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Presented by Louise Fryer. Including a complete performance from the 2007 Orange Festival of Verdi's Il trovatore, plus Herbert von Karajan conducting Stravinsky's Jeu de cartes.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

Including a complete performance from the 2007 Orange Festival in the south of France of Verdi's Il trovatore, starring Roberto Alagna. Herbert Von Karajan features in a radio archive recording of a Stravinsky ballet, alongside Simon Rattle conducting the Austrian maestro's old orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, in a dance from a Prokofiev opera.

Prokofiev: March (The Love for Three Oranges)
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle (conductor)

Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

Verdi: Il trovatore
Roberto Alagna (tenor)
Susan Neves (soprano)
Mzia Nioradze (mezzo-soprano)
Marie-Paule Dotti (soprano)
Seng-Hyoun Ko (baritone)
Arutjun Kotchinian (bass)
Sebastien Gueze (tenor)
David Bizic (bass)
Jean-Francois Borras (tenor)
Regional Opera Choruses
French National Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor).

3 hours

Broadcast

  • Tue 8 Jul 2008 14:00