Opera
As part of the BBC opera season, Tom Service is joined by experts and listeners to explore whether opera still matters today and discuss what it contributes to society.
Tom Service presents a Music Matters Opera Special.
The Panel:
John Mark Ainsley - tenor
John Fisher - chief executive of Welsh National Opera
Nicholas Payne - director of Opera Europa
Penny Woolcock - film and opera director
With contributions from Joyce DiDonato, Stephen Fry, A.C Grayling, David Pountney and Jonathan Dove.
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