The fourth of five programmes in which Hugh Canning and Andrew Clements discuss some of the outstanding new CD opera issues of the year with Michael Oliver , who introduces excerpts from the recordings. This week two of the recordings under consideration are conducted by Marc Minkowski , with Annick Massis in the principal soprano role: Boieldieu's La Dame Blanche, also featuring Rockwell Blake , and Rossini's L'lnganno
Felice, featuring Raul Gimenez and Rodney Gilfrey. The other opera is
Bellini's La Sonnambula , conducted by Alberto Zedda , with Luba Orgonasowa and Raul Gimenez.