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Introducing Facing The Music

Exposing the emotional turmoil behind legendary composers and their captivating music.

Introducing Monsters of Music with Tom Allen

In Monsters of Music, Tom Allen uncovers the scandalous lives of classical musicians.

Handel The Royal Glutton with Issy Suttie

Handel was a glutton, a royal composer and maybe a spy, but was he really a monster?

The Divine Maria Callas with Arielle Free

Maria Callas's life was as dramatic as an operatic storyline. But was she really a Diva?

Wagner’s Tainted Legacy with Frank Cottrell Boyce

Richard Wagner was a romantic, a revolutionary and bitter antisemite.

Debussy The Love Rat with Abi Clarke

Claude Debussy was a love rat who left behind a trail of broken hearts and gunshot wounds.

Franz Liszt The First Rockstar with Jack Steadman

Liszt was a monk, a sex symbol, and a pianist who made nuns faint and forget their vows.

Puccini The Mighty Hunter with Bec Hill

Blackmail, affairs and a secret love child. Was Puccini the bad boy of the Opera world?

Anton Bruckner The Corpse Chaser with Edith Bowman

Anton Bruckner was a composer fascinated with death, religion and teenage girls.

Fifty Shades of Percy Grainger with Lou Sanders

Percy Grainger had a fetish for whips, blood-stained shirts and folk melodies.

Dame Ethel Smyth The Wrecker with Laufey

Ethel Smyth was a trailblazing composer, suffragette and no stranger to passionate affairs

Alma Mahler The Heartbreaker with Arlene Phillips

A composer, heartbreaker, socialite and antisemite. Who was the real Alma Mahler?