
Transcribe →Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten
Mar 29, 201400:09:01Tap to summarizeThis is a Radio 3 Opera Guide to Strauss' Die Frau Ohne Schatten with contributions by opera historian Sarah Lenton, and Strauss experts Hugo Shirley and William Mival.
Transcribe →Strauss: Feuersnot
Mar 13, 201400:08:14Tap to summarizeThis Opera on 3 download about Richard Strauss'‘Feuersnot’ includes contributions by opera experts David Nice, Hugo Shirley and William Mival.
Transcribe →Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Feb 24, 201400:09:20Tap to summarizeA guide to Richard Strauss's opera Der Rosenkavalier, featuring conductor Kirill Petrenko, and historians Sarah Lenton and John Deathridge.
Transcribe →Strauss: Elektra
Jan 6, 201400:09:28Tap to summarizeA guide to Richard Strauss's Elektra, featuring the voices of opera historians Sarah Lenton and John Deathridge, and opera director Charles Edwards.
Transcribe →Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
Dec 28, 201300:08:37Tap to summarizeA guide to Benjamin Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, featuring opera historians Philip Reed, Paul Kildea and Lucy Walker, and tenor Ian Bostridge.
Transcribe →Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Dec 21, 201300:09:14Tap to summarizeA guide to Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream featuring the voices of Britten experts Philip Reed, Paul Kildea, and Lucy Walker.
Transcribe →Verdi: Aida
Dec 19, 201300:08:19Tap to summarizeA guide to Verdi's Opera Aida, featuring the opera historians Flora Willson, Sarah Lenton and Cormac Newark
Transcribe →Verdi: Falstaff
Dec 14, 201300:08:25Tap to summarizeA guide to Verdi's opera Falstaff, featuring the opera historians Sarah Lenton, Flora Willson and Ivan Hewett.
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