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Take Me to the Opera

Series 1

Meet the Quartet

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News Asia PacificLatest broadcast: on BBC News Latin America

Zeinab Badawi profiles four operatic stars to explore what is in store for opera as it embraces greater diversity and innovative ways of production and of reaching new audiences. Show more

Take Me to the Opera

Series 2

The Art of Opera

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News North AmericaLatest broadcast: on BBC News Europe

Zeinab Badawi heads to La Scala in Milan, one of the world's most prestigious opera houses, where she meets the teams of creatives who are involved in staging a traditional opera. Show more

Take Me to the Opera

Series 2

A Gust of Gustavo

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News North AmericaLatest broadcast: on BBC News Latin America

Zeinab Badawi travels to Paris to meet one of the most admired and flamboyant figures in the world of classical music and opera: the Venezuelan-born conductor Gustavo Dudamel. Show more

Take Me to the Opera

Series 1

Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and Benjamin Bernheim

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News AfricaLatest broadcast: on BBC News Africa

Zeinab Badawi meets two young opera stars who are encountering a new world of opera - South African soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and French tenor Benjamin Bernheim. Show more

Take Me to the Opera

Series 3

Callas at One Hundred

Duration: 22 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News Asia PacificLatest broadcast: on BBC News South Asia

Available for 24 days

Zeinab Badawi goes to Athens to celebrate the marking of the centenary of the birth of the Greek-American opera soprano Maria Callas. Known as La Divina. Show more

Take Me to the Opera

Series 3

Kiri Te Kanawa at 80

Duration: 22 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News AfricaLatest broadcast: on BBC News Africa

Available for 4 months

In March 2024, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa celebrates her 80th birthday. Zeinab Badawi follows the incredible story of one of the greatest sopranos of our time. Show more

Take Me to the Opera

Series 3

A Time of Change

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News South AsiaLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel

Available for 4 months

Zeinab Badawi meets Sir Antonio Pappano as he ends his celebrated tenure as Music Director of the Royal Opera House after the 2023/24 season. Show more

Take Me to the Opera

Series 3

The Power of Glyndebourne

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News Asia PacificLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel HD

Available for 4 months

Zeinab Badawi ventures into the English countryside to go behind-the-scenes at the historic opera venue of Glyndebourne, in East Sussex. Show more

Take Me to the Opera

Series 3

Peak Performance

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News ChannelLatest broadcast: on BBC News Africa

Available for 5 months

Zeinab Badawi meets Sir Bryn Terfel, one of the most distinguished singers of our age, who is in demand on stages across the world. Show more