Opera on 3 Episodes Episode guide
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Wagner's Tannhauser
From the Royal Opera House, with tenor Peter Seiffert, conducted by Hartmut Haenchen.
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Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor.
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Donizetti's Roberto Devereux
Donizetti's Roberto Devereux, from the Metropolitan Opera, New York
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Peter Maxwell Davies: Taverner
Peter Maxwell Davies's opera Taverner, in performance given in 2009 at City Halls, Glasgow
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Philip Glass's Akhnaten
From the Coliseum in London, an ENO production of Philip Glass's opera Akhnaten.
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Chabrier's L'Etoile
Chabrier's comic opera L'Etoile, live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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Hvorostovsky's Eugene Onegin
Dmitri Hvorostovsky's 2015 final performance as Eugene Onegin from the Royal Opera House.
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Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci
From the Royal Opera House, Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci.
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Handel's Alcina
Handel's Alcina, recorded at the Aix Festival in Provence with soprano Patricia Petibon.
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Verdi's The Force of Destiny
Donald Macleod presents an ENO production of Verdi's opera The Force of Destiny.
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Haas's Morgen und Abend
From the Royal Opera House, the world premiere of Georg Friedrich Haas's Morgen und Abend.
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Rossi's Orpheus
From the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in London, a performance of Luigi Rossi's opera Orpheus.
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Chausson's Le roi Arthus
Chausson's Le roi Arthus from the Paris Opera with Roberto Alagna and Thomas Hampson.
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Beethoven's Fidelio
Beethoven's Fidelio from the 2015 Salzburg Festival with a cast including Jonas Kaufmann.
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Handel's Orlando
A performance of Handel's opera Orlando in a Welsh National Opera production.
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Mascagni's Guglielmo Ratcliff
Live from Wexford Festival Opera, Sean Rafferty presents Mascagni's Guglielmo Ratcliff.
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Gluck's Orphee et Eurydice from the Royal Opera House
Another chance to hear Gluck's Orphee et Eurydice from the Royal Opera House in 2015.
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Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
Christian Thielemann conducts Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at the 2015 Bayreuth Festival.
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Handel's Saul
Ivor Bolton conducts Handel's Saul at the 2015 Glyndebourne Festival.
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Rossini's La gazza ladra
Donato Renzetti conducts Rossini's La gazza ladra at the 2015 Pesaro Festival.
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Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore
Richard Egarr conducts the Orchestra of Scottish Opera in the comic opera HMS Pinafore.
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Rossini's Guillaume Tell
Live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Rossini's final opera Guillaume Tell.
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Mozart's Don Giovanni
Mozart's Don Giovanni in a performance given at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades
From the Coliseum in London, an ENO production of Tchaikovsky's opera The Queen of Spades.
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Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance
An English National Opera production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance.
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Donizetti's Poliuto
Donizetti's Poliuto from Glyndebourne, starring Michael Fabiano and Ana Maria Martinez.
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Richard Ayres's Peter Pan
Erik Nielsen conducts WNO's new production of Richard Ayres's Peter Pan.
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Puccini's La boheme
Live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, a performance of Puccini's La boheme.
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Falla's La vida breve and Puccini's Gianni Schicchi
Opera North's double-bill of Falla's La vida breve and Puccini's Gianni Schicchi.
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Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice
From the Theatre Royal in Glasgow, a performance of Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice.