Soap Operas
Bruno explores how the same plots and themes appear in today’s soap operas as in the grand operas of yesterday.
His enthusiasm and energy knows no bounds. Dancer, choreographer, and Strictly judge Bruno Tonioli returns to Radio 2 with a third series celebrating his greatest passion - opera. Top Cs, broken hearts, murdering mothers, sparkling cadenzas and record breaking curtain calls - that's what we have in store as Bruno brings the red and gold of the world's finest opera houses to your front room via Radio 2
In this third programme Bruno explores how the same plots and themes appear in today’s soap operas as in the grand operas of yesterday . EastEnders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale and the Archers – how Puccini and Verdi would have loved them! Feisty females, moody men, cops and robbers, feuding families, long-lost parents romances, bromances and love triangles. Bruno reveals that opera too has its equivalents of Ken Barlow and Kat Slater. Excerpts include Una Voce Poco Fa from the Barber of Seville(Rossini), Mon Coeur S’Ouvre a ta Voix from Samson and Delilah(Saint-Saens) and Spirito Gentil from La Favorita(Donizetti). Plus a fiery bravura performance by Maria Callas as Tosca.
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Cecilia Bartoli
Rossini: The Barber of Seville: Una Voce Poco Fa
- Maria.
- Decca.
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Luciano Pavarotti
Donizetti: La Favourite : Spirto Gentil
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Angela Gheorghiu
Bizet: Carmen: Habanera
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Rita Gorr & Jon Vickers
Saint-Saens: Samson and Delilah: Mon Coeur S'Ouvre A Ta Voix
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Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes & Nicolaï Ghiaurov
Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor: Chi Me Freni in Tal Momento
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Montserrat Caballé
Puccini: Tosca: Vissi D'Arte
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Samuel Ramey
Boito: Mefistofeles: Son Lo Spirito Che Nega
- Mefistopheles.
- Sony Classical.
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Victoria de los Ãngeles & Tito Gobbi
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra: Orfanella Il Tetto Umile
- Simon Boccanegra.
- EMI.
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Jussi Björling & Robert Merrill
Bizet: The Pearl Fishers: Au Fond du Temple Saint
- The Golden Voice of Jussi Bjoerling.
- RCA SEAL.
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Maria Callas
Puccini: Tosca: Final Scene
- Tosca.
- EMI.
Broadcast
- Sun 29 Dec 2019 21:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2