Mazeppa
Valery Gergiev conducts the Met's first homegrown production of Tchaikovsky's dark and thrilling masterpiece.
Presented from New York by Margaret Juntwait.
New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Valery Gergiev Act1
7.35 Interval: Tchaikovsky the Songwriter Brian Zeger talks about this aspect of Tchaikovsky's work, with specially recorded examples by mezzo Olga Borodina.
8.00 Act 2
9.15 Interval: The Met Opera Quiz
Steven Blier puts listeners'questions to
Ken Benson , Speight Jenkins and Suzanne Martinucci. Send questions to Met Opera Quiz, FDR Station, PO Box 805, New York, NY 10150, USA, or via bbc.co.uk/radio3
9.40 Act 3
RT DIRECT: A Kirov Opera production of Tchaikovsky's
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