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Birth of an Opera: Eugene Onegin

BBC Radio 3
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Another in the occasional Radio 3 series on the literary and biographical facts surrounding the origins of great operas. Written and narrated by Michael Rose: with Robert Powell as Tchaikovsky.

The illustrations from the opera come from the newly-issued Decca recording conducted by Sir Georg Solti.

(Robert Powell is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Co)
(Eugene Onegin from Glyndebourne: 22 June)

Contributors

Writer/Narrator:
Michael Rose
Tchaikovsky:
Robert Powell
Also taking part:
Trader Faulkner
Also taking part:
Jane Knowles
Also taking part:
Clifford Norgate
Producer:
Hallam Tennyson
Source: Radio Times

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