With Louise Fryer. BBC SSO under Donald Runnicles in Golijov, Mozart, Bruckner, Debussy. 
Clips
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Conductor Edward Gardner in conversation with Martin Handley Duration: 07:14 Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin
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Director Deborah Warner in conversation with Martin Handley Duration: 10:09 Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin
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Mark Elder on Fidelio Duration: 07:18 Beethoven's Fidelio
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Nina Stemme - Beethoven's Fidelio Duration: 04:22 Beethoven's Fidelio
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Endrik Wottrich - Beethoven's Fidelio Duration: 02:09 Beethoven's Fidelio
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An interview with Semyon Bychkov Duration: 17:04 Wagner's Tannhauser
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2012 Summer Schedule
05 MAY AT 5.30PM THE MAKROPULOS CASE - JANACEK
Karita Matila (Emilia Marty), Johan Reuter (Prus) with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Jiri Belohlavek conducts
12 MAY AT 6PM THE DEATH OF KLINGHOFFER - JOHN ADAMS
Alan Opie (Klinghoffer), Christopher Magiera (The Captain) and Michaela Martens (Marilyn Klinghoffer) with the Orchestra and Chorus of English National Opera, Baldur Brönnimann conducts
19 MAY AT 6PM MISS FORTUNE - JUDITH WEIR
Emma Bell (Tina), Andrew Watts (Fate), and Jacques Imbrailo (Simon) with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Paul Daniel conducts.
26 MAY AT 6PM THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO - MOZART
Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (Figaro) and Alexandra Kurzak (Susanna) with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano conducts
02 JUNE AT 6PM RUSALKA - DVORAK
Camilla Nylund (Rusalka), Brian Hymel (The Prince) and Agnes Zwierko (Jezibaba) with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts
09 JUNE AT 6PM RIGOLETTO - VERDI
Dimitri Platanias (Rigoletto), VIttorio Grigolo (Duke of Mantua) and Ekaterina Siurina (Gilda) with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, John Eliot Gardiner conducts
16 JUNE AT 6PM LA BOHEME - PUCCINI
Carmen Giannattasio (Mimi) and Joseph Calleja (Rodolfo) with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Semyon Bychkov conducts
23 JUNE AT 6PM DON GIOVANNI – MOZART
Erwin Schrott (Don Giovanni), Alex Esposito (Leporello) and Ruxandra Donose (Donna Elvira) with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Constantinos Carydis conducts
30 JUNE AT 6PM FALSTAFF – VERDI
Ambrogio Maestri (Falstaff), Ana Maria Martinez (Mrs Alice Ford) and Amanda Forsythe (Nannetta) with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Daniele Gatti conducts
07 JULY AT 6PM CALIGULA - GLANERT
Peter Coleman-Wright (Caligula), Yvonne Howard (Caesonia) and Christopher Ainslie (Helicon) with the Orchestra and Chorus of English National Opera, Ryan Wigglesworth conducts -
Opera elsewhere on Radio 3
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Backstage at the Opera: Deputy Stage Manager
Sorry, you must enable Javascript to display media contentEmma Turner from the Royal Opera House describes her job as Deputy Stage Manager on the recent production of Rossini’s Il Turco in Italia
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Backstage at the Opera: Scenic Painter
Sorry, you must enable Javascript to display media contentEmma Troubridge, Head Scenic Painter at the Royal Opera House describes her work and in particular describes working on recent productions of Verdi’s Aida and Donizetti’s La Fille du Regiment
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Backstage at the Opera: Armoury
Sorry, you must enable Javascript to display media contentRob Barham, Head of Armoury at the Royal Opera House and one of his assistants, Katie Bebbington, describe their jobs and in particular the work required to repair the guns used in a recent production of Donizetti’s opera, La Fille du Regiment
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Backstage at the Opera: Wigs
Sorry, you must enable Javascript to display media contentRay Hatch talks about his 50 year love affair with the Royal Opera House, from his days as a boy chorister to being a member of the Wig Department, and describes the technique of wig making.
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Backstage at the Opera: Running Wardrobe
Sorry, you must enable Javascript to display media contentJean Prentice of English National Opera describes her work in the Running Wardrobe and the time she got to go on stage - and in costume
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Backstage at the Opera: Lighting
Sorry, you must enable Javascript to display media contentMike Lock, Chief Electrician at Opera North and Lucy Carter, Lighting Designer for Opera North's new production of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda, talk about setting the lighting and what's involved in lighting design.
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Backstage at the Opera: Make-up
Sorry, you must enable Javascript to display media contentNicola Heath of the Hair and Make-up Department of Opera North describes making up the soprano Antonia Cifrone for the part of Queen Elizabeth in the recent production of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda.
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Backstage at the Opera: Children's Chaperone
Sorry, you must enable Javascript to display media contentShiela Salmon, who is a children’s Chaperone with Opera North, talks about looking after the children who are part of many opera productions.
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Backstage at the Opera: Stage Manager
Sorry, you must enable Javascript to display media contentPhillip Turner, Stage Manager at English National Opera, describes his job as Stage Manager for the recent new production of Bizet's The Pearl Fishers - and the day when he had to stop a performance of Flying Dutchman in the middle of a live Radio 3 broadcast.
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Backstage at the Opera: The Workshop
Sorry, you must enable Javascript to display media contentMark Harrod, Head of the Workshop at Scottish Opera, talks about the artistry that goes into making sets that may need to last for over 20 years.
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Backstage at the Opera: Company Manager
Sorry, you must enable Javascript to display media contentNaomi Ives, Company Manager for Scottish Opera, describes her complex and varied job which includes coping with a rat in a singer's accommodation!
Photo of Theatre Royal Glasgow
© Tommy Wan
