A Night at the Opera
Opera is expensive. It receives large public subsidies. Can that be justified, and does it have a future? Peter Day visits top opera houses, a summer festival and pub performers.
Opera is an expensive art form. It receives millions of pounds of public money. Can that be justified? Peter Day gets a range of operatic experiences - from top opera companies, to pub performers and a country house summer festival. The first opera was performed 400 years ago in Italy; how does the future look?
Producer: Penny Murphy.
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Take a Bow
Cremona in northern Italy is a centre of violin making, but can the old industry survive?
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The Veneto
Peter Day visits family-run businesses in the Italian Veneto.
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The Music Industry
How can musicians make money in an industry that has changed so much in the past decade?
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- Thu 13 Aug 2015 20:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 16 Aug 2015 21:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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