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Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Donald Macleod explores Dvorak's long and frustrating career in opera and discovers a wealth of great music rarely heard outside the composer's Bohemian homeland
First Broadcast24 May 2010
Latest Broadcast28 May 2010
Episodes5
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Episodes
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Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod on Dvorak's career as an opera composer. Excerpts from Rusalka, Jacobin.
May 2010
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Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod explores Dvorak's reaction to his unsuccessful early attempts at opera.
May 2010
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Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod on how Dvorak's determination to be a great opera writer began to pay off.
May 2010
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Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod on Dvorak's struggle for international recognition of his theatre music.
May 2010
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Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod explains how late in life, Dvorak devoted himself to opera as never before.
May 2010