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The In Tune A-Z of Opera Episodes

  1. Z for Zarzuela

    Z for Zarzuela. Our guides are Placido Domingo and Andrew Lamb

  2. Y for Youth

    Y for Youth. Our guides are Sarah Lenton, Steuart Bedford and Nicholas Chalmers.

  3. X for X-Rated

    X for X-Rated (Censorship). Sarah Lenton, Alexandra Wilson and Adrian Mourby.

  4. W for Wings

    W for Wings. Sarah Lenton, Nicholas Chalmers, Steuart Bedford and Joyce Didonato.

  5. V for Verismo

    V for Verismo. Our guides are Sarah Lenton, Alexandra Wilson and Adrian Mourby.

  6. U for Understudy

    U for Understudy. Mary King, Robert Lloyd, Gerald Martin-Moore and Elizabeth Meister.

  7. T for Tenor

    T for Tenor. Our guides are John Mark Ainsley, Rolando Villaz贸n and Sir Mark Elder.

  8. S for Soprano

    R for Recitative. Sir Mark Elder, Mary King, Joyce DiDonato and Danielle De Niese.

  9. R for Recitative

    R for Recitative. Danielle de Niese, Laurence Cummings, Gerald Martin-Moore, Graham Vick.

  10. Q for Queens

    Q for Queens. Our guides are Sarah Lenton and Joyce DiDonato.

  11. P for Production

    P for Production. Graham Vick, Alex Wilson, Ed Gardner and John Mark Ainsley guide us.

  12. O for Operetta

    O for Operetta. Our guides are Sarah Lenton and Andrew Lamb.

  13. N for Nationalism

    N for Nationalism. Our guides are Edward Gardner, Alex Wilson and Sarah Lenton.

  14. M for mad scene

    M for Mad scene. Joyce DiDonato, Gerald Martin Moore, Mary King and Adrian Mourby

  15. L for Libretto

    L for Libretto. Our guides are Sarah Lenton, Graham Vick and David Pountney.

  16. K for Kings

    K for Kings. Our guides are David Pountney and Adrian Mourby.

  17. J for Jealousy

    J for Jealousy. Our guides are Graham Vick, Joyce Didonato and Sir Mark Elder.

  18. I for Interlude

    I for Interlude. Our guide is Ivan Hewett.bbc.

  19. H for Heroes and Heroines

    H - for Heroes and Heroines. Catherine Malfitano, Sarah Lenton and Adrian Mourby.

  20. G for Gesamtkunstwerk

    G - for Gesamtkunstwerk. Graham Vick, Sir Mark Elder, Ed Gardner and John Mark Ainsley.

  21. F for Fach

    F - for Fach. Ed Gardner, Danielle de Niese, Andreas Scholl, John Mark Ainsley, Mary King

  22. E for Ensemble

    E - for Ensemble. Joyce Didonato, Graham Vick, Gerald Martin Moore and Sir Mark Elder

  23. D for Da Capo

    D - for Da Capo. Danielle de Niese, Sarah Lenton, Gerald Martin Moore and Andreas Scholl

  24. C for Coloratura

    C - for Coloratura. Our guides are Sarah Lenton, Marilyn Horne and Danielle de Niese.

  25. B for Bass

    B - for Bass. Our guides are Robert Lloyd and Sir Mark Elder.

  26. A for Aria

    A - for Aria. Rolando Villazon, Danielle de Niese, Sarah Lenton and Mary King guides us.