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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: Barbara Hannigan

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01/02/2013

Barbara Hannigan

BBC World Service - The Strand Archive, Barbara Hannigan

Operatic soprano Barbara Hannigan is always pushing at the boundaries

Operatic soprano Barbara Hannigan is always pushing at the boundaries.

The US singer Nataly Dawn talks pop, religion, the internet and why recording her debut solo album has left her broke.

Barbara Hannigan is always pushing at the boundaries, an operatic soprano specialising in 20th and 21st Century classical music, she is sought after by composers and conductors everywhere (and she has 2 CDs out at once) 

(Photo: Barbara Hannigan, operatic soprano. Credit: Elmer de Haas)

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