Opera on 3 Episodes Episode guide
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Henze's Boulevard Solitude
From Wales Millennium Centre, Henze's opera Boulevard Solitude, based on Manon Lescaut.
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Schoenberg's Moses und Aron
Schoenberg's rarely-performed Moses und Aron, from Welsh National Opera.
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Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmelites
Simon Rattle leads Poulenc's opera Dialogues des Carmelites at the Royal Opera House.
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Verdi's Attila
From San Francisco Opera, Verdi's Attila with Ferruccio Furlanetto in the title role.
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Julian Anderson's Thebans
Julian Anderson's opera based on Sophocles's Oedipus trilogy from English National Opera.
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Gounod's Faust
Live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Donald Macleod presents Gounod's Faust.
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Cavalli's L'Ormindo
A performance given at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in London of Cavalli's opera L'Ormindo.
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Puccini's La Fanciulla del West
Andrew McGregor introduces a performance of Puccini's opera La Fanciulla del West.
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Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
Semyon Bychkov conducts Strauss's opera Die Frau ohne Schatten in Covent Garden.
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Handel's Rodelinda
Live from the Coliseum in London, an ENO performance of Handel's opera Rodelinda.
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Mozart: Don Giovanni
From the Royal Opera House: Don Giovanni, starring Mariusz Kwiecien.
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Turnage's Greek
Mark-Anthony Turnage's Greek in Music Theatre Wales' production from the Royal Opera House
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Dvorak's Rusalka from the Met
Dvorak's Rusalka from the New York Metropolitan Opera, starring Renee Fleming.
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Richard Strauss: Elektra
Elektra by Richard Strauss, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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Strauss 150 - Capriccio
A performance of Strauss's opera Capriccio, with Renee Fleming as the Countess.
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Britten 100: The Rape of Lucretia
Nicholas Collon conducts Britten's opera The Rape of Lucretia at Glyndebourne.
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Wagner's Parsifal
Live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, a performance of Wagner's opera Parsifal.
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Berg's Wozzeck
A performance of Berg's opera Wozzeck, given at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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Verdi 200: Don Carlos
Verdi 200: Claudio Abbado conducts the original French version of Don Carlos.
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Albert Herring
Live from the Barbican, Steuart Bedford conducts the 麻豆社SO in Britten's Albert Herring.
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Les V锚pres Siciliennes
Verdi's Les Vepres Siciliennes from the Royal Opera House.
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Beethoven's Fidelio
Edward Gardner conducts a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio at ENO, starring Emma Bell.
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Donizetti's Roberto Devereux
Mary King presents WNO's production of Donizetti's rarely-heard opera Roberto Devereux.
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Wagner 200: Die Feen
Martin Handley introduces a performance of Wagner's rarely-heard opera Die Feen.
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Britten 100: Death in Venice
Live from the Leeds Grand Theatre, an Opera North production of Britten's Death in Venice.
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Verdi 200: Il trovatore
A performance of Il trovatore, one of Verdi's most popular operas. With Jonas Kaufmann.
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Verdi 200: Don Carlo
A performance of Verdi's opera Don Carlo as part of Radio 3's Verdi 200 celebrations.
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Puccini's La Rondine
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, a performance of Puccini's opera La Rondine.
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Wagner's Liebesverbot
Edward Downes conducts Wagner's early comic opera Liebesverbot.
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Wagner 200: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, performed at the 2013 Salzburg Festival.