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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

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

Composer of the Week: Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)

Composer of the Week: Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880): Episode 2

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)

Episode 2

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Donald Macleod discusses Offenbach's La belle Helene and La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein.

Donald Macleod discusses Offenbach's La belle Helene and La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein with celebrated soprano Felicity Lott.

Singing Offenbach proved to be "a life changing experience" for Dame Felicity Lott. Although she's well known as a recitalist and for her appearances in rather more serious operatic roles, she is also a leading interpreter of the title roles in Offenbach's La belle Hélène and La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein. In a festive edition of the programme, she shares her thoughts on these two comic roles with Donald Macleod. 
With excerpts from La belle Hélène and La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein.

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 explores the life and music of Jacques Offenbach

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