Opera on 3 Episodes Episode guide
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Cherubini's Medea
Cherubini's Medea from the New York Met: jealousy, violence, vengeance and infanticide.
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Humperdinck's K枚nigskinder
Humperdinck's fairy-tale opera, which isn't Hansel and Gretel, from Amsterdam.
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Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeomen of the Guard
English National Opera's new staging of Gilbert & Sullivan's most heartfelt collaboration.
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Verdi鈥檚 Rigoletto
From the New York Met: Luca Salsi stars in Verdi's great tragedy Rigoletto.
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Kevin Puts's The Hours
Opening a new season of broadcasts from the New York Met: the stage premiere of The Hours.
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Handel's Alcina
Donald Macleod presents Handel's magical opera from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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Britten's The Rape of Lucretia
Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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Dvo艡谩k's Armida
Love and sorcery combine in Dvo艡谩k's Armida, recorded at the Wexford Festival.
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Puccini's Il trittico
The three one-act operas that make up Puccini's Il trittico, recorded in Salzburg.
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Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades
Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic with Tchaikovsky鈥檚 drama of self-destruction.
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Verdi's Aida
Verdi's Aida from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with Elena Stikhina in lead role.
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Mozart's Don Giovanni
Mozart's Don Giovanni from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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The Excursions of Mr Broucek
David Pountney directs Janacek's surreal opera from Grange Park Opera.
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Salome at the Edinburgh International Festival
The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra perform Richard Strauss's Salome.
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Cav & Pag from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Antonio Pappano conducts Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci.
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Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Tom Service presents Puccini's operatic tragedy from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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Wagner's Parsifal
Toby Spence and Katerina Karn茅us star in Opera North's new production of Parsifal.
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Saint-Sa毛ns's Samson et Dalila
Antonio Pappano conducts tenor SeokJong Baek and mezzo El墨na Garan膷a in the title roles.
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Leo拧 Jan谩膷ek: The Cunning Little Vixen
Jan谩膷ek's pantheist hymn to nature, The Cunning Little Vixen, from English National Opera.
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Stravinsky - The Rake's Progress
Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress from the Met
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Brett Dean's Hamlet from The Met
Brett Dean's operatic version of Hamlet, from The Met.
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Harrison Birtwistle - Gawain
The 麻豆社 SO and Singers, John Tomlinson and Leigh Melrose perform Birtwistle's Gawain.
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Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor from the Met
Nadine Sierra takes the title role in Donizetti's tale of unhappy love.
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Sir John in Love - Vaughan Williams 150
Vaughan Williams's rarely heard, Shakespeare-inspired opera, Sir John in Love.
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Puccini's Turandot from the Met
From the Met: Puccini鈥檚 Turandot, conducted by Marco Armiliato.
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George and Ira Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, recorded at the New York Metropolitan Opera.
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Britten's Peter Grimes
Britten's masterpiece, Peter Grimes, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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Richard Strauss's Elektra
From the New York Met: Nina Stemme stars in Strauss's gripping take on Greek tragedy.
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Handel's Alcina
From Opera North, Handel鈥檚 spellbinding opera featuring the enchantress Alcina.
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Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin
From the New York Metropolitan Opera: James Gaffigan conducts Tchaikovsky's masterpiece