BBC Radio Podcasts from The In Tune A-Z of Opera

Z for Zarzuela

Z for Zarzuela. Our guides are Placido Domingo and Andrew Lamb

Y for Youth

Y for Youth. Our guides are Sarah Lenton, Steuart Bedford and Nicholas Chalmers.

X for X-Rated

X for X-Rated (Censorship). Sarah Lenton, Alexandra Wilson and Adrian Mourby.

W for Wings

W for Wings. Sarah Lenton, Nicholas Chalmers, Steuart Bedford and Joyce Didonato.

V for Verismo

V for Verismo. Our guides are Sarah Lenton, Alexandra Wilson and Adrian Mourby.

U for Understudy

U for Understudy. Mary King, Robert Lloyd, Gerald Martin-Moore and Elizabeth Meister.

T for Tenor

T for Tenor. Our guides are John Mark Ainsley, Rolando Villazón and Sir Mark Elder.

S for Soprano

R for Recitative. Sir Mark Elder, Mary King, Joyce DiDonato and Danielle De Niese.

R for Recitative

R for Recitative. Danielle de Niese, Laurence Cummings, Gerald Martin-Moore, Graham Vick.

Q for Queens

Q for Queens. Our guides are Sarah Lenton and Joyce DiDonato.

P for Production

P for Production. Graham Vick, Alex Wilson, Ed Gardner and John Mark Ainsley guide us.

O for Operetta

O for Operetta. Our guides are Sarah Lenton and Andrew Lamb.

N for Nationalism

N for Nationalism. Our guides are Edward Gardner, Alex Wilson and Sarah Lenton.

M for mad scene

M for Mad scene. Joyce DiDonato, Gerald Martin Moore, Mary King and Adrian Mourby

L for Libretto

L for Libretto. Our guides are Sarah Lenton, Graham Vick and David Pountney.

K for Kings

K for Kings. Our guides are David Pountney and Adrian Mourby.

J for Jealousy

J for Jealousy. Our guides are Graham Vick, Joyce Didonato and Sir Mark Elder.

I for Interlude

I for Interlude. Our guide is Ivan Hewett.bbc.

H for Heroes and Heroines

H - for Heroes and Heroines. Catherine Malfitano, Sarah Lenton and Adrian Mourby.

G for Gesamtkunstwerk

G - for Gesamtkunstwerk. Graham Vick, Sir Mark Elder, Ed Gardner and John Mark Ainsley.

F for Fach

F - for Fach. Ed Gardner, Danielle de Niese, Andreas Scholl, John Mark Ainsley, Mary King

E for Ensemble

E - for Ensemble. Joyce Didonato, Graham Vick, Gerald Martin Moore and Sir Mark Elder

D for Da Capo

D - for Da Capo. Danielle de Niese, Sarah Lenton, Gerald Martin Moore and Andreas Scholl

C for Coloratura

C - for Coloratura. Our guides are Sarah Lenton, Marilyn Horne and Danielle de Niese.

B for Bass

B - for Bass. Our guides are Robert Lloyd and Sir Mark Elder.

A for Aria

A - for Aria. Rolando Villazon, Danielle de Niese, Sarah Lenton and Mary King guides us.