Live from Covent Garden,
Richard Strauss 's Ariadne auf Naxos, in a new production by Christof Loy , is conducted by Antonio Pappano in his first appearance as the new music director of the Royal Opera. In the Prologue, preparations are underway at the home of the richest man in Vienna for the performance of a new opera to be followed by a comedy. But time is short and the major-domo announces that both entertainments have to take place simultaneously, with spectacular effect. Presented by Christopher Cook.
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conductor Antonio Pappano Parti
1.40 Interval: Into the Garden
Michael Oliver talks to Antonio Pappano, who has just taken up his new post at Royal Opera House. And at 2.00 Close
Encounters Poet Ruth Padel offers some thoughts on the relationship between Ariadne - the archetypal abandoned woman - and boozer Bacchus.
2.10 Part 2