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Series that tracks down the stories behind the scores of well-known pieces of music

Tales From the Stave: Series 15

Tales from the Stave: Series 15: La Traviata

La Traviata

02/05/2017

Series 15

BBC Radio 4 - Tales from the Stave, Series 15, La Traviata

Frances Fyfield music series returns with a look at the manuscript of Verdi's La Traviata.

Frances Fyfield is joined, in Milan, by soprano Irina Lungu and musicologist and conductor Nigel Simeone to explore the manuscript of Verdi's enduringly popular opera La Traviata.

Frances Fyfield is joined by the Soprano Irina Lungu and the musicologist and conductor Nigel Simeone to explore the Manuscript of Verdi's enduringly successful Opera La Traviata. The handwritten score telling the tale of Violetta's noble humility amidst the conventions and hypocrisy of 19th century Paris is held by the Ricordi Archive in Milan. With the kind permission of the Archive and their leading expert Gabriele Dotto, the team get to see the precision and brilliance of a score that contains some of the most familiar music ever to grace an Opera stage. There are also surprising omissions and examples of the striving of a perfectionist.

Producer: Tom Alban.

Tales from the Stave: Series 15

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