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Last night. Sicily's opera house reopened after a 20-year closure with a production of Verdi's Aida starring Luciano Pavarotti. Petroc Trelawny introduces reports direct from Palermo, and at 8.25, Pavarotti sings Celeste Aida accompanied by the Orchestra of La Scala, conductor Lorin Maazel. Music also includes Arthur Benjamin 's Jamaican Rhumba, performed by the Cleveland Orchestra - conductor
Louis Lane - after the 7.00 news.
And after the arts news at 7.30, a birthday tribute to William Shakespeare - Thomas Morley 's It Was a Lover and His Lass, a setting of words from As You Like It, performed by the Musicians of the Globe.

Contributors

Unknown:
Luciano Pavarotti.
Unknown:
Celeste Aida
Conductor:
Lorin Maazel.
Unknown:
Arthur Benjamin
Conductor:
Louis Lane
Unknown:
William Shakespeare
Unknown:
Thomas Morley
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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