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Tue 14 Aug 2012 21:30 BBC Radio 3
Norman Lebrecht talks to the British opera director Graham Vick whilst in rehearsals in Birmingham for Stockhausen's massive opera Mittwoch. Vick is one of the leading British directors. He works in all of the worlds' major opera houses directing the standard operatic repertoire and was for a number of years Director of Prodductions at Glyndebourne. But he is also director of the Birmingham Opera Company which he founded in 1987. It specialises in innovative and unusual productions of operas often in unusual venues such as factories or disused warehouses and this interview was recorded in Birmingham where Vick is currently in rehearsal for the British premiere of the complete version of Mittwoch part of Stockhausen's massive cycle, Licht.
He talks to Norman about Stockhausen, about his approach to directing, his views on opera and about his background.
Producer Paul Frankl.
BBC Radio 3Tue 14 Aug 2012 21:30 BBC Radio 3
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