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22/02/2012

The Metropolitan Opera's Live series continues with the rarely performed Ernani by Verdi. Simon Pitts interviews star singer, the Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky.

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On today's programme: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Monsieur Lazhar and Jeremy Deller.

Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Don Carlo and Angela Meade as Elvira in Verdi's Ernani. Photo by Marty Sohl/ Metropolitan Opera.

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18 minutes

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Thu 23 Feb 2012 13:32GMT

Chapters

  • Dmitri Hvorostovsky

    The Metropolitan Opera's Live series continues with the rarely performed Ernani by Verdi. Simon Pitts interviews star singer, the Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky.

    Duration: 06:47

  • Monsieur Lazhar

    In our series on this year's Oscar-nominated foreign films we take a look at Monsieur Lazhar, a black comedy about an Algerian immigrant to Canada.

    Duration: 04:59

  • Jeremy Deller

    We hear about an exhibition which asks members of the public to come to a London gallery and make cups of tea and look sad while reading a book.

    Duration: 05:42

Broadcasts

  • Wed 22 Feb 2012 23:32GMT
  • Thu 23 Feb 2012 02:32GMT
  • Thu 23 Feb 2012 09:32GMT
  • Thu 23 Feb 2012 13:32GMT