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Live Stereo from Sydney

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Opening Concert in the new Concert Hall of the Opera House
BIRGIT NILSSON (soprano)
SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader DONALD HAZELWOOD conducted by CHARLES MACKERRAS Part 1 Wagner
Prelude (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg); Elisabeth's Greeting (Tannhauser); Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde)
12.5* Listening in Luxury
BETTY ARCHDALE, a Sydney concertgoer, compares the rigours of visits to the city's older theatres and halls with the comforts she finds in the new Opera House.
12.20* Live Stereo from Sydney Part 2 Wagner
Siegfried's Journey to the Rhine; Siegfried's Funeral Music: Brunnhilde Immolation (Gotterdammerung)
(Australian Opera's production of War and Peace can be seen tonight at 7.15, BBC2 colour. Tannhauser direct from Covent Garden, Radio 3, 5.55)

Contributors

Soprano:
Birgit Nilsson
Leader:
Donald Hazelwood
Conducted By:
Charles MacKerras
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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