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26/05/2013

Through the Night John Shea presents a concert given at the 2011 Proms.

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Berg's Lulu

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Wagner 200 - Lohengrin

Donald Macleod presents a Welsh National Opera production of Wagner's Lohengrin.

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  • MAY & JUNE 2013 SCHEDULE

    WED 1st MAY AT 2.00PM - WAGNER 200 – TRISTAN UND ISOLDE – ACT ONE
    Nina Stemme, Ian Storey, Tanja Ariane Baumgartner,
    Boaz Daniel and Nicky Spence
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus
    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
    Donald Runnicles conducts

    THU 2nd MAY AT 2.00PM - WAGNER 200 – TRISTAN UND ISOLDE – ACT TWO
    Nina Stemme, Robert Dean Smith, Jane Irwin,
    Peter Rose, Andrew Rees and Mikhail Pavlov
    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
    Donald Runnicles conducts

    FRI 3rd MAY AT 2.00PM - WAGNER 200 – TRISTAN UND ISOLDE – ACT THREE
    Petra Maria Schnitzer, Robert Dean Smith, Lioba Braun,
    Markus Eiche and Matthew Best
    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
    Donald Runnicles conducts

    SAT 4th MAY AT 4.30PM - LES DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES – POULENC
    Live from The Met
    Isabel Leonard, Patricia Racette, Felicity Palmer, Elizabeth Bishop,
    Erin Morley and Paul Appleby
    Chorus and Orchestra of The Metropolitan Opera, New York
    Louis Langree conducts

    SAT 11th MAY AT 4.00PM - WAGNER 200 - GOTTERDAMMERUNG
    Live from The Met
    Lars Cleveman, Deborah Voigt, Hans-Peter Konig, Iain Patterson,
    Karen Cargill and Wendy Bryn Harmer
    Orchestra of The Metropolitan Opera, New York
    Fabio Luisi conducts

    SAT 18th MAY AT 6.00PM - MEDEA – CHARPENTIER
    Sarah Connolly, Jeffrey Francis, Brindley Sherratt,
    Katherine Manley and Roderick Williams
    Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera
    Christian Curnyn conducts

    THU 23rd MAY AT 2.00PM - WAGNER 200 - DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER
    Bryn Terfel, Anja Kampe, Hans-Peter Konig, Torsten Kerl,
    John Tessier and Claire Shearer
    Chorus and Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
    Marc Albrecht conducts

    SAT 25th MAY AT 6.00PM - LULU – BERG
    Marie Arnet, Peter Hoare, Richard Angas, Ashley Holland,
    Mark Le Brocq and Alan Oke
    Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
    Lothar Koenigs conducts

    SUN 26th MAY AT 2.45PM - WAGNER 200 - LOHENGRIN
    LIVE from WNO
    Peter Wedd, Emma Bell, Susan Bickley, John Lundgren,
    Simon Thorpe and Matthew Best
    Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
    Lothar Koenigs conducts

    THU 30th MAY AT 2.00PM - VERDI 200 – STIFFELIO
    Jose Cura, Sondra Radvanovsky, Alistair Miles, Reinaldo Macias,
    Liora Grodnikaite, Roberto Frontali and Nikola Matisic
    Chorus and Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
    Mark Elder conducts

    SAT 1st JUNE at 6.00PM - EUGENE ONEGIN - TCHAIKOVSKY
    Simon Keenlyside, Krassimira Stoyanova, Pavol Breslik,
    Elena Maximova, Peter Rose, Diana Montague,
    Kathleen Wilkinson and Christoph Mortagne
    Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
    Robin Ticciati conducts

    THU 6th JUNE AT 2.00PM - BRITTEN 100 - PAUL BUNYAN
    Peter Coleman-Wright, Kenneth Cranham, Kurt Streit, Susan Gritton, Timothy Robinson, Francis Egerton, Graeme Broadbent, Jeremy White,
    Roderick Earle and Lilian Watson
    Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
    Richard Hickox conducts

    FRI 7th JUNE AT 7.15PM - BRITTEN 100 – PETER GRIMES
    LIVE from Aldeburgh
    Alan Oke, Giselle Allen, David Kempster, Gaynor Keeble, Robert Murray, Henry Waddington, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Stephen Richardson and Christopher Gillett
    Chorus of Opera North
    Guildhall School of Music and Drama Chorus
    Britten-Pears Orchestra
    Steuart Bedford conducts

    SAT 8th JUNE AT 6.00PM - VERDI 200 – NABUCCO
    Placido Domingo, Liudmyla Monastyrska, Vitalij Kowaljow,
    Marianna Pizzolato, Andrea Care and Robert Lloyd
    Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
    Nicola Luisotti conducts

    SAT 15th JUNE AT 6.00PM - LA DONNA DEL LAGO – ROSSINI
    Joyce Di Donato, Juan Diego Florez, Justina Gringyte, Robin Leggate, Daniela Barcellona, Simon Orfila, Colin Lee, Pablo Bemsch and Christopher Lackner
    Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
    Michele Mariotti conducts

    THU 20th JUNE AT 2.00PM - VERDI 200 - AROLDO
    Artists to be confirmed

    SAT 22nd JUNE AT 6.00PM - WRITTEN ON SKIN – GEORGE BENJAMIN
    Christopher Purves, Barbara Hannigan, Victoria Simmonds,
    Allan Clayton and Bejun Mehta
    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
    George Benjamin conducts

    SAT 29th JUNE AT 6.45PM - BRITTEN 100 – GLORIANA
    LIVE from the Royal Opera House
    Susan Bullock, Toby Spence, Patricia Bardon, Mark Stone, Kate Royal, Jeremy Carpenter, Clive Bayley, Ben Bevan and Brindley Sherratt
    Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
    Paul Daniel conducts

  • Opera elsewhere on Radio 3

    Please click on link Thursday Opera Matinee on right hand side of this page.

  • Backstage at the Opera: Deputy Stage Manager

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    Emma Turner from the Royal Opera House describes her job as Deputy Stage Manager on the recent production of Rossini’s Il Turco in Italia

  • Backstage at the Opera: Scenic Painter

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    Emma 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

  • Backstage at the Opera: Armoury

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    Rob 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

  • Backstage at the Opera: Wigs

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    Ray 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.

    Photo: BBC

  • Backstage at the Opera: Running Wardrobe

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    Jean Prentice of English National Opera describes her work in the Running Wardrobe and the time she got to go on stage - and in costume

  • Backstage at the Opera: Lighting

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    Mike 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.

  • Backstage at the Opera: Make-up

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    Nicola 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.

  • Backstage at the Opera: Children's Chaperone

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    Shiela Salmon, who is a children’s Chaperone with Opera North, talks about looking after the children who are part of many opera productions.

    Photo: Children in La Bohème.
    © Opera North/Robert Workman

  • Backstage at the Opera: Stage Manager

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    Phillip 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.

    Photo: © Catherine Ashmore/English National Opera

  • Backstage at the Opera: The Workshop

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    Mark 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.

    Photo: © Scottish Opera

  • Backstage at the Opera: Company Manager

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    Naomi 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

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