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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Verismo

Composer of the Week: Verismo: Episode 3

Verismo

Episode 3

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Verismo, Episode 3

Donald Macleod on stories of revolution and socialist realism in Mascagni and Catalani.

Donald Macleod explores stories of love, revolution and socialist realism in operas from Mascagni, Catalani, Giordano and Puccini.

The success of Mascagni and Leoncavallo encouraged a wave of young composers to bring a sense of reality of their theatrical productions. Today Donald Macleod and Roger Parker look at the work of Catalani, best known for the aria used in the French film "Diva", Giordano, who introduced socialist principles to a tale of aristocratic love in the French revolution and the work that catapulted Puccini to fame and fortune, his adaptation of the tale of the courtesan Manon Lescaut.

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.

Donald Macleod and Italian opera expert Roger Parker explore the influence of verismo

Donald Macleod is joined by Italian opera expert Roger Parker to explore the influence of verismo - a mode of realism - in opera, from Verdi to the present day

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