First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod leaves Stockholm by steam-boat to fulfil a long-held dream to visit Drottningholm, a treasure of an opera house suspended in time. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod visits the auditorium of the fabled Drottningholm theatre and talks to mezzo Anne Sophie von Otter about performing there. He also introduces the first Swedish opera. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod talks to mezzo Anne Sofie von Otter about former Drottnigholm music director Arnold Ostman and also explores Swedish nationalist opera Gustaf Vasa. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod explores the opera Electra by Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner. He also talks to theatre expert Inga Lewenhaupt about stage gestures. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod presents part of Mozart's Don Giovanni, staged in 2010 at Drottningholm, and visits the Riddarholmskyrkan Church in Stockholm, the scene of Gustavus III's funeral. Show more
