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The Strand is a daily 18 minute programme highlighting the best of what's going in the arts. Wide-ranging and with eclectic interests, The Strand reflects the artistic response to the BBC's news agenda. Presented by Harriett Gilbert and friends, it features discussions, reviews, big-name interviews and location reports as well as live studio performances and Hollywood, Bollywood gossip.

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The Strand Archive: 26/10/2012

26/10/2012

BBC World Service - The Strand Archive, 26/10/2012

We speak to world-renowned soprano Renée Fleming about her upcoming role in Verdi’s Otello

The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. 

Presented by Anna McNamee.

On today's programme: we speak to Renée Fleming, one of the world's leading sopranos, about her performance in Verdi's Otello for The Met in New York. And we meet Guatemalan author Eduardo Halfon, whose latest book of short stories, The Polish Boxer, somewhat blurs the line between reality and fiction.

The Polish Boxer by Eduardo Halfon, published by Pushkin Press.

Pictured: Renée Fleming as Desdemona in Verdi's Otello
Image credit: Ken Howard and Metropolitan Opera

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