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Handel Opera Cycle

In 2009, Radio 3 marks the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel with a complete cycle of his operas, all broadcast in the order they were first performed

Programmes:
on BBC iPlayer (2)
coming up (1)
Previous programmes:
by series (27)
by year (68)

Available now on BBC iPlayer

  1. Listen to the latest programme

    Semele Semele (Act 3)

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    Listen now (178 minutes)

    Available since Friday with 4 days left.

    2/2. Louise Fryer presents Act 3 of Semele, starring soprano Rosemary Joshua.

  2. Also available

    1. Semele Semele (Acts 1 and 2)

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      Listen now (163 minutes)

      Available since Thursday with 3 days left.

      1/2. Louise Fryer presents Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's opera Semele.

Coming up

Thursday, 14:02 on Radio 3

Hercules

BBC Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel operas continues with a performance of Hercules.

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