Opera on 3 Episodes Episode guide
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Skin Deep
Opera North present David Sawer's new opera from the Grand Theatre in Leeds.
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Puccini: La fanciulla del West
Puccini's La fanciulla del West in a production by the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel
Colin Davis conducts Humperdinck's opera based on the tale from the Brothers Grimm.
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Matilde di Shabran
Carlo Rizzi conducts Rossini's tragicomedy, Matilde di Shabran.
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, in an ENO production conducted by Edward Gardner.
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Partenope
Christian Curnyn conducts an ENO production of Handel's comic opera.
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Cosi fan tutte
Riccardo Muti conducts Mozart's comic opera about female marital infidelity.
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La Calisto
Ivor Bolton conducts soprano Sally Matthews in Cavalli's tale of the Roman gods' antics.
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Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
A new production of Stravinsky's neo-classical opera, about a young man's decline.
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Love and Other Demons
Peter Eotvos's opera in two acts, performed at Glyndebourne. Vladimir Jurowski conducts.
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Candide, Act 2
Rumon Gamba conducts Act 2 of ENO's production of Leonard Bernstein's comic operetta.
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Candide
Rumon Gamba conducts ENO's production of Leonard Bernstein's comic operetta.
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King Roger
Valery Gergiev conducts the Mariinsky Opera in Szymanowki's exotic philosophical opera.
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The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
HK Gruber conducts the RSNO in Weill and Brecht's anti-capitalist political satire.
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Wozzeck
A new production from the Opera Bastille in Paris of Alban Berg's dark modernist opera.
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Le nozze di Figaro
Charles Mackerras conducts Ildebrando D'Arcangelo in Mozart's comic opera.
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Verdi's Don Carlo
Nicholas Hytner directs Rolando Villazon and Marina Poplavskaya in Verdi's love story.
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Birtwistle's Punch and Judy
Edward Gardner conducts Harrison Birtwistle's controversial modernist opera.
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Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier
Strauss's comic opera about age and class. Featuring Janice Watson and John Tomlinson.
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Gounod's Romeo et Juliette
John Fulljames directs tenor Leonardo Capalbo and soprano Bernarda Bobro as the two lovers
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Birtwistle's The Minotaur
Antonio Pappano conducts the world premiere of Harrison Birtwistle's latest opera.
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Verdi's Falstaff
Peter Stein directs bass-baritone Bryn Terfel as Falstaff in Verdi's comic opera.
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Strauss's Salome
Philippe Jordan conducts Strauss's disturbing opera, based on the play by Oscar Wilde.
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Mozart's Die Entfuhurung aus dem Serail
David Robertson conducts Mozart's opera about the clash of cultures between East and West.
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Donizetti's La fille du regiment
French Soprano Natalie Dessay stars in Donizetti's opera about a girl adopted by soldiers.
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Glass's Satyagraha
Philip Glass's opera, which recounts Mahatma Gandhi's early experiences in South Africa.
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Prokofiev's The Gambler
Valery Gergiev conducts a rare performance of Prokofiev's first major stage work.
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Puccini: La Boheme
Nicola Luisotti conducts Puccini's portrayal of the tragedy of bohemian life in Paris.