Sean Rafferty hears how the opera singers of the future are nurtured by British Youth Opera, whose 1998 season opens this week with productions of Mozart's Cosi Fan
Tutte and Puccini's La Boheme. The
Overture to Wagner's Rienzi precedes the 6.00 news, and Pierne's Konzertstuck for Harp and Orchestra is performed before 7.00.