From catalogue - check credits. Broadcast is "a Season of Opera". Georges Bizet 1838-1875. Peter Hall Sir, 1930-; Glyndebourne Festival Opera. London BBC-TV in association with Glyndebourne and the National Video Corporation 1985

From the catalogue - check credits Coro di Milano della RAI; Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della RAI; Antonietta Stella; Luisa Mandelli; Ortensia Beggiato; Maria Amadini; Franco Calabrese; Antonio Sacchetti; Leonardo Monreale; Leo Pudis; Athos Cesarini; Salvatore De Tommaso; Bruno Cioni; Egidio Casolari; Mario Del Monaco & Giuseppe Taddei.

Info from catalogue. Opera is staged at the Arena di Verona Eva Marton is Floria Tosca; Giacomo Aragaill. Mario Cavaradossi, Igvar Wixell, Baron Scarpia; Caesar Angelotti, Alfredo Giacomotti; Verona? National Video Corporation/RAI 1985

The New Years Eve 1983 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden performance conducted by Placido Domingo. Charles Aznavour makes a cameo appearance and Plácido Domingo directs. Kiri Te Kanawa - Rosalinde, Hildegarde Heichele - Adele, Herman Prey - Eisenstein, Doris Soffel - Prince Orlofsky.

Antonio Pappano explores the great soprano roles and singers of the last 100 years.

Antonio Pappano explores the great tenor roles and singers of the last 100 years.

Exploring the role of the mezzo-soprano, who often plays the rival or the villainess.

Antonio Pappano concludes his series by looking at the baritones and basses.

To celebrate the bicentenary of Richard Wagner's birth, Sir Antonio Pappano, the charismatic music director of the Royal Opera House, guides us through the epic composition which changed opera and the theatre for ever - the Ring of the Nibelungen. Pappano shares his insights into Richard Wagner's music and the mythical world the composer created, visiting the extraordinary theatre at Bayreuth which was created for its performance. He also explores the life of Richard Wagner the man - the political, cultural and social forces that influenced him - and shows how the composer's personal convictions and experiences can be seen within the Ring Cycle. Filmed in Germany and London, it features expert comment from artists who took part in the recent production of the Ring at the Royal Opera House directed by Keith Warner, including Bryn Terfel, Sir John Tomlinson, Susan Bullock and Sarah Connolly. Commentary from John Deathridge, Emeritus King Edward Professor of Music, King's College London and Sarah Lenton, Opera Historian, Royal Opera House, London.

Love, lust and political intrigue fill the world of the passionate singer Tosca. When her lover Cavaradossi is imprisoned by police chief Scarpia, Tosca takes matters into her own hands with dramatic consequences. Set in Italy in the 1950s, the visuals lend themselves to life shadowed by the mafia and post World War II politics.

Mapuna takes an in-depth look at the career and influence of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa who turned 80 earlier this month. Vocal coach Robert Wiremu talks about her impact on his early singing career and the techniques he's passing on to young singers. Baritone Samson Setu talks from Zurich about the crucial help Dame Kiri provided him in getting his career going and Brad Cohen from NZ Opera unpicks what makes her voice so great. On top of that Dame Kiri Te Kanawa talks about some highlights from a career which spanned more than 50 years. [Saturday 16 March 2024, 12:10]