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Composer of the Week: Haydn

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4/5. In today's programme one opera house burns to the ground and another one rises from its ashes: Haydn takes a striking new direction in his opera L'Isola Disabitata (The Desert Island); and, in La Fedelta Premiata (Fidelity Rewarded), arguably the finest operatic finale until those of Mozart's Da Ponte operas.
Soloists, Lausanne Chamber Orchestsra, conductor Antal Dorati
Sinfonia; Sono Contenta Appieno (Part 2, Finale) (L'lsola Disabitata)
Act 1, Scene 3; Act 2, Finale (La Fedelta Premiata)

Contributors

Unknown:
Da Ponte
Conductor:
Antal Dorati
Unknown:
Sono Contenta Appieno
Source: Radio Times

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