Opera on 3 Episodes Episode guide
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Vivaldi's Bajazet
Sean Rafferty presents the first opera by Vivaldi ever performed at the Royal Opera House.
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Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov
René Pape stars as the tortured tsar in this New York Metropolitan Opera production.
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Mozart's Don Giovanni
Teodor Currentzis conducts Mozart's great opera at the 2021 Salzburg Festival
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Puccini's La bohème
Puccini's classic opera of joys and sorrows, love and loss, from the New York Met.
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Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro
Daniele Rustioni conducts Mozart's timeless comedy from the New York Metropolitan Opera.
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Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Celebrating Bernard Haitink, who conducts this classic Royal Opera performance.
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From the Met
Fire Shut Up in My Bones, by Terence Blanchard
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Wagner's Tristan and Isolde
Simon Rattle conducts Wagner's great love story starring Stuart Skelton and Nina Stemme.
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Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel
Angelika Kirchschlager and Diana Damrau are the Grimm siblings in this seasonal favourite.
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Verdi's Macbeth
Simon Keenlyside stars as the anti-hero in Verdi's take on the great Shakespeare tragedy.
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Puccini's Tosca
From the New York Met: Sondra Radvanovsky is Tosca in Puccini's tale of love and betrayal.
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Aucoin's Eurydice
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Eurydice, by Matthew Aucoin.
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Verdi's La Traviata
Lisette Oropesa stars in Verdi's tragic masterpiece at the Royal Opera House.
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Gounod's Faust
Gounod's retelling of Goethe's timeless story, recorded live at the Opéra Bastille, Paris.
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La Damnation de Faust
The Vienna Philhamonic perform Berlioz's La Damnation de Faust in Salzburg.
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Alfredo Catalani: Edmea
Anne Sophie Duprels sings the title role in Wexford Festival Opera's production of Edmea.
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Wagner's Tannhäuser
Kate Molleson presents Wagner's story of love and passion from the 2021 Bayreuth Festival.
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Janacek's Jenufa
Janacek's Jenufa from the Royal Opera House starring Asmik Grigorian and Karita Mattila.
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Mitridate, re di Ponto
Mozart's opera Mitridate, re di Ponto, recorded at Covent Garden, in 2017.
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Opera on 3: Verdi's Rigoletto
Carlos Álvarez stars in Verdi's great tragedy from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
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Tippett's The Midsummer Marriage
Live from London's Southbank Centre: Tippett's The Midsummer Marriage.
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Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier
Soprano Miah Persson stars in Garsington Opera's production of Strauss's classic opera.
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Billy Budd from the Met
Britten's Billy Budd from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.
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Verdi's Otello
Verdi's Otello from the New York Met, starring Aleksandrs Antonenko and Sonya Yoncheva
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La clemenza di Tito
The Royal Opera House reopens with Mozart's last opera, La clemenza di Tito.
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La Bohème
Puccini's La Bohème from the New York Metropolitan Opera with Angel Blue and Dmytro Popov.
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Humperdinck’s fairy-tale opera Hansel and Gretel
Scottish Opera’s latest production of Humperdinck’s magical fairy-tale opera.
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From the House of the Dead
Janacek's final opera, recorded at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 2009.
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Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten from the Met
Vladimir Jurowski conducts Richard Strauss's epic fairy-tale opera at the Met in New York.
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Dvorak's Rusalka from the Met
Renée Fleming stars in Dvorak's Rusalka from the Metropolitan Opera in New York