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In Business: A Night at the Opera

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A Night at the Opera

13/08/2015

BBC Radio 4 - In Business, A Night at the Opera

Peter Day looks at the business of opera. How does this expensive art form survive?

Opera is expensive. It receives large public subsidies. Can that be justified, and does it have a future? Peter Day visits top opera houses, a summer festival and pub performers.

Opera is an expensive art form. It receives millions of pounds of public money. Can that be justified? Peter Day gets a range of operatic experiences - from top opera companies, to pub performers and a country house summer festival. The first opera was performed 400 years ago in Italy; how does the future look?

Producer: Penny Murphy.

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