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Antonio Pappano introduces a new production of Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, a story of risk and triumph against a backdrop of revolution. Broadcast on BBC Four.
Filipe Manu of The Royal Opera's Jette Parker Young Artist programme performs the aria 'Una furtiva lagrima' from Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore on the roof of the Royal Opera House.
The first opera in Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen introduces the characters and themes of this epic cycle. Broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
The second work and 'first evening' of Richard Wagner's four- opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, following Das Rheingold. Broadcast on BBC Radio 3.