The Early Music Show - Opera Profiles
Series celebrating baroque opera, broadcast as part of the Opera on the BBC season
The Early Music Show - Opera Profiles - Alessandro Scarlatti's Griselda
In the second in a series about great baroque operas, Catherine Bott explores Griselda, the last surviving opera by Alessandro Scarlatti, written 42 years after his first.
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The Early Music Show - Opera Profiles - Blow: Venus and Adonis
Catherine Bott introduces a performance of John Blow's Masque "Venus and Adonis" presented at the 2010 York Early Music Festival by Theatre of the Ayre directed by Elizabeth Kenny.
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The Early Music Show - Opera Profiles - Handel - Alcina
Lucie Skeaping delves into Handel's opera Alcina, with contributions from musical director Alan Curtis, who recorded the work in 2007 with his ensemble Il Complesso Barocco.
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The Early Music Show - Opera Profiles - Hasse's Piramo e Tisbe
As part of a series celebrating great baroque opera, Lucie Skeaping discusses Hasse's Piramo e Tisbe, in conversation with conductor Michael Schneider.
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The Early Music Show - Opera Profiles - Opera Profile: Cavalli's Giasone
As part of a celebration of baroque opera, Catherine Bott explores Francesco Cavalli's Giasone, a work which became the most frequently performed opera of the 17th century.
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The Early Music Show - Opera Profiles - Opera Profile: Lully's Armide
Lucie Skeaping presents a profile of Lully's 17th-century operatic masterpiece Armide, with French conductor Hugo Reyne highlighting some of its qualities and innovations.
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The Early Music Show - Opera Profiles - Rameau - Platee
Lucie Skeaping delves into Rameau's comic masterpiece, Platee. A colourful and imaginitive work, it turned many of the operatic conventions of the 18th century on their head.
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The Early Music Show - Opera Profiles - The Beggar's Opera
In this month's Early Music Show "opera profile", Lucie Skeaping looks at the inspiration, background and impact of John Gay's celebrated Beggar's Opera.
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The Early Music Show - Opera Profiles - Vivaldi - Orlando Furioso
Opera Profiles: 7/9. As part of a series of reflections on great baroque operas, Catherine Bott delves into the music and history surrounding Vivaldi's Orlando Furioso.
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