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Composers of the Week: Forgotten Giants of 18th-Century Opera

BBC Radio 3
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Prima le Parole
Paul Guinery introduces music from two operas with famous titles, both based on distinguished literary models - Giovanni Paisiello 's 11
Barbiere di Siviglia (conducted by Adam Fischer ) and Antonio Salieri 's Fa/staff (conducted by Tamas Pal ). Plus arias from the operas 11
Matrimonio Segreto and 11 Pittor Parigino by one of the 18th century's greatest comic opera composers, Domenico Clmarosa.
Repeated from last Thursday

Contributors

Introduces:
Paul Guinery
Unknown:
Giovanni Paisiello
Conducted By:
Adam Fischer
Conducted By:
Antonio Salieri
Conducted By:
Tamas Pal
Unknown:
Matrimonio Segreto
Unknown:
Pittor Parigino
Unknown:
Domenico Clmarosa.
Source: Radio Times

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