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THE BIRTH OF AN OPERA

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

A study by HANNS HAMMELMANN and MICHAEL ROSE of Italian music in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries and the emergence of Claudio Monteverdi as the pioneer of modern opera. The illustrations are mostly taken from L'incoronazione di Poppea
Narration by GABRIEL WOOLF with RAYMOND HAYTER (baritone) and DESMOND DUPRÉ (lute) and illustrations from gramophone records
Produced by CHRISTOPHER SYKES
* Second broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Hanns Hammelmann
Unknown:
Michael Rose
Unknown:
Claudio Monteverdi
Unknown:
Gabriel Woolf
Baritone:
Raymond Hayter
Produced By:
Christopher Sykes
Monteverdi:
Valentine Dyall
Reader:
Jonathan Scott
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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