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The Birth of an Opera

on BBC Radio 3

Don Carlos
Verdi continued to revise Don Carlos for 18 years after its first performance in Paris on 11 March 1867.
Andrew Porter found in Paris not only a quantity of music which was cut before the premiere but also a dossier of correspondence about the reworking of the opera. Timothy West as Verdi
Other parts: DAVID MARCH
NIGEL LAMBERT and EMILY RICHARD Musical illustrations taken from recordings and played on the piano by ANDREW PORTER
Producer PATRICIA BRENT
(Don Carlos : Sat 25 October)

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Nigel Lambert
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Patricia Brent
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Don Carlos

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