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Penny Gore with our Opera Matinee: Verdi's La Traviata from La Scala, Milan, with Diana Damrau as Violetta; and Ten Pieces, music to inspire and engage primary school children. Today: Anna Meredith's Connect It, performed by Drum Works.

For more about Ten pieces visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01vs08w

Next, in our Opera Matinee, one of the most famous stories in all opera: Verdi's La Traviata, the tragic tale of love, betrayal and selfless sacrifice set in Paris and based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, La dame aux camelias. It features mega-star soprano Diana Damrau in the title role, as the courtesan Violetta, the Fallen Woman, who renounces love to save her beloved Alfredo, a well-to do gentleman, performed by tenor Piotr Beczala. Daniele Gatti conducts La Scala Chorus and Orchestra in this recording taken live in Milan in December last year.

2pm
Ten Pieces - Anna Meredith: Connect It
Drum Works

2.05pm
Verdi - La Traviata

Violetta Valery - Diana Damrau (soprano)
Alfredo Germont - Piotr Beczala (tenor)
Giorgio Germont - Zeljko Lucic (baritone)
Flora Bervoix - Giuseppina Piunti (mezzo-soprano)
Annina - Mara Zampieri (soprano)
Gastone - Antonio Cariano (tenor)
Barone Douphol - Roberto Accurso (baritone)
Marchese d'Obigny - Andrea Porta (bass)
Dottore Grenvil - Andrea Mastroni (bass)
Giuseppe - Nicola Pamio (tenor)
Flora's servant - Ernesto Petti (bass)
Commissioner - Ernesto Panariello (bass)

La Scala Chorus and Orchestra
Daniele Gatti (conductor).