Queen: A Night at the Opera
Edwin Outwater conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra and soloists live from Symphony Hall Birmingham in songs from Queen's iconic 1975 album interspersed with classic opera arias.
Edwin Outwater conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra and soloists live from Symphony Hall Birmingham in songs from Queen's iconic 1975 album interspersed with classic opera arias.
Presented by Katie Derham
Bizet: Prelude from Carmen (Act 1); Les tringles des sistres tintaient
Queen: Don’t Stop Me Now
Verdi: Ernani, Ernani involami (Ernani)
Queen: Who Wants to Live Forever; I Want to Break Free
Puccini: Vissi d’arte; E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)
Queen: Love of My Life; The Show Must Go On
INTERVAL
Mascagni: Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana)
Queen: Another One Bites the Dust
Leoncavallo: Vesti la giubba (I Pagliacci)
Queen: It’s a Hard Life; Barcelona; You’re My Best Friend
Bellini: Casta diva (Norma)
Queen: Somebody to Love
Jordan Pitts (tenor)
Nikola Printz (mezzo-soprano)
Ann Toomey (soprano)
Singers: Rachael Wooding, Jon Boydon, Pete Eldridge, Jenna Lee-James
BBC Concert Orchestra
conductor Edwin Outwater
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Georges Bizet
Carmen - Opera In 4 Acts
Performer: Nikola Printz. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.![]()
Freddie Mercury
Don't Stop Me Now
Performer: Jon Boydon. Performer: Jon Boydon. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater. Conductor: Edwin Outwater. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.![]()
Giuseppe Verdi
Ernani - Dramma Lirico In 4 Parts ; Act 1 Sc.2; Ernani, Involami
Performer: Ann Toomey. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.![]()
Brian May
Who Wants To Live Forever
Performer: Jordan Weatherston Pitts. Performer: Jon Boydon. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.![]()
John Deacon
I Want To Break Free
Performer: Peter Eldridge. Performer: Jon Boydon. Performer: Jenna Lee-James. Performer: Rachael Wooding. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.![]()
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca Opera In 3 Acts Act 2; Vissi D'arte
Performer: Ann Toomey. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.![]()
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca - Opera In 3 Acts ; Act 3; E Lucevan Le Stelle
Performer: Jordan Weatherston Pitts. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.![]()
Freddie Mercury
Love Of My Life
Performer: Rachael Wooding. Performer: Peter Eldridge. Performer: Jenna Lee-James. Performer: Jon Boydon. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.![]()
Queen
The Show Must Go On
Performer: Peter Eldridge. Performer: Jenna Lee-James. Performer: Rachael Wooding. Performer: Jon Boydon. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.![]()
Alfredo Catalani
Ebben, ne andro lontana (La Wally)
Performer: Montserrat Caballé. Orchestra: Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Armando Gatti.![]()
Giuseppe Verdi
La luce Langue (Macbeth)
Singer: Leontyne Price. Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Nello Santi.![]()
Giacomo Puccini
Si, mi chiamano Mimì (La Boheme)
Singer: Renata Tebaldi.![]()
Giacomo Puccini
Un bel di (Madame Butterfly)
Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.![]()
Giuseppe Verdi
Mercè, dilette amiche (Sicilian Vespers)
Singer: Joan Sutherland. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire. Conductor: Nello Santi.![]()
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana - Opera In 1 Act ; Intermezzo
Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.![]()
John Deacon
Another One Bites The Dust
Performer: Rachael Wooding. Performer: Peter Eldridge. Performer: Jon Boydon. Performer: Jenna Lee-James. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.![]()
Ruggero Leoncavallo
I Pagliacci - Opera In 2 Acts ; Act 1 Sc.4; Vesti La Giubba
Performer: Nikola Printz. Performer: Jordan Weatherston Pitts. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.![]()
Freddie Mercury
It's A Hard Life
Performer: Jon Boydon. Performer: Jenna Lee-James. Performer: Rachael Wooding. Performer: Peter Eldridge. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.![]()
Freddie Mercury
Barcelona
Performer: Ann Toomey. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.![]()
John Deacon
You're My Best Friend
Performer: Rachael Wooding. Performer: Peter Eldridge. Performer: Jon Boydon. Performer: Jenna Lee-James. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.![]()
Vincenzo Bellini
Norma - Opera Seria In 2 Acts ; Act 1 Sc.1; Casta Diva ... Ah! Bello A Me Ritorno
Performer: Nikola Printz. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.![]()
Freddie Mercury
Somebody To Love
Performer: Nikola Printz. Performer: Jordan Weatherston Pitts. Performer: Ann Toomey. Performer: Jenna Lee-James. Performer: Rachael Wooding. Performer: Peter Eldridge. Performer: Jon Boydon. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.![]()
Freddie Mercury
Bohemian Rhapsody
Performer: Nikola Printz. Performer: Jordan Weatherston Pitts. Performer: Ann Toomey. Performer: Jon Boydon. Performer: Jenna Lee-James. Performer: Rachael Wooding. Performer: Peter Eldridge. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.![]()
Antonín Dvořák
Silent Woods, Op 68 No 5
Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Anna Polonsky.- Alisa Weilerstein Dvorak.
- DECCA.
- 8.
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Josef Suk
Meditation on an old Bohemian Chorale St. Wenceslas, Op. 35a
Ensemble: Albion Quartet.- Dvořák: String Quartet Nos. 5 & No. 12, "American - Suk: Meditation.
- Signum Classics.
Broadcast
- Fri 21 Nov 202519:30BBC Radio 3
