Puccini's great opera set in Rome, follows the events of a single day in June 1800.
During the interval Rodney Milnes continues his series Opera Snaps - a sideways glance at each of this season's operas.
Chorus and Orchestra of the New York
Metropolitan Opera, conductor Daniel Oren
7.20 Interval: New York Collections
Tim Marlow visits the Schomburg Centre for Research in Black Culture, which has five million items, including rare manuscripts from 16th-century Spain.
7.55 Act 2
8.40 The Met Quiz Opera Quiz
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9.00 Opera Snaps With Rodney Milnes.
9.05 Act 3

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