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Opera at the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms

Opera fans can enjoy the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms on Radio 3, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Four, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two, ´óÏó´«Ã½ HD and on ´óÏó´«Ã½ iPlayer.

Bryn Terfel performs the role of Hans Sachs in Wagner's The Mastersingers Of Nuremberg with the Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera on Saturday 17 July (´óÏó´«Ã½ Four at 7pm and live at 4pm on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3).

The following day, Sunday 18 July, Plácido Domingo performs the title role in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra (live at 6pm on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3).

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Act 2 of Tristan And Isolde on 1 August (live at 6.30pm on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3).

Robin Ticciati makes his debut at the Proms with Humperdinck's Hänsel And Gretel on 31 August in the production from this year's Glyndebourne Festival starring Alice Coote and Lydia Teuscher as the siblings lost in the wood (live at 7pm on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3).

The Last Night of the Proms on 11 September will unite the nation by encouraging audiences across the UK to join the largest-ever operatic chorus.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa will be performing with the winner of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2 Kiri Prize at ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms in the Park in Hyde Park, while soprano Renée Fleming leads festivities in the Royal Albert Hall.

The Last Night of the Proms is broadcast live on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two (first half) and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Four (second half). ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms in the Park from Hyde Park is live at 7.30pm on Radio 2.

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