Programme presenting rare and fascinating performances and vividly communicating the immediacy of the live experience
- 3 Jan 2009 18:00–21:15BBC Radio 3Frederic Chaslin conducts Maija Kovalevska and Ramon Vargas as the tragic lovers.
- 27 Dec 2008 18:00–21:00BBC Radio 3Puccini's La fanciulla del West in a production by the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
- 20 Dec 2008 17:00–20:40BBC Radio 3From the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, with Renee Fleming in the title role.
- 16 Dec 2008 19:20–22:00BBC Radio 3Colin Davis conducts Humperdinck's opera based on the tale from the Brothers Grimm.
- 13 Dec 2008 17:30–21:30BBC Radio 3Seiji Ozawa conducts Tchaikovsky's opera based on Pushkin's story about gambling.
- 6 Dec 2008 16:00–21:15BBC Radio 3Daniel Barenboim makes his Met debut conducting Wagner's influential and powerful opera.
- 29 Nov 2008 17:30–20:30BBC Radio 3Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust.
- 22 Nov 2008 18:00–21:30BBC Radio 3Carlo Rizzi conducts Rossini's tragicomedy, Matilde di Shabran.
- 15 Nov 2008 18:15–20:45BBC Radio 3Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, in an ENO production conducted by Edward Gardner.
- 8 Nov 2008 18:00–21:30BBC Radio 3Christian Curnyn conducts an ENO production of Handel's comic opera.
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