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Composer of the Week: Verdi

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod introduces Verdi's last two operas.
Otello, Act 1 Scene 3; Act 2 Scene 5
Bastille Opera Orchestra, conductor Myung-Whun Chung
Falstaff, Act 3 Part 2 (end)
Berlin Radio Choir, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Introduces:
Donald MacLeod
Conductor:
Myung-Whun Chung
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Otello:
Placido Domingo(tenor)
Desdemona:
Cheryl Studer(soprano)
lago:
Sergei Leiferkus(baritone)
Fenton:
Danill Shtoda(tenor)
Nannetta:
Dorothea Roschmann(soprano)
Alice:
Adrianne Pieczonka(soprano)
Mistress Quickly:
Larissa Diadkova(mezzo)
Meg:
Stella Doufexis(contralto)
Falstaff:
Bryn Terfel(baritone)
Bardolph:
Antony Mee(tenor)
Pistol:
Anatoli Kotscherga(baritone)
Ford:
Thomas Hampson(baritone)
DrCaius:
Enrico Facini(tenor)
Source: Radio Times

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