Sir Antonio Pappano - The Maestro of a new La Bohème
Tom Alban follows Sir Antonio Pappano and his team as their new production of La Bohème takes shape, we hear candid insights into the often perilous journey to an opening night.
All major opera houses around the world have favourite much loved classics that they will repeat across the years. The Royal Opera House at London’s Covent Garden has been using the popular sets, costumes and staging of Puccini's La Bohème for over 40 years. They have decided the time has now come to replace it with a new production for a 21st century audience and the challenge to do that falls to the team of world renowned conductor and Music Director Sir Antonio Pappano and stage director Richard Jones.
The ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s Tom Alban follows Sir Antonio Pappano and his team as their new production of La Bohème takes shape – from working with the singers to preparing the huge stage, we hear candid insights into the often perilous journey to an opening night at the very highest level of operatic performance
Producer: Tom Alban
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Inside the mind of a musical maestro
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- Tue 27 Feb 2018 00:32GMT´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service East and Southern Africa, South Asia, West and Central Africa & East Asia only
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