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Composer of the Week in Venice

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2/5. La Fenice. Donald Macleod looks at the chequered history of Venice's 18th-century opera house, La Fenice, in the company of its artistic director, Sergio Segalini.
Verdi Sempre Libera (La Traviata, Act 1)
Joan Sutherland (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), National Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Richard Bonynge
Cavalli Ardo , Sospiro e Piango (La Calisto, Act 1) Janet Baker (mezzo), London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Raymond Leppard Verdi Simon Boccanegra , Act 1 (Finale)
Soloists, La Scala Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
Rossini Semiramide (excerpt)
Joan Sutherland (soprano), Marilyn Home (mezzo), LSO, conductor Richard Bonynge Stravinsky The Rake's Progress (excerpt)
Jerry Hadley (tenor), Samuel Ramey (bass), Lyon Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Kent Nagano
Handel Non Ho CorChe perAmarti (Agrippina) Della Jones (mezzo), English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Director:
Sergio Segalini.
Director:
Verdi Sempre Libera
Soprano:
Joan Sutherland
Soprano:
Luciano Pavarotti
Conductor:
Richard Bonynge
Conductor:
Cavalli Ardo
Unknown:
Janet Baker
Conductor:
Raymond Leppard
Conductor:
Verdi Simon Boccanegra
Soloists:
La Scala
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Conductor:
Rossini Semiramide
Soprano:
Joan Sutherland
Conductor:
Richard Bonynge
Tenor:
Jerry Hadley
Tenor:
Samuel Ramey
Unknown:
Della Jones
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Source: Radio Times

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