BBC Radio Podcasts from Radio 3 Opera Guides
Strauss: Die Liebe der Danae
A guide to Strauss's opera Die Liebe der Danae.
Strauss: Die schweigsame Frau
A guide to Richard Strauss's opera ‘Die schweigsame Frau'.
Strauss: Salome
Guide to Richard Strauss's Salome.
Strauss: Guntram
A guide to Richard Strauss's opera Guntram.
Strauss: Capriccio
A guide to Richard Strauss’s Capriccio
Strauss: Die Aegyptische Helena
A guide to Richard Strauss's opera Die Aegyptische Helena
Strauss: Intermezzo
A guide to Richard Strauss's opera Intermezzo
Strauss: Friedenstag
A guide to Richard Strauss's opera Friedenstag
Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
A guide to Richard Strauss's opera Ariadne auf Naxos
Strauss: Daphne
A guide to Richard Strauss’s Daphne
Verdi: Nabucco
A guide to Verdi's opera Nabucco
Strauss: Arabella
A guide to Richard Strauss's opera Arabella
Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten
A guide to Richard Strauss's Die Frau Ohne Schatten
Strauss: Feuersnot
A guide to Richard Strauss's opera Feuersnot
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
A guide to Richard Strauss's opera Der Rosenkavalier
Strauss: Elektra
A guide to Richard Strauss's Elektra
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
A guide to Benjamin Britten's The Rape of Lucretia.
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream
A guide to Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream
Verdi: Aida
A guide to Verdi's opera Aida
Verdi: Falstaff
A guide to Verdi's opera Falstaff
Verdi: Luisa Miller
A guide to Verdi's opera Luisa Miller.
Britten: Albert Herring
A guide to Britten's opera Albert Herring
Verdi: Jerusalem
A guide to Verdi's opera Jerusalem
Verdi: Attila
A guide to Verdi's opera Attila
Verdi: I Due Foscari
A guide to Verdi's opera I Due Foscari
Wagner: Die Feen
A guide to Wagner's opera Die Feen
Verdi: Ernani
A guide to Verdi's Ernani
Britten: Death in Venice
A guide to Britten's opera Death in Venice
Verdi: Oberto
A guide to Verdi's opera Oberto
Verdi: Don Carlos
A guide to Verdi's opera Don Carlos
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
A guide to Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in Maschera"
Wagner: Das Liebesverbot
A guide to Wagner's opera Das Liebesverbot
Verdi: Il Corsaro
A guide to Verdi's opera Il Corsaro
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
A guide to Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano
A guide to Verdi's opera La battaglia di Legnano
Wagner: Tannhauser
A guide to Wagner's opera Tannhauser
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
A guide to Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde
Wagner: Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold
A guide to Das Rheingold, the first opera in Wagner's Ring Cycle
Wagner: Ring Cycle: Die Walkure
A guide to Die Walkure, the second opera in Wagner's Ring Cycle
Wagner: Ring Cycle: Siegfried
A guide to Siegfried, the third opera in Wagner's Ring Cycle
Wagner: Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung
A guide to Gotterdammerung, the fourth and final opera in Wagner's Ring Cycle
Verdi: Alzira
A guide to Verdi's opera Alzira
Wagner: Rienzi
A guide to Wagner's opera Rienzi
Britten: Gloriana
A guide to Britten's opera Gloriana
Verdi: Aroldo
A guide to Verdi's opera Aroldo
Britten: Peter Grimes
A guide to Britten's opera Peter Grimes
Britten: Paul Bunyan
A guide to Britten's operetta Paul Bunyan.
Verdi: Stiffelio
A guide to Verdi's opera Stiffelio
Wagner: Lohengrin
A guide to Wagner's opera Lohengrin
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
A guide to Wagner's opera The Flying Dutchman
Verdi: Macbeth
A guide to Verdi's opera Macbeth
Britten: The Turn of the Screw
A guide to Britten's opera The Turn of the Screw
Verdi: Otello
A guide to Verdi's opera Otello
Verdi: La Traviata
A guide to Verdi's opera La Traviata
Verdi: I Masnadieri
A guide to Verdi's opera I Masnadieri
Verdi: La Forza del Destino
A guide to Verdi's opera La Forza del Destino
Wagner: Parsifal
A guide to Wagner's opera Parsifal
Britten: Owen Wingrave
A guide to Benjamin Britten's opera Owen Wingrave
Verdi: Rigoletto
A guide to Verdi's opera Rigoletto
Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco
A guide to Verdi's opera Giovanna d'Arco
Britten: Billy Budd
A guide to Britten's opera Billy Budd.
Verdi: Un Giorno di Regno
A guide to Verdi's opera Un Giorno di Regno
Verdi: Il Trovatore
A guide to Verdi's opera Il Trovatore
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
A guide to Verdi's opera Simon Boccanegra
Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani
A guide to Verdi's opera I Vespri Siciliani
Verdi: I Lombardi
A guide to Verdi's opera I Lombardi
Verdi: Falstaff
Ivan Hewett introduces an Act by Act synopsis of the opera, of Verdi's Flastaff