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Opera Matinee

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Clive Bennett presents one of the most popular operas of all time in a new starstudded recording. Sung in French. Gounod Faust
Welsh National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Carlo Rizzi
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Contributors

Unknown:
Clive Bennett
Conductor:
Carlo Rizzi
Faust:
Jerry Hadley (tenor)
Marguerite:
Cecilia Gasdia (soprano)
Mephistopheles:
Samuel Ramey (bass)
Valentin:
Alexandru Agache (bar)
Siebel:
Susanne Mentzer (mezzo)
Marthe:
Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo)
Wagner:
Philippe Fourcade (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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