Opera Season
On TV, radio and digital, in collaboration with the V&A and the Royal Opera House
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A Flapper's Guide to the Opera—Sunday Feature
Alexandra Wilson takes a flapper's journey back to 1920s' operatic London.
BBC Radio 3Garth Greenwell—The Essay, Stories That Sing
The journey of an awkward teenager in Kentucky towards opera and literature.
BBC Radio 3Rachel Cooke—The Essay, Stories That Sing
Rachel Cooke examines the trappings that surround opera-going.
BBC Radio 3David Threlfall—The Essay, Stories That Sing
Actor David Threlfall ponders his ambivalent responses to opera.
BBC Radio 3Patricia Duncker: How I Fell in Love with Opera—The Essay, Stories That Sing
Patricia Duncker on the dangerous and seductive ways opera can overwhelm the senses.
BBC Radio 3Julian Barnes: Opera - Coming to it Late—The Essay, Stories That Sing
Opera used to baffle Julian Barnes, then something happened and everything changed.
BBC Radio 3John Tusa's Opera Journey—Sunday Feature
John Tusa revisits the three provincial German towns where he first discovered opera.
BBC Radio 3Hildegard Bechtler—Private Passions
Opera designer Hildegard Bechtler shares her musical passions with Michael Berkeley.
BBC Radio 3BBC Opera Season: Dame Felicity Palmer, Annilese Miskimmon, cutting edge opera—Music Matters
Sara Mohr-Pietsch asks: 'What is the future of opera?' With Dame Felicity Palmer.
BBC Radio 3Danielle de Niese - Opera Season—Saturday Classics
Danielle de Niese, 'opera's coolest soprano', presents a personal selection of music.
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More from Opera Season
Person 181
Experience opera inspired by Siegfried Sassoon's war poems in 360°.
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Watch Figaro from Garsington Opera
A complete performance of the Mozart favourite, recorded this summer.
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The best of #OperaPassion Day
Five spellbinding moments, from St Pancras to the Hebrides.
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Watch Semele from Garsington Opera
A complete performance of Handel's 1744 masterpiece, recorded this summer.
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Opera: Passion, Power & Politics
Inside the V&A's blockbuster new show exploring 400 years of opera.
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About the season
Find out what's happening this autumn across the BBC.
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