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Opera on 3 Episodes

  1. Handel's Radamisto

    Donald Macleod presents an ENO production of Handel's intensely dramatic opera Radamisto.

  2. Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos

    Donald Macleod presents a Welsh National Opera production of Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos.

  3. Gounod's Romeo et Juliette

    Daniel Oren conducts Charles Gounod's version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

  4. Bizet's Les pecheurs de perles

    Alexandra Wilson introduces a performance of Bizet's opera Les pecheurs de perles.

  5. Niobe, regina di Tebe

    A rare chance to hear Agostino Steffani's opera Niobe, regina di Tebe.

  6. Strauss's Salome

    Andrew McGregor presents Strauss's Salome from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

  7. Wagner's Lohengrin

    A performance given at the 2010 Bayreuth Festival of Wagner's controversial Lohengrin.

  8. Verdi's Rigoletto

    Baritone Simon Keenlyside makes his debut in WNO's revived production of Verdi's tragedy.

  9. Britten's Billy Budd

    Britten: Billy Budd from Glyndebourne, starring Jacques Imbrailo and John Mark Ainsley.

  10. Mozart's Idomeneo (Edinburgh International Festival)

    Mozart's Idomeneo from the Edinburgh International Festival. Presented by Donald MacLeod.

  11. Manon

    Martin Handley presents a new production of Massenet's great opera starring Anna Netrebko.

  12. Handel's Tamerlano

    Ivor Bolton conducts Handel's Tamerlano - a tale of tyranny and power, betrayal and love.

  13. Verdi's Aida

    Suzy Klein presents a new Royal Opera House production of Verdi's great love story.

  14. Donizetti's Maria Stuarda

    Donald Macleod presents a performance of Donizetti's opera about Mary, Queen of Scots.

  15. Janacek's Katya Kabanova

    Martin Handley presents ENO's version of Janacek's tragic opera Katya Kabanova.

  16. Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier

    Kirill Petrenko conducts a performance of Strauss' comedy of manners.

  17. Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen

    Charles Mackerras conducts Janacek's magical opera about the life of a vixen.

  18. Prokofiev's The Gambler

    Antonio Pappano conducts Prokofiev's rarely-heard opera, based on Dostoyevsky's novel.

  19. Rossini's Il Turco in Italia

    Maurizio Benini conducts Rossini's perceptive comedy of Neapolitan life and love.

  20. Duke Bluebeard's Castle

    Adam Fischer conducts Gabor Bretz and Elena Zhidkova in Bartok's only opera.

  21. Janacek's From the House of the Dead

    Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Janacek's final opera, based on Dostoyevsky's novel.

  22. Rachmaninov's Aleko

    Gianandrea Noseda conducts Rachmaninov's opera Aleko, based on Pushkin's poem The Gypsies.

  23. Gershwin's Porgy and Bess

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts Jonathan Lemalu in Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess.

  24. Live from the Met: Elektra

    Fabio Luisi conducts Strauss's Elektra, with soprano Susan Bullock in the title role.

  25. Tchaikovsky's The Tsarina's Slippers

    Martin Handley presents a rare performance of Tchaikovsky's only comic opera.

  26. Peter Maxwell Davies: Taverner

    Martyn Brabbins conducts the 麻豆社 SSO and tenor Daniel Norman in Maxwell Davies's Taverner.

  27. Massenet's Werther

    Richard Farnes conducts an Opera North production of Massenet's opera Werther.

  28. Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre

    Ligeti's 'nearly apocalyptic' blackly comic opera. Contains strong language.

  29. Britten's The Turn of the Screw

    From the London Coliseum, Charles Mackerras conducts ENO's production of Britten's opera.

  30. Wagner's Tristan und Isolde

    Antonio Pappano conducts tenor Ben Heppner and soprano Nina Stemme as the tragic lovers.

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