The In Tune A-Z of Opera
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The In Tune A-Z of Opera
A comprehensive guide to the language of opera with contributions from singers, conductors, directors and vocal coaches. From BBC Radio 3, May 2010
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26 episodesZ for Zarzuela
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is Z for Zarzuela. Our guides are Placido Domingo and Andrew Lamb. For details of the music used in today's p...
Y for Youth
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is Y for Youth. Our guides are Sarah Lenton, Steuart Bedford and Nicholas Chalmers. For details of the music...
X for X-Rated
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is X for X-Rated (Censorship). Our guides are Sarah Lenton, Alexandra Wilson and Adrian Mourby. For details o...
W for Wings
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is W for Wings. Our guides are Sarah Lenton, Nicholas Chalmers, Steuart Bedford and Joyce Didonato. For detai...
V for Verismo
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is V for Verismo. Our guides are Sarah Lenton, Alexandra Wilson and Adrian Mourby. For details of the music u...
U for Understudy
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is U for Understudy. Our guides are Mary King, Robert Lloyd, Gerald Martin-Moore and Elizabeth Meister. For d...
T for Tenor
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is T for Tenor. Our guides are John Mark Ainsley, Rolando Villazón and Sir Mark Elder. For details of the mus...
S for Soprano
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is R for Recitative. Our guides are Sir Mark Elder, Mary King, Joyce DiDonato and Danielle De Niese. For deta...
R for Recitative
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is R for Recitative. Our guides are Danielle de Niese, Laurence Cummings, Gerald Martin-Moore and Graham Vick...
Q for Queens
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is Q for Queens. Our guides are Sarah Lenton and Joyce DiDonato. For details of the music used in today's pod...
P for Production
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is P for Production. Our guides are Graham Vick, Alex Wilson, Ed Gardner and John Mark Ainsley. For details o...
O for Operetta
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is O for Operetta. Our guides are Sarah Lenton and Andrew Lamb. For details of the music used in today's podc...
N for Nationalism
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is N for Nationalism. Our guides are Edward Gardner, Alex Wilson and Sarah Lenton. For details of the music u...
M for mad scene
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is M for Mad scene. Our guides are Joyce DiDonato, Gerald Martin Moore, Mary King and Adrian Mourby. For deta...
L for Libretto
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is L for Libretto. Our guides are Sarah Lenton, Graham Vick and David Pountney. For details of the music used...
K for Kings
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is K for Kings. Our guides are David Pountney and Adrian Mourby. For details of the music used in today's pod...
J for Jealousy
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is J for Jealousy. Our guides are Graham Vick, Joyce Didonato and Sir Mark Elder. For details of the music us...
I for Interlude
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is I for Interlude. Our guide is Ivan Hewett. For details of the music used in today's podcast please visit t...
H for Heroes and Heroines
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is H - for Heroes and Heroines. Our guides are Catherine Malfitano, Sarah Lenton and Adrian Mourby. For detai...
G for Gesamtkunstwerk
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is G - for Gesamtkunstwerk. Our guides are Graham Vick, Sir Mark Elder, Ed Gardner and John Mark Ainsley.
F for Fach
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is F - for Fach. Our guides are Ed Gardner, Danielle de Niese, Andreas Scholl, John Mark Ainsley and Mary Kin...
E for Ensemble
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is E - for Ensemble. Our guides are Joyce Didonato, Graham Vick, Gerald Martin Moore and Sir Mark Elder.
D for Da Capo
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is D - for Da Capo. Our guides are Danielle de Niese, Sarah Lenton, Gerald Martin Moore and Andreas Scholl.
C for Coloratura
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is C - for Coloratura. Our guides are Sarah Lenton, Marilyn Horne and Danielle de Niese.
B for Bass
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is B - for Bass. Our guides are Robert Lloyd and Sir Mark Elder. For details of the music used in today's pod...
A for Aria
The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is A - for Aria. Our guides are Rolando Villazon, Danielle de Niese, Sarah Lenton and Mary King. For details...