Donna Leon
Michael Berkeley's guest is American crime writer Donna Leon. Passionate about baroque music, her choices include opera arias by Handel and Vivaldi. Part of Baroque Spring.
Michael Berkeley's guest is the American crime writer Donna Leon, whose best-selling novels, set in Venice, feature the Italian detective Commissario Guido Brunetti. Donna Leon is passionate about baroque music, and her choices include arias from operas by Handel, Vivaldi and early Mozart, as well as by Bellini and Verdi.
Part of Baroque Spring
First broadcast in May 2000.
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Music Played
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George Frideric Handel
Viva, tiranno (Rodelinda)
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Antonio Vivaldi
Anch'il mar par che sommerga (Il Tamerlano)
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Vincenzo Bellini & Celso Valli
Casta Diva (Norma)
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George Frideric Handel
Ombre pallide (Alcina)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Se viver non degg'io (Mitridate, re di Ponto)
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Giuseppe Verdi
Di quella pira (Il Trovatore)
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Traditional & Carl Doy
Haere ra e Hine
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George Frideric Handel
Gird on thy sword (Saul)
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