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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

Kate Molleson

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

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

Composer of the Week: Opera-Comique

Composer of the Week: Opera-Comique: Episode 3

Opera-Comique

Episode 3

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Opera-Comique, Episode 3

Donald Macleod and Karen Henson explore the influence of Napoleon on Opera-Comique.

Donald Macleod is joined by Karen Henson to examine the influence of Napoleon, who was quick to recognise the political value in supporting the arts.

Napoleon was quick to recognise the political value in supporting the arts. His rationalisation of the theatres in Paris had a direct affect on Opéra-Comique both as an organisation and as an operatic form. With Donald Macleod and Karen Henson.

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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Music: Classical: Opera

Donald Macleod is joined by academic Karen Henson explore the world of the Opera-Comique

Donald Macleod and Karen Henson explore the world of the Opera-Comique - a type of opera, an institution and also a building - unravelling the intricacies of 19th-century Parisian operatic life

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