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14 minutesFirst broadcast:
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Danielle and Chris host the Glyndebourne Opera Cup and Jazzie B's got Soul II Soul shows.
Strictly judge and choreographer Bruno Tonioli continues his series about his great passion - opera. Show more
4 hours, 59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Siegfried, the third of the four operas of Wagner's Ring cycle, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 2018, with Stefan Vinke as Siegfried and conducted by Antonio Pappano. Show more
What makes a great opera? Divine music - of course! But there are two ingredients every opera has - secrets and lies. Show more
Tom Service presents a performance given at the Royal Opera House's Linbury Studio Theatre of Philip Glass's new opera The Trial, specially created for Music Theatre Wales. Show more
4 hours, 59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Wagner's Die Walküre, part of The Ring of the Nibelung, at the Royal Opera House. Sir Antonio Pappano conducts a cast with Stuart Skelton as Siegmund and Nina Stemme as Brünnhilde. Show more
Strictly judge and choreographer Bruno Tonioli continues his series about his great passion - opera. Show more
2 hours, 59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Das Rheingold, the first of the four operas comprising Wagner's Ring cycle, from the Royal Opera House with John Lundgren starring as Wotan, and conducted by Antonio Pappano. Show more
55 minutes
The Great Opera Choruses - Servants, Soldiers, Sailors, Monks, Toreadors, Gipsies, Geishas, Prisoners and Slaves. Show more
5 hours, 3 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Götterdämmerung, the last of the four operas of Wagner's Ring cycle, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden with Nina Stemme as Brünnhilde, and conducted by Antonio Pappano. Show more
2 hours, 45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis, with pianist Beatrice Rana in Schumann's Piano Concerto, recreate Malcolm Sargent's 1966 500th Prom. Show more
Andrea Andermann's production of Rossini's opera, based on the fairy-tale Cinderella. Filmed in the ballrooms and gardens of some of Turin's finest palaces. Show more
The famous fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm is told in Engelbert Humperdinck's ever-popular opera, Hansel and Gretel, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Show more
Passion, drama and magic. Marc Gregg takes us on a journey through the intense storytelling power of opera and shakes off its associated baggage. Show more
As part of the complete cycle of Handel's operas, Louise Fryer presents a performance of Arminio, composed in 1736. Starring mezzo Vivica Genaux and soprano Geraldine McGreevy. Show more
Leopold Hager conducts the Salzburg Mozarteum and soloists in a performance of Mozart's early opera Apollo et Hyacinthus, K38, written when the composer was just 11 years old. Show more
Kiri Te Kanawa who made her breakthrough as a Mozart singer, discusses the arias that mean the most to her, including ones from Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte. Show more
2 hours, 58 minutes
Louise Fryer prsents Act 3 of Semele, which tells the story of the beautiful daughter of Cadmus and her ill-fated love affair with Jupiter, king of the gods. Show more
2 hours, 58 minutes
Jonathan Swain presents Act 3 of Handel's opera Deidamia, which tells the story of the mythical daughter of King Lycomedes of Skyros, who bore a child by Achilles. Show more
50 minutes
Presented by Catherine Bott. BBC Philharmonic under Yutaka Sato in Britten: 4 Sea Interludes and Passacaglia (Peter Grimes). Ravel: Piano concerto in D (soloist - Louis Lortie). Show more