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Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Classical Music Channel

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The Halle and Sir Mark Elder's vibrant and bold new take on Stravinsky’s dark masterpiece of music theatre about a soldier who trades his soul to the devil. Show more

BBC Proms

2008

Hallé: 150th Anniversary

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Highlights from the Prom event celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Halle orchestra, with performances of Bruch's Violin Concerto and Til Eulenspiegel. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Suzy Klein
Producer:
Dominic Best
Participant:
Sir Mark Elder
Participant:
Janine Jansen
Participant:
The Hallé

BBC Proms

2008

Prom 31: Classical Jazz

Duration: 2 hours

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC HD

Charles Hazlewood conducts this live Prom of Classical Jazz with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Presenter Suzy Klein is joined in the studio by choirmaster Gareth Malone. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Suzy Klein
Producer:
Dominic Best
Director:
Rhodri Huw

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Documentary going behind the scenes of a production of Puccini's Tosca by the Royal Opera House. Antonio Pappano examines the drama and musical language of this famous piece. Show more

Duration: 2 hours, 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Puccini's ever popular Tosca from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with a star-studded cast including Angela Gheorghiu, Bryn Terfel and Jonas Kaufmann. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Through two radically contrasting 2016 productions, dancer Tamara Rojo explores Giselle - the first great Romantic ballet, and a defining role for any ballerina. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Katie Derham introduces the 2017 open-air concert from the magnificent gardens of the Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna, given by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performs music by Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Ponchielli, Richard Strauss, Gimenez, Debussy and Mussorgsky in the gardens of the Schonbrunn Palace. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

From Covent Garden, a concert in celebration of Plácido Domingo, as some of the finest singers of today perform selected gems of the operatic repertory. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Rolando Villazon looks at the world of the tenor, including past greats such as Caruso and stars of today like Domingo, and finds out how they tackle their most famous roles. Show more

Opera Italia

Episode 3: The Triumph of Puccini

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

To conclude his series, Antonio Pappano looks at five of Puccini's operas - La bohème, Tosca, Madame Butterfly, Gianni Schicchi and Turandot. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 51 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Benjamin Britten’s opera The Turn of the Screw, a chilling tale of a young governess at a country house, where ghostly encounters find her in a battle to save her wards from evil. Show more

Contributors

The Governess:
Rhian Lois
The Prologue and Peter Quint:
Robert Murray
Miss Jessel:
Francesca Chiejina
Conductor:
John Wilson
Director:
Dominic Best
Director:
Selina Cadell
Production Company:
OperaGlass Works

New Year's Day Concert

2022 - Highlights

Duration: 1 hour, 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Petroc Trelawny presents highlights of the New Year's Day Concert from the Musikverein in Vienna, a traditional feast of music by the Strauss family and their contemporaries. Show more

New Year's Day Concert

Live from Vienna 2022

Duration: 2 hours, 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Petroc Trelawny hosts the traditional start to the year with a concert live from the golden hall of the Musikverein in Vienna. Show more