Behind the scenes ; the making of an opera
The world of opera through eight masterworks
A guide to 50 further essential operas
Opera houses and festivals.
"Nicias! Ah" from Thaïs / Massenet
Mad scene from Lucia di Lammermoor/ Donizetti
Overture from La Bohème / Puccini
"Celeste Aïda" from Aïda / Verdi
"Alone and yet alive" from the Mikado / Sullivan
"Ombra mai fu" from Serse / Handel
"Non più andrai" from Le nozze di Figaro / Mozart
"Casta diva" from Norma / Bellini
Riot scene from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Wagner
Coronation scene from Boris Godunov / Mussorgsky
"Recondita armonia" from Tosca / Puccini.
