From the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Janacek's opera about a woman who discovers the secret of eternal life. She runs away with the formula and trains to be a singer, believing she has centuries to perfect the art and become the greatest singer of all time. But is living for ever really all it is cracked up to be?
Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, conductor Charles Mackerras
Act
6.40 The Secret Met
Linda Ormiston goes backstage at the Met to talk to director of archives
Robert Tuggle and discusses some of the Met's secret histories.
7.05 Act 2
7.40 The Met Opera Quiz
Martin Bernheimer puts listeners' questions to a panel of operatic experts.
8.05 Act 3
