Episodes
Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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07 | 01 | Mazeppa | 20071009 | Tchaikovsky's opera centres on Russia's triumph at the battle of Poltava in 1709. A look at the political and social backdrop of great operas, alongside the plots and music | |
07 | 01 | Mazeppa | 20071009 | 20071013 (R4) | Tchaikovsky's opera centres on Russia's triumph at the battle of Poltava in 1709. A look at the political and social backdrop of great operas, alongside the plots and music |
07 | 02 | La Clemenza di Tito | 20071016 | Mozart's tale was commissioned for the coronation of Leopold II as King of Bohemia in 1791 A look at the political and social backdrop of great operas, alongside the plots and music | |
07 | 02 | La Clemenza di Tito | 20071016 | 20071020 (R4) | Mozart's tale was commissioned for the coronation of Leopold II as King of Bohemia in 1791 A look at the political and social backdrop of great operas, alongside the plots and music |
07 | 03 | The Merry Widow | 20071023 | Viennese Musical theatre was famous for its social comment. Lehar's work is no exception. A look at the political and social backdrop of great operas, alongside the plots and music | |
07 | 03 | The Merry Widow | 20071023 | 20071027 (R4) | Viennese Musical theatre was famous for its social comment. Lehar's work is no exception. A look at the political and social backdrop of great operas, alongside the plots and music |