The Marriage of Figaro Opera by Mozart in four acts.
Antonio....JAMES COURTNEY (bass) Metropolitan Opera
Chorus and Orchestra conductor James Levine Act
7.20 Da Ponte in New York In 1805, Lorenzo da Ponte fled imprisonment by emigrating to New York. David Owen Norris talks to his biographer, April FitzLyon.
7.45 Act 2
8.35 New York Snapshot Edward Ellis reads from his New York diary.
Opera Quiz followed by New York Snapshot
Michael Pye describes the real New York.
9.00 Acts 3 and 4 (EBU presentation in association with the Texaco Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network)