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Sunday Best: The Real History of Opera

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1/4. La Boheme. As part of the BBC s Summer of Opera, Huw Edwards discovers how some of the greatest operatic masterpieces reflect the social, cultural and political circumstances of their age. Today, Puccini's bittersweet tale of doomed love set against a backdrop of Bohemian Paris.

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Presenter:
Huw Edwards
Producer:
Deborah Preston
Source: Radio Times

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