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Comedy in Opera

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How do you make people laugh in opera? Opera director Barrie Kosky looks at works by Verdi, Offenbach, Mozart, Gilbert and Sullivan, and Bernstein, in search of comedy on the stage.

How do you make people laugh in opera? Barrie Kosky, one of opera's most sought-after directors, looks at works by Verdi, Offenbach, Mozart, Gilbert and Sullivan, and Bernstein, in search of comedy on the stage.

Verdi: Act 3 Finale (Falstaff)
Rossini: Largo al Factotum (Barber of Seville)
Offenbach: Extracts from Orpheus in the Underworld
Gilbert & Sullivan: Pirates of Penzance
Mozart: Extracts from The Magic Flute
Bernstein: Extracts from Candide

Produced by Gavin McCollum and Lindsay Pell
Photo credit: Jan Windszus

59 minutes

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Sun 24 Oct 2021 23:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Tutto nel mondo 猫 burla (Falstaff)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Singer: Thomas Hampson. Singer: Daniil Shtoda. Singer: Enrico Facini. Singer: Anthony Mee. Singer: Anatoly Kocherga. Singer: Adrianne Pieczonka. Singer: Dorothea R枚schmann. Singer: Larissa Diadkova. Singer: Stella Doufexis. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Verdi: Falstaff.
    • DG.
    • 016.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Largo al Factotum (Il Barbiere di Siviglia)

    Singer: Thomas Hampson. Orchestra: Orchestra della Toscana. Conductor: Gianluigi Gelmetti.
    • The Opera Album 2002.
    • Virgin.
    • 15.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Ouverture (Orph茅e Aux Enfers)

    Orchestra: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • Offenbach: Orph茅e Aux Enfers.
    • EMI.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Duo De La Mouche (Orph茅e Aux Enfers)

    Performer: Mady Mespl茅. Performer: Michel Trempont. Orchestra: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • Offenbach: Orph茅e Aux Enfers.
    • EMI.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Menuet et Galop infernal (Orph茅e Aux Enfers)

    Orchestra: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • Offenbach: Orph茅e Aux Enfers.
    • EMI.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Oh, better far ... (The Pirates of Penzance)

    Singer: Donald Adams. Ensemble: D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Isidore Godfrey.
    • The Pirates of Penzance.
    • Decca.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    With Cat-Like Tread

    Performer: George Cook. Author: William Gilbert. Choir: D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Isidore Godfrey.
    • The Pirates of Penzance.
    • Decca.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Pa-pa-ge-na! - Pa-pa-ge-no! (Die Zauberfl枚te, K620)

    Singer: Simon Keenlyside. Singer: Lesley Garrett. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Mozart: The Magic Flute.
    • Chandos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Der Holle Rache kocht (Die Zauberfl枚te, K620)

    Singer: June Anderson. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Mozart: Die Zauberfl枚te, K620.
    • LONDON.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Now for the second time we greet you (Die Zauberfl枚te, K620)

    Performer: Debbie Tyfield. Performer: Nazan Fikret. Performer: Victoria Jones. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Mozart: The Magic Flute.
    • Chandos.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    The Best Of All Possible Worlds (Candide)

    Performer: Jerry Hadley. Performer: June Anderson. Performer: Adolph Green. Performer: Christa Ludwig. Performer: Nicolai Gedda. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Bernstein: Candide.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    I Am Easily Assimilated (Candide)

    Performer: Jerry Hadley. Performer: June Anderson. Performer: Adolph Green. Performer: Christa Ludwig. Performer: Nicolai Gedda. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Bernstein: Candide.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Glitter And Be Gay (Candide)

    Performer: Jerry Hadley. Performer: June Anderson. Performer: Adolph Green. Performer: Christa Ludwig. Performer: Nicolai Gedda. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Bernstein: Candide.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Make Our Garden Grow (Candide)

    Performer: Jerry Hadley. Performer: June Anderson. Performer: Adolph Green. Performer: Christa Ludwig. Performer: Nicolai Gedda. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Bernstein: Candide.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

Broadcast

  • Sun 24 Oct 2021 23:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3