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Rosa Ponselle

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

The supreme alchemist who turned to the purest gold everything - except
'Carmen ' - that she touched.
(WALTER LEGGE)
Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981) made her debut at the Metropolitan, New York, in 1918; she sang there every season until 1937. John Steane talks to ROSE
BAMPTON, GEORGE CEHANOVSKY , IGOR CHICHAGOV , IDA COOK, PLACIDO DOMINGO,
CHARLES JAHANT , ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF and Ponselle herself.
Producer GRAHAM SHEFFIELD mono:

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosa Ponselle
Talks:
John Steane
Unknown:
George Cehanovsky
Unknown:
Igor Chichagov
Unknown:
Charles Jahant
Unknown:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
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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