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Strauss: Die Liebe der Danae

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2014 8:36


A guide to Strauss's opera Die Liebe der Danae featuring the voices of opera historians Sarah Lenton, Gavin Plumley and William Mival

Strauss: Die schweigsame Frau

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2014 8:15


The following Opera on 3 download about Richard Strauss opera ‘Die schweigsame Frau’ includes contributions by opera experts William Mival and Gavin Plumley, as well as opera historian Sarah Lenton.

Strauss: Salome

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2014 9:03


This podcast on Richard Strauss's ‘Salome' includes contributions by the soprano Nina Stemme, the opera experts William Mival and David Nice, as well as opera historian Sarah Lenton.

Strauss: Guntram

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2014 7:44


This podcast on Richard Strauss's ‘Guntram' includes contributions by the opera experts Gavin Plumley and David Nice, as well as opera historian Sarah Lenton.

Strauss: Capriccio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2014 8:54


This podcast on Richard Strauss’ ‘Capriccio’ includes contributions by the opera experts Gavin Plumley and John Deathridge, the soprano Dame Felicity Lott, as well as opera historian Sarah Lenton.

Strauss: Die Aegyptische Helena

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2014 7:56


The following Opera on 3 download about Richard Strauss opera ‘Die Aegyptische Helena’ includes contributions by opera experts William Mival and David Nice, as well as opera historian Sarah Lenton.

Strauss: Intermezzo

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2014 8:43


The following Opera on 3 download about Richard Strauss opera ‘Intermezzo’ includes contributions by the soprano Dame Felicity Lott, the opera expert Gavin Plumley, as well as the opera historian Sarah Lenton.

Strauss: Friedenstag

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2014 7:44


The following Opera on 3 download about Richard Strauss opera ‘Friedenstag’ includes contributions by opera experts Gavin Plumley and William Mival, as well as opera historian Sarah Lenton.

Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2014 10:20


The following Opera on 3 download about Richard Strauss opera ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ includes contributions by opera experts William Mival and Hugo Shirley, as well as opera historian Sarah Lenton.

Strauss: Daphne

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2014 8:14


This Radio 3 Opera Guide to Strauss’ Daphne includes contributions by opera historian Sarah Lenton, and Strauss experts Gavin Plumley and Hugo Shirley.

Verdi: Nabucco

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2014 8:32


A guide to Verdi's opera Nabucco featuring the voices of singer Placido Domingo and opera historian Sarah Lenton, as well as Verdi experts Flora Willson and Roger Parker.

Strauss: Arabella

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2014 9:05


This Opera on 3 download about Richard Strauss opera ‘Arabella’ includes contributions by soprano Dame Felicity Lott as well as opera experts Gavin Plumley and William Mival.

Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2014 9:01


This is a Radio 3 Opera Guide to Strauss' Die Frau Ohne Schatten with contributions by opera historian Sarah Lenton, and Strauss experts Hugo Shirley and William Mival.

Strauss: Feuersnot

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2014 8:14


This Opera on 3 download about Richard Strauss'‘Feuersnot’ includes contributions by opera experts David Nice, Hugo Shirley and William Mival.

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Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2014 9:20


A guide to Richard Strauss's opera Der Rosenkavalier, featuring conductor Kirill Petrenko, and historians Sarah Lenton and John Deathridge.

Strauss: Elektra

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2014 9:28


A guide to Richard Strauss's Elektra, featuring the voices of opera historians Sarah Lenton and John Deathridge, and opera director Charles Edwards.

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2013 8:37


A guide to Benjamin Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, featuring opera historians Philip Reed, Paul Kildea and Lucy Walker, and tenor Ian Bostridge.

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2013 9:14


A guide to Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream featuring the voices of Britten experts Philip Reed, Paul Kildea, and Lucy Walker.

Verdi: Aida

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2013 8:19


A guide to Verdi's Opera Aida, featuring the opera historians Flora Willson, Sarah Lenton and Cormac Newark

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Verdi: Falstaff

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2013 8:25


A guide to Verdi's opera Falstaff, featuring the opera historians Sarah Lenton, Flora Willson and Ivan Hewett.

Verdi: Luisa Miller

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2013 6:50


A guide to Verdi's opera Luisa Miller featuring opera historians Flora Willson, Sarah Lenton and Roger Parker

Britten: Albert Herring

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2013 9:08


A guide to Britten's opera Albert Herring featuring the voices of Britten experts Philip Reed and Paul Kildea, and the soprano Dame Josephine Barstow.

Verdi: Jerusalem

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2013 6:52


A guide to Verdi's opera Jerusalem featuring opera historians Simon Rees and Nick Baragwannath

Verdi: Attila

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2013 7:29


A guide to Verdi's opera Attila featuring the voices of opera historians Sarah Lenton, Flora Willson and Roger Parker.

Verdi: I Due Foscari

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2013 6:21


A guide to Verdi's opera I Due Foscari featuring the opera historians Sarah Lenton, Flora Willson and Roger Parker

Wagner: Die Feen

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2013 7:13


A guide to Wagner's opera Die Feen

Verdi: Ernani

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2013 8:14


A guide to Verdi's Ernani featuring opera historians Sarah Lenton, Flora Willson and Roger Parker

Britten: Death in Venice

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2013 8:37


A guide to Britten's opera Death in Venice featuring the voices of musicologist Christopher Wintle, the tenor Ian Bostridge, and Britten expert Paul Kildea.

Verdi: Oberto

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2013 7:29


A guide to Verdi's opera Oberto featuring opera historians Sarah Lenton, Flora Willson and Simon Rees

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Verdi: Don Carlos

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2013 8:58


A guide to Verdi's opera Don Carlos featuring the voices of opera historian Sarah Lenton, Verdi experts Flora Willson and Nicholas Baragwanath, as well as conductors Antonio Pappano and Semyon Bychkov and tenor Rolando Villazón.

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2013 7:01


A guide to Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in Maschera"

Wagner: Das Liebesverbot

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2013 6:25


A guide to Wagner's opera Das Liebesverbot

Verdi: Il Corsaro

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2013 8:01


A guide to Verdi's opera Il Corsaro

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2013 8:05


A guide to Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2013 8:22


A guide to Verdi's opera La battaglia di Legnano

Wagner: Tannhauser

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2013 6:41


A guide to Wagner's opera Tannhauser featuring Wagner specialists John Deathridge, Barbara Eichner and Mike Ashman

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2013 9:20


A guide to Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde featuring the voices of conductors Antonio Pappano and Donald Runnicles, plus Wagner specialists Sarah Lenton and John Deathridge.

Wagner: Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2013 8:01


A guide to Das Rheingold, the first opera in Wagner's Ring Cycle, featuring the Royal Opera House's director of opera Kasper Holten and music director Antonio Pappano, opera historian Sarah Lenton and Wagner experts John Deathridge and Mark Berry.

Wagner: Ring Cycle: Die Walkure

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2013 8:21


A guide to Die Walkure, the second opera in Wagner's Ring Cycle, featuring the Royal Opera House’s music director Antonio Pappano, singers Susan Bullock and John Tomlinson, opera historian Sarah Lenton, and Wagner experts Laurence Dreyfus and Mark Berry.

Wagner: Ring Cycle: Siegfried

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2013 8:23


A guide to Siegfried, the third opera in Wagner's Ring Cycle, featuring the Royal Opera House's music director Antonio Pappano, director Keith Warner, opera historian Sarah Lenton and Wagner experts Laurence Dreyfus and Mark Berry.

Wagner: Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2013 8:57


A guide to Gotterdammerung, the fourth and final opera in Wagner's Ring Cycle, featuring singers John Tomlinson and Susan Bullock, opera historian Sarah Lenton and Wagner experts John Deathridge and Mark Berry.

Verdi: Alzira

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2013 8:23


A guide to Verdi's opera Alzira featuring the voices of opera historians Alexandra Willson, Sarah Lenton, and Roderick Swanston.

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