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Take Me to the Opera

Series 2

A Gust of Gustavo

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News North AmericaLatest broadcast: on BBC News Latin America

Zeinab Badawi travels to Paris to meet one of the most admired, charismatic and flamboyant figures in the world of classical music and opera: the Venezuelan-born conductor Gustavo Dudamel. Zeinab hears how Dudamel is bringing a gust of fresh air, through his youthful star power, to the 350-year-old Paris National Opera as its music director and why he believes music has the power to change lives. She accompanies Dudamel on a visit to a suburb of Paris where he meets young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in his mission to diversify and expand audiences to help make the world of opera fit for the future. Show less

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