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Verismo
Donald Macleod is joined by Italian opera expert Roger Parker to explore the influence of verismo - a mode of realism - in opera, from Verdi to the present day
First Broadcast17 May 2010
Latest Broadcast21 May 2010
Episodes5
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Episodes
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Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod explores how verismo first came about in the 1870s.
May 2010
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Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod explores the influence of Mascagni's opera Cavalleria rusticana.
May 2010
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Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod on stories of revolution and socialist realism in Mascagni and Catalani.
May 2010
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Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod explores the changing tastes in post-unification Italy.
May 2010
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Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod on how composers responded to early 20th century artistic currents.
May 2010