What's on

Szymanowski's sumptuously scored opera is a powerful meditation on identity and desire. Broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

Strauss's thrilling and audacious opera adaptation of the Greek tragedy. Broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

Tom McKinney introduces a production of Dvorak's fairy-tale opera Rusalka from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with Camilla Nylund in the title role. Broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

The story of a selfish hero who lives to regret his blasé rejection of a young woman's love, carelessly provoking a fatal duel with his best friend. Robin Ticciati conducts. Broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

Wagner's Tristan and Isolde at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with soprano Nine Stemme and tenor Stephen Gould in the title roles, conducted by Antonio Pappano. From 2014. Broadcast on BBC Radio 3.