Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20110331 | A performance given in Vienna of Act 1 of Mozart's opera Cosi fan tutte. | |||
| 20111013 | Katie Derham presents Cardillac, Hindemith's opera based on a short story by ETA Hoffmann. | |||
| Arrigo Boito, Mefistofele | 20160512 | Katie Derham presents Boito's Mefistofele, performed in 2015 at the Bavarian State Opera. | ||
| Arthur Sullivan, The Beauty Stone | 20140213 | Penny Gore presents Arthur Sullivan's operetta The Beauty Stone performed by BBC NOW. | ||
| Barber, Vanessa | 20161117 | Penny Gore presents a Wexford Festival Opera production of Barber's Vanessa. | ||
| Bartok, Duke Bluebeard's Castle | 20120105 | Penny Gore presents a performance of Bartok's Duke Bluebeard's Castle. | ||
| Bartok, Duke Bluebeard's Castle | 20160414 | Penny Gore introduces a concert performance of Bartok's opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle. | ||
| BBC Scottish So Live, Plus Thursday Opera Matinee | 20110428 | A live concert from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, plus Thursday Opera Matinee. | ||
| Beethoven, Fidelio | 20110224 | In a performance at 2010's Lucerne Festival, Claudio Abbado conducts Beethoven's Fidelio. | ||
| Beethoven, Fidelio | 20150521 | The BBC Philharmonic in a concert performance of Beethoven's opera Fidelio. | ||
| Bellini, Adelson E Salvini | 20161222 | Verity Sharp presents a performance from the Barbican of Bellini's opera Adelson e Salvini | ||
| Bellini, La Sonnambula | 20140529 | Penny Gore presents Bellini's bittersweet opera La Sonnambula starring Juan Diego Florez. | ||
| Bellini, La Straniera | 20150416 | A rare chance to hear one of Bellini's first great operatic successes, La Straniera. | ||
| Benjamin Godard, Dante | 20160609 | Katie Derham presents Benjamin Godard's opera Dante, starring soprano Veronique Gens. | ||
| Berg, Wozzeck | 20150122 | Katie Derham presents a performance of Berg's opera Wozzeck given at City Halls, Glasgow. | ||
| Berlioz, La Damnation De Faust | 20110929 | Charles Dutoit leads the Netherland Radio Philharmonic in Berlioz's La damnation de Faust. | ||
| Berlioz, The Damnation Of Faust | 20110526 | Andrew Davis conducts Chicago Lyric Opera's version of The Damnation of Faust by Berlioz. | ||
| Berlioz, The Damnation Of Faust | 20151015 | Berlioz's Damnation of Faust performed by the Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle. | ||
| Berlioz: The Trojans - Part 1 | 20101014 | Katie Derham presents Part 1 of Berlioz's The Trojans performed by the Netherlands Opera. | ||
| Berlioz's Romeo Et Juliette And Bellini's I Capuleti E I Montecchi | 20150219 | Penny Gore introduces the story of Romeo and Juliet as interpreted by Berlioz and Bellini. | ||
| Bizet, Carmen | 20101223 | Katie Derham presents a performance of Bizet's tragic opera Carmen. | ||
| Bizet, The Pearl Fishers | 20121108 | Michel Plasson conducts a performance of Bizet's opera The Pearl Fishers. | ||
| Bizet, The Pearl Fishers | 20150115 | A performance of Bizet's The Pearl Fishers given at the Theater an der Wien. | ||
| Breaking Free: Wozzeck From The Royal Opera House | 20170105 | A performance of Berg's Wozzeck, given at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. | ||
| Britten 100: Owen Wingrave | 20130228 | Penny Gore presents a performance of Britten's opera Owen Wingrave. | ||
| Britten, Paul Bunyan | 20130606 | Katie Derham presents Benjamin Britten's American operetta Paul Bunyan. | ||
| Cagnoni, Don Bucefalo | 20150212 | Verity Sharp presents Antonio Cagnoni's comic opera Don Bucefalo and music by Hoddinott. | ||
| Casella, La Donna Serpente | 20160630 | A performance of Casella's La Donna Serpente given at the Teatro Regio in Turin. | ||
| Chabrier, Le Roi Malgre Lui | 20130131 | Chabrier's Le Roi malgre lui from Wexford Festival Opera, presented by Katie Derham. | ||
| Cherubini, Medea | 20150702 | Katie Derham presents Cherubini's opera Medea performed at the Grand Theatre in Geneva. | ||
| Debussy, Pelleas Et Melisande | 20110203 | Simon Rattle conducts Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande at New York's Metropolitan Opera. | ||
| Delius, A Village Romeo And Juliet | 20121220 | Delius's opera A Village Romeo and Juliet from the 2012 Wexford Festival. | ||
| Delius, Koanga | 20160317 | Penny Gore presents Delius's opera Koanga performed at the 2015 Wexford Festival Opera. | ||
| D'indy: L'etranger | 20110623 | Louise Fryer presents a rare chance to hear Vincent d'Indy's opera L'etranger. | ||
| Donizetti, Anna Bolena | 20110505 | Penny Gore presents a performance by an all-star cast of Donizetti's opera Anna Bolena. | ||
| Donizetti, Belisario | 20130704 | Mark Elder conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Donizetti's lyrical tragedy Belisario. | ||
| Donizetti, Don Pasquale | 20120628 | Penny Gore presents a performance of Donizetti's operatic masterpiece Don Pasquale. | ||
| Donizetti, Don Pasquale | 20150528 | Penny Gore presents a performance of Donizetti's Don Pasquale from the Vienna State Opera. | ||
| Donizetti, Gianni Di Parigi | 20120621 | Katie Derham presents Donizetti's comedy Gianni di Parigi from the 2011 Wexford Festival. | ||
| Donizetti, La Fille Du Regiment | 20120614 | Donizetti's opera La fille du Regiment performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. | ||
| Donizetti, L'elisir D'amore | 20170112 | Katie Derham with Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. | ||
| Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia | 20110324 | Katie Derham presents Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia performed at the Vienna State Opera. | ||
| Donizetti, Roberto Devereux | 20151119 | Donizetti's rarely heard opera Roberto Devereux performed at Madrid's Teatro Royal. | ||
| Dukas, Ariane Et Barbe-bleu | 20101209 | Louise Fryer presents Dukas's Ariane et barbe-bleu performed at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw. | ||
| Dvorak, The Jacobin | 20120209 | Katie Derham presents a performance of Dvorak's opera The Jacobin given at the Barbican. | ||
| Elgar, The Apostles | 20120503 | Katie Derham presents Elgar's The Apostles performed at King's College, Cambridge. | ||
| Ethel Smyth, The Boatswain's Mate | 20170309 | Katie Derham introduces a recording of Ethel Smyth's comic opera The Boatswain's Mate. | ||
| Glinka, Ruslan And Lyudmila | 20120202 | Katie Derham presents part of Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila, from the Bolshoi Theatre. | ||
| Gluck, Alceste | 20121122 | Penny Gore introduces a performance of Gluck's Alceste given at the Vienna State Opera. | ||
| Gluck, Alceste | 20140220 | Louise Fryer presents a performance of Gluck's opera Alceste, in a French version. | ||
| Gluck, Armide | 20140515 | Ian Skelly presents Gluck's Armide, an opera set in Damascus during the First Crusade. | ||
| Gluck, Telemaco | 20120126 | Louise Fryer presents Gluck's opera Telemaco, from the Schwetzingen Festival in Germany. | ||
| Gluck: Iphigenie En Tauride | 20150409 | Gluck's opera Iphigenie en Tauride starring soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci. | ||
| Gretry, Guillaume Tell | 20140123 | Louise Fryer presents Gretry's Guillaume Tell performed at Opera Royal de Wallonie, Liege. | ||
| Handel, Berenice | 20161013 | Katie Derham presents a performance of Handel's opera Berenice from Gottingen. | ||
| Handel, Il Trionfo Del Tempo E Del Disinganno | 20160915 | Le Concert d'Astree performs Handel's oratorio Il Trionfo del tempo e del disinganno. | ||
| Handel, Poro, Re Dell'indie (acts 1 And 2) | 20130627 | Louise Fryer presents Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's Poro, Re dell'Indie given in Basel. | ||
| Handel, Teseo | 20120531 | Jonathan Swain presents a performance of Handel's opera Teseo. | ||
| Handel: Saul | 20111006 | Louise Fryer presents the BBC Chorus and Orchestra of Wales in Handel's oratorio Saul. | ||
| Handel's Acis And Galatea | 20160714 | Includes a performance of Handel's Acis and Galatea conducted by Christopher Hogwood. | ||
| Hasse, Leucippo | 20150611 | Penny Gore presents a rare performance of Hasse's opera Leucippo. | ||
| Haydn, La Vera Costanza | 20140227 | Penny Gore presents Hadyn's opera La vera costanza from the Haydn Festival in Bruhl. | ||
| Herold, Le Pre Aux Clercs | 20151126 | Katie Derham introduces a Wexford Festival Opera performance of Herold's Le Pre aux Clercs | ||
| Holst, At The Boar's Head | 20160128 | Holst's At the Boar's Head, a one-act opera using scenes from Shakespeare's Henry IV. | ||
| Honegger And Ibert, L'aiglon | 20130613 | Jonathan Swain presents Honegger and Ibert's opera L'Aiglon (The Young Eagle). | ||
| Honegger, Judith | 20130418 | Louise Fryer presents a performance of Honegger's Judit. | ||
| Humperdinck, Hansel Und Gretel | 20160114 | Katie Derham presents Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, recorded at the Vienna State Opera. | ||
| J Strauss Ii, Die Fledermaus | 20120705 | Katie Derham presents J Strauss II's Die Fledermaus performed at the Vienna State Opera. | ||
| Jacopo Foroni, Cristina, Queen Of Sweden | 20140605 | Jacopo Foroni's Cristina, Queen of Sweden, from Wexford Festival Opera. | ||
| Janacek, Jenufa | 20161103 | Verity Sharp presents a performance of Janacek's Jenufa given at the Vienna Opera. | ||
| Janacek, Katya Kabanova | 20101104 | A performance of Janacek's opera Katya Kabanova given at Chicago Lyric Opera. | ||
| Janacek, Katya Kabanova | 20110922 | Katie Derham presents a new Vienna State Opera production of Janacek's Katya Kabanova. | ||
| Janacek, The Cunning Little Vixen | 20110217 | A concert by the BBC SSO. Plus Thursday Opera Matinee: Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen. | ||
| Janacek, The Cunning Little Vixen | 20150402 | Janacek's opera The Cunning Little Vixen in a performance from the Vienna Staatsoper. | ||
| Janacek, The Cunning Little Vixen | 20160707 | Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen in a performance given in 2010 at the Royal Opera House | ||
| Janacek, The Makropulos Case | 20150205 | Katie Derham presents a performance given at Brno Opera of Janacek's The Makropulos Case. | ||
| Lalo, La Jacquerie | 20151001 | Katie Derham presents a performance of Lalo's four-act opera La Jacquerie. | ||
| L'elisir D'amore | 20101021 | Bruno Campanella conducts a performance of Donizetti's comic opera L'elisir d'amore. | ||
| Leoncavallo, Zaza | 20160407 | A studio recording based on a concert performance of Leoncavallo's opera Zaza. | ||
| Light Fantastic: Gilbert And Sullivan, The Mikado | 20110630 | Penny Gore presents a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta The Mikado. | ||
| Live At Southbank Centre: Thursday Opera Matinee, Gluck's Orfeo | 20140327 | Louise Fryer presents a performance of Gluck's ground-breaking opera Orfeo ed Euridice. | ||
| Lortzing, Der Wildschutz | 20140130 | Katie Derham presents Lortzing's opera Der Wildschutz performed at Vienna Volksoper. | ||
| Lully, Phaeton | 20140206 | Katie Derham presents Lully's Phaeton conducted by Christophe Rousset in Lausanne. | ||
| Marschner, Der Vampyr | 20170209 | Katie Derham presents Heinrich Marschner's opera Der Vampyr performed in Geneva in 2016. | ||
| Marschner, Hans Heiling | 20151203 | Verity Sharp presents a performance of Heinrich Marschner's Hans Heiling given in Vienna. | ||
| Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana | 20120301 | Katie Derham presents a performance of Mascagni's opera Cavalleria Rusticana. | ||
| Mascagni, Iris | 20160922 | Katie Derham presents a rare performance of Mascagni's Iris, from the Montpellier Festival | ||
| Massenet, Cendrillon | 20141204 | Penny Gore presents Massenet's opera Cendrillon performed at the Royal Opera House. | ||
| Massenet, Cleopatre | 20150305 | Penny Gore presents a rare performance of Massenet's four-act opera Cleopatre. | ||
| Massenet, Don Quichotte | 20170216 | Penny Gore presents a performance of Massenet's Don Quichotte from Chicago Lyric Opera. | ||
| Massenet, Don Quixote | 20110414 | Massenet's operatic retelling of the adventures of Don Quixote, starring Jose Van Dam. | ||
| Massenet, Therese | 20140501 | Katie Derham presents Massenet's Therese, an opera set in Revolutionary France. | ||
| Massenet, Werther | 20111103 | Louise Fryer presents Massenet's Werther performed at the Vienna State Opera. | ||
| Massenet, Werther | 20151105 | Jonathan Swain presents Massenet's Werther performed at the 2015 Salzburg Festival. | ||
| Massenet's Marie-magdeleine | 20121004 | Jonathan Swain presents a rare chance to hear Massenet's sacred drama Marie-Magdeleine. | ||
| Meyerbeer, Emma Di Resburgo | 20111208 | Katie Derham presents Meyerbeer's Emma di Resburgo performed at the Vienna Konzerthaus. | ||
| Meyerbeer, L'africaine (acts 1-3) | 20141106 | Penny Gore presents Acts 1-3 of Meyerbeer's opera L'Africaine performed at La Fenice. | ||
| Milhaud, La Mere Coupable | 20151112 | Jonathan Swain presents a performance of Milhaud's opera La mere coupable given in Vienna. | ||
| Moniuszko, Verbum Nobile | 20160331 | Penny Gore presents a performance of Moniuszko's one-act comic opera Verbum nobil. | ||
| Montemezzi, L'amore Dei Tre Re | 20130124 | Penny Gore presents a performance of Italo Montemezzi's opera L'amore dei tre re. | ||
| Monteverdi, Il Ritorno D'ulisse In Patria | 20120315 | Louise Fryer presents a performance of Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria. | ||
| Monteverdi, L'incoronazione Di Poppea | 20140717 | Penny Gore presents Part 1 of Monteverdi's opera L'Incoronazione di Poppea. | ||
| Monteverdi, L'orfeo | 20140403 | Monteverdi's L'Orfeo performed in Cracow at the 2013 Misteria Paschalia Festival. | ||
| Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'ulisse In Patria | 20100930 | Today's Thursday Opera Matinee is Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria. | ||
| Mozart, La Clemenza Di Tito | 20140410 | Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito from La Monnaie, with Kurt Streit and Veronique Gens. | ||
| Mozart, La Clemenza Di Tito | 20150319 | With Mozart's La clemenza di Tito. Plus John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine. | ||
| Mozart, Le Nozze Di Figaro | 20111222 | Louise Fryer presents a period instrument performance of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro. | ||
| Mozart: La Clemenza Di Tito | 20120119 | Penny Gore presents a performance of Mozart's last opera, La Clemenza di Tito. | ||
| Mozart: The Magic Flute | 20111229 | Jonathan Swain presents Mozart's The Magic Flute performed at the Lucerne Festival. | ||
| Musorgsky, Khovanshchina | 20150312 | Katie Derham presents a performance of Musorgsky's Khovanshchina from Vienna State Opera. | ||
| Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov | 20121213 | John Shea presents the Vienna Philharmonic in Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov. | ||
| New Year New Music: Saariaho, Emilie | 20160107 | Jonathan Swain presents the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho's Emilie. | ||
| Nielsen 150, Maskarade | 20150626 | 20150625 (R3) | Penny Gore presents a performance of Nielsen's opera Maskarade. | |
| Nielsen 150: Saul And David | 20150716 | Penny Gore marks Nielsen's 150th anniversary with a performance of Saul and David. | ||
| Nielsen, Saul And David | 20150604 | Katie Derham presents Nielsen's Saul and David in a performance from Danish Royal Opera. | ||
| Offenbach, Le Roi Carotte | 20160519 | Penny Gore presents a rare chance to hear Offenbach's farcical comic opera Le roi Carotte. | ||
| Opera Matinee: Gluck's Armide | 20170119 | Verity Sharp presents a performance of Gluck's Armide given at the State Opera, Vienna. | ||
| Opera Matinee: Massenet's Manon | 20120223 | Massenet's Manon performed at Opera Bastille, starring soprano Natalie Dessay. | ||
| Paisiello, The Barber Of Seville | 20150507 | Katie Derham presents a rare performance of Paisiello's comic opera The Barber of Seville. | ||
| Peter Von Winter, The Labyrinth | 20121101 | Penny Gore presents Peter von Winter's The Labyrinth, a 1790s sequel to The Magic Flute. | ||
| Puccini, Gianni Schicchi | 20110317 | BBC SSO in Prokofiev and Mozart. Plus Thursday Opera Matinee: Puccini's Gianni Schicchi. | ||
| Puccini, Il Tabarro | 20121129 | Louise Fryer introduces the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Puccini's Il Tabarro. | ||
| Puccini, Il Tabarro And Suor Angelica | 20110310 | Katie Derham with a Puccini opera double-bill, featuring Il tabarro and Suor Angelica. | ||
| Puccini, La Boheme | 20110512 | Performance of Puccini's opera La boheme, with Stephen Costello and Krassimira Stoyanova. | ||
| Puccini, La Boheme | 20120913 | Penny Gore presents Puccini's La boheme performed at the 2012 Salzburg Festival. | ||
| Puccini, La Boheme | 20161229 | Catriona Young presents a Puccini's La boheme in a Royal Opera House production from 2015. | ||
| Puccini, La Fanciulla Del West | 20110210 | Deborah Voigt stars in Puccini's opera La fanciulla del West at the New York Met. | ||
| Puccini, Madama Butterfly | 20170126 | Penny Gore presents Puccini's Madam Butterfly in a performance from La Scala in Milan. | ||
| Puccini, Tosca | 20101202 | Katie Derham presents a performance of Puccini's opera Tosca, conducted by Andrew Davis. | ||
| Puccini, Tosca | 20160616 | Ian Skelly presents a performance of Puccini's Tosca given at the Vienna State Opera. | ||
| Puccini, Turandot | 20121011 | Louise Fryer presents a performance of Puccini's Turandot. Plus a piano concerto by Alkan. | ||
| Puccini's La Rondine | 20140619 | A performance given at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden of Puccini's opera La Rondine. | ||
| Purcell, Dido And Aeneas | 20151029 | Penny Gore presents a performance of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. | ||
| Purcell, Dido And Aeneas | 20170202 | Jonathan Swain presents a performance of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas from Paris. | ||
| Purcell, King Arthur | 20151022 | Penny Gore presents a performance of Purcell's semi-opera King Arthur. | ||
| Purcell, The Fairy Queen | 20150423 | Katie Derham presents a performance of Purcell's opera The Fairy Queen given in Graz. | ||
| Rachmaninov, Aleko | 20130516 | Katie Derham presents a performance given in Turin of Rachmaninov's opera Aleko. | ||
| Rameau, Les Boreades | 20141030 | Verity Sharp presents a performance of Rameau's five-act lyric tragedy Les Boreades. | ||
| Rameau, Les Indes Galanates | 20101111 | Louise Fryer presents a performance of Rameau's exotic opera Les Indes galantes. | ||
| Rameau, Les Indes Galantes (acts 1 And 2) | 20161208 | Katie Derham presents Acts 1 and 2 of Rameau's opera Les Indes galantes. | ||
| Rameau, Zoroastre | 20161020 | A performance of Rameau's opera Zoroastre given at the 2016 Montpellier Festival. | ||
| Ravel, L'enfant Et Les Sortileges | 20160303 | Katie Derham presents Ravel's one-act opera L'enfant et les sortileges. | ||
| Ravel, L'heure Espagnole | 20140306 | Katie Derham presents Ravel's one-act opera L'heure espagnole. Plus music by Thea Musgrave | ||
| Ravel, L'heure Espagnole | 20160225 | Ravel's opera L'heure espagnole performed by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. | ||
| Rimsky-korsakov, Christmas Eve | 20151231 | Ian Skelly presents a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera Christmas Eve. | ||
| Rimsky-korsakov, The Tsar's Bride | 20150326 | Penny Gore presents Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Tsar's Bride performed at La Scala, Milan. | ||
| Rossini, Adelaide Di Borgogna | 20111020 | Katie Derham presents a performance of Rossini's two-act opera Adelaide di Borgogna. | ||
| Rossini, Aureliano In Palmira | 20141023 | From the 2014 Pesaro Festival, Act 1 of Rossini's opera Aureliano in Palmira. | ||
| Rossini, Ciro In Babilonia | 20161124 | Katie Derham presents Rossini's Ciro in Babilonia from Pesaro's Rossini Opera Festival. | ||
| Rossini, Il Barbiere Di Siviglia | 20110120 | Katie Derham introduces Rossini's opera Il barbiere di Siviglia from Los Angeles Opera. | ||
| Rossini, Il Signor Bruschino | 20121115 | Katie Derham presents a performance of Rossini's comic opera Il Signor Bruschino. | ||
| Rossini, Il Turco In Italia | 20160929 | Rossini's Opera Il Turco in Italia performed at the 2016 Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. | ||
| Rossini, La Gazzetta | 20151008 | Penny Gore presents Rossini's opera La Gazzetta in a performance given in Pesaro. | ||
| Rossini, La Scala Di Seta | 20130411 | Jonathan Swain presents Rossini's opera La scala di seta performed in the Netherlands. | ||
| Rossini, Le Comte Ory | 20140508 | Katie Derham presents a Lyon Opera production of Rossini's Le Comte Ory. | ||
| Rossini, L'inganno Felice | 20150226 | With Rossini's opera L'inganno felice. Plus the BBC Philharmonic in a live concert. | ||
| Rossini, Mose In Egitto | 20111027 | Penny Gore presents Rossini's Mose in Egitto performed at 2011's Pesaro Rossini Festival. | ||
| Rossini, Sigismondo | 20110407 | A performance given in Pesaro of Rossini's opera Sigismondo. | ||
| Rossini, Tancredi | 20140710 | Jonathan Swain presents Act 1 of Rossini's opera Tancredi. | ||
| Rossini, The Italian Girl In Algiers | 20140116 | Penny Gore presents a performance of Rossini's opera The Italian Girl in Algiers. | ||
| Rufus Wainwright, Prima Donna | 20150618 | Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright's opera Prima Donna, starring Janis Kelly. | ||
| Saint-saens, Proserpine | 20161201 | Penny Gore presents a performance of Saint-Saens's opera Proserpine given in Munich. | ||
| Sallinen, The King Goes Forth To France | 20151217 | Verity Sharp presents a performance of Sallinen's opera The King Goes Forth to France. | ||
| Schumann, Scenes From Goethe's Faust | 20140417 | Daniel Harding conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in Schumann's Scenes from Goethe's Faust. | ||
| Smetana, Dalibor | 20150514 | Jonathan Swain presents a performance of Smetana's tragic opera Dalibor. | ||
| Smetana, The Bartered Bride | 20101007 | Penny Gore presents a performance of Smetana's comic opera The Bartered Bride. | ||
| Smetana, The Bartered Bride | 20120412 | Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts a performance of Smetana's comic opera The Bartered Bride. | ||
| Sounds Of Shakespeare: Gounod, Romeo Et Juliette | 20160505 | Jonathan Swain presents Gounod's Romeo et Juliette from Vienna State Opera. | ||
| Sounds Of Shakespeare: Rossini, Otello | 20160428 | Katie Derham presents a concert performance from Barcelona of Rossini's opera Otello. | ||
| Sounds Of Shakespeare: Verdi, Falstaff | 20160421 | Katie Derham presents a performance of Verdi's opera Falstaff. | ||
| Statkowski, Maria | 20120322 | Katie Derham presents a rare chance to hear Roman Statkowski's opera Maria. | ||
| Strauss 150, Daphne | 20140612 | Strauss's one act opera Daphne, starring Renee Fleming. Plus Beethoven Symphony No 7. | ||
| Strauss 150, Feuersnot | 20140313 | A performance given in Munich's Prinzregententheater of Strauss's one-act opera Feuersnot. | ||
| Strauss 150, Guntram | 20141113 | Katie Derham presents a rare performance of Strauss's opera Guntram. | ||
| Strauss 150: Der Liebe Der Danae (acts 1 And 2) | 20141211 | Katie Derham presents a performance of Acts 1 and 2 of Strauss's opera Der Liebe der Danae | ||
| Strauss 150: Die Schweigsame Frau | 20141127 | Katie Derham presents Strauss's opera Die schweigsame Frau from the 1959 Salzburg Festival | ||
| Strauss 150: Friedenstag | 20140925 | Verity Sharp presents a rare performance of Strauss's one-act opera Friedenstag. | ||
| Strauss, Ariadne Auf Naxos | 20130207 | Penny Gore presents Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos, performed at the Vienna State Opera. | ||
| Strauss, Ariadne Auf Naxos | 20160602 | Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with Karita Mattila | ||
| Strauss, Die Frau Ohne Schatten | 20120607 | John Shea presents a performance of Acts 1 and 2 of Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten. | ||
| Strauss's Intermezzo | 20141016 | Strauss 150: Katie Derham presents a classic recording of Strauss's opera Intermezzo. | ||
| Stravinsky, Persephone | 20150924 | Stravinsky's Persephone in a performance from Aix-en-Provence, plus music from the BBC SSO | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Iolanta | 20120524 | Katie Derham presents Tchaikovsky's one-act opera Iolanta, plus Rachmaninov Symphony No 1. | ||
| Tchaikovsky, Iolanta | 20150917 | Penny Gore presents Tchaikovsky's Iolanta performed at the 2015 Aix-en-Provence Festival. | ||
| Tchaikovsky, The Queen Of Spades | 20101028 | Penny Gore presents a performance of Tchaikovsky's opera The Queen of Spades. | ||
| Tchaikovsky, The Tsarina's Slippers | 20151224 | Performance of Tchaikovsky's only comic opera, the Christmas story The Tsarina's Slippers. | ||
| Thea Musgrave, Mary, Queen Of Scots | 20160310 | Katie Derham presents a performance of Thea Musgrave's opera Mary, Queen of Scots. | ||
| Thomas, La Cour De Celimene | 20120308 | Penny Gore introduces a performance of Thomas's La cour de Celimene. | ||
| Thursday Opera Matinee | 20120712 | Donizetti's romantic comedy L'elisir d'amore - The Elixir of Love - from the New York Met. | ||
| Thursday Opera Matinee | 20130509 | Penny Gore presents a performance of Hartmann's Simplicius Simplicissimus. | ||
| Thursday Opera Matinee, Chabrier's L'etoile | 20100923 | An afternoon of French music, beginning with Chabrier's comic opera L'\u00c9toile. | ||
| Thursday Opera Matinee, Verdi 200: La Forza Del Destino | 20131212 | Penny Gore presents the seldom heard original version of Verdi's La Forza del Destino. | ||
| Thursday Opera Matinee, Wagner 200: BBC Sso In Wagner's Tristan | 20130502 | Louise Fryer presents the BBC SSO in the second act of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde. | ||
| Thursday Opera Matinee: The Ring | 20110609 | Katie Derham presents Wagner's Das Rheingold, performed by Paris National Opera. | ||
| Ulisse All'isola Di Circe | 20130314 | A rare chance to hear a performance of Zamponi's Ulisse all'isola di Circe. | ||
| Verdi 200, Giovanna D'arco | 20131010 | A performance given at the 2013 Salzburg Festival of Verdi's opera Giovanna D'Arco. | ||
| Verdi 200, I Masnadieri | 20130328 | Louise Fryer presents Verdi's I masnadieri (The Bandits), an opera written for London. | ||
| Verdi 200, Il Corsaro | 20130919 | Penny Gore introduces a celebrated recording of Verdi's rarely-performed opera Il Corsaro. | ||
| Verdi 200, La Battaglia Di Legnano | 20130912 | A celebrated performance of La battaglia di Legnano, starring a young Jose Carreras. | ||
| Verdi 200, Otello | 20130404 | Verdi's Otello in a performance given at Venice's Teatro La Fenice. | ||
| Verdi 200, Un Ballo In Maschera | 20131003 | Penny Gore presents a performance of Verdi's opera Un ballo in maschera. | ||
| Verdi 200: Aida | 20131219 | Katie Derham introduces a performance of Verdi's grand opera Aida. | ||
| Verdi 200: Attila | 20131107 | Penny Gore presents Verdi's opera Attila in a vintage performance given at La Scala, Milan | ||
| Verdi 200: Ernani | 20131024 | Penny Gore presents a classic recording of Verdi's opera Ernani. | ||
| Verdi 200: Giovanna D'arco | 20130214 | Katie Derham presents a performance of Verdi's opera Giovanna d'Arco, given in Graz. | ||
| Verdi 200: I Due Foscari | 20131031 | Louise Fryer presents a performance of Verdi's opera I due Foscari. | ||
| Verdi 200: Jerusalem (acts 1 And 2) | 20131114 | Katie Derham presents a 1998 performance of Acts 1 and 2 of Verdi's opera Jerusalem. | ||
| Verdi 200: Luisa Miller | 20131128 | Louise Fryer presents a performance of Verdi's Luisa Miller given at New York's Met. | ||
| Verdi 200: Macbeth | 20130425 | Katie Derham presents a performance of Verdi's Macbeth, featuring Simon Keenlyside. | ||
| Verdi 200: Oberto | 20131017 | Louise Fryer presents a performance of Verdi's first opera, Oberto. | ||
| Verdi 200: Un Giorno Di Regno | 20130117 | Louise Fryer presents a performance of Verdi's comi opera Un Giorno di Regno. | ||
| Verdi, Aida | 20110421 | Verdi's Aida from the Royal Opera House. Conducted by Fabio Luisi. | ||
| Verdi, Alzira | 20130711 | Louise Fryer presents a performance of Verdi's rarely-heard opera Alzira. | ||
| Verdi, Aroldo | 20130620 | Penny Gore presents a rare performance of Verdi's opera Aroldo. | ||
| Verdi, Ernani | 20101118 | Penny Gore introduces a performance given at Chicago's Lyric Opera of Verdi's Ernani. | ||
| Verdi, Giovanna D'arco | 20160121 | Verity Sharp presents Verdi's Giovanna d'Arco from La Scala in Milan. | ||
| Verdi, La Forza Del Destino | 20110303 | Zubin Mehta conducts a performance of Verdi's tragic love story La forza del destino. | ||
| Verdi, Luisa Miller | 20150430 | Penny Gore presents Verdi's opera Luisa Miller performed at the State Opera in Hamburg. | ||
| Verdi, Nabucco | 20140522 | Placido Domingo stars in Verdi's Nabucco, recorded at the Royal Opera House in 2013. | ||
| Verdi, Oberto | 20120517 | Katie Derham presents a rare chance to hear a performance of Verdi's first opera Oberto. | ||
| Verdi, Otello | 20110602 | Louise Fryer presents Gianandrea Noseda conducting the BBC Philharmonic in Verdi's Otello. | ||
| Verdi, Otello | 20120419 | Penny Gore introduces a performance of Verdi's Otello, given at the Vienna State Opera. | ||
| Verdi, Stiffelio | 20130530 | Penny Gore presents Verdi's Stiffelio from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. | ||
| Verdi, Stiffelio | 20160526 | Verity Sharp presents Teatro La Fenice's 2015 production of Verdi's Stiffelio. | ||
| Verdi, Un Ballo In Maschera | 20161110 | A performance of Verdi's Un ballo in maschera given at the Bavarian State Opera. | ||
| Verdi: Il Trovatore | 20100916 | A performance of the first opera Mahler ever conducted, Verdi's Il Trovatore. | ||
| Viktor Ullmann, The Emperor Of Atlantis | 20131121 | Penny Gore presents a performance of Viktor Ullmann's opera The Emperor of Atlantis. | ||
| Vivaldi, Catone In Utica | 20160623 | Penny Gore presents a performance given in Amsterdam of Vivaldi's opera Catone in Utica. | ||
| Vivaldi, Ottone In Villa | 20150129 | Penny Gore presents a performance of Vivaldi's opera Ottone in Villa. | ||
| Wagner, Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg (acts 1 And 2) | 20120510 | Louise Fryer presents Acts 1 and 2 of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg. | ||
| Wagner, The Flying Dutchman | 20130523 | Katie Derham introduces a Royal Opera House production of Wagner's The Flying Dutchman. | ||
| Wagner, The Flying Dutchman | 20161027 | A performance of Wagner's opera The Flying Dutchman given at the 2016 Bayreuth Festival. | ||
| Walter Braunfels, The Annunciation | 20120216 | Penny Gore presents a Bavarian Radio recording of Walter Braunfels's The Annunciation. | ||
| Weber, Euryanthe | 20101125 | A performance of Weber's rarely-heard opera Euryanthe, a tale of knights and courtly love. | ||
| Weill, The Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny | 20120426 | Louise Fryer presents Kurt Weill's opera The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. | ||
| Zandonai, Francesca Da Rimini | 20120112 | Svetla Vassilieva and Roberto Alagna star in Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini. | ||
| 01 | Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin | 20100408 | Louise Fryer presents Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin from the Vienna State Opera. | |
| 02 | Britten: Peter Grimes | 20100415 | Donald Runnicles conducts Britten's Peter Grimes at the Grand Theatre in Geneva. | |
| 03 | Gounod: Faust | 20100422 | Louise Fryer presents Chicago Lyric Opera's production of Gounod's opera Faust. | |
| 04 | I Puritani | 20100429 | A performance of Bellini's final opera I Puritani, set in England during the Civil War. | |
| 05 | Monteverdi's L'orfeo | 20100506 | Penny Gore presents Monteverdi's seminal opera L'Orfeo, performed at La Scala Milan. | |
| 06 | La Sonnambula | 20100513 | A performance of Bellini's La Sonnambula, given in early 2010 at the Opera Bastille. | |
| 07 | La Wally | 20100520 | Louise Fryer introduces a performance of Catalani's rarely-staged opera La Wally. | |
| 08 | Rossini's Zelmira | 20100527 | Roberto Abbado conducts Kate Aldrich and Juan Diego Florez in Rossini's opera Zelmira. | |
| 09 | Cavalli: La Calisto | 20100603 | Louise Fryer introduces a performance of Cavalli's opera La Calisto. | |
| 10 | Tristan Und Isolde (acts 1 And 2) | 20100610 | Katie Derham presents a performance of the first two acts of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. | |
| 11 | Beethoven: Fidelio | 20100617 | A performance from the Liceu theatre in Barcelona of Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio. | |
| 12 | Gounod's Mireille | 20100624 | Penny Gore presents a performance of Gounod's opera Mireille, starring Inva Mula. | |
| 13 | Mozart's Don Giovanni | 20100701 | Katie Derham presents Mozart's opera Don Giovanni performed at the Vienna State Opera. | |
| 14 | Rossini: La Donna Del Lago | 20100708 | A performance of Rossini's opera La donna del lago, based on the writings of Walter Scott. | |
| 15 | Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander | 20100715 | A performance given at the Royal Opera House of Wagner's The Flying Dutchman. |