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Verismo Voices

First broadcast from 19970529 to 19971120.

7 episodes

Series	Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Description
197D	01	Singers, Poets, Clowns And Revolutionaries	19971030	Gordon Stewart presents four programmes which take the lid off the hotpot of Italian verismo - its seething passions, heart-throbbing emotions and lurid violence, as expressed through some of the hottest sets of vocal cords in the business. 1: `Singers, Poets, Clowns and Revolutionaries'. Featuring excerpts from `Tosca', `La gioconda', `La boheme', `I pagliacci' and `Andrea Chenier', with singers including Caruso, Del Monaco, Pavarotti, Bergonzi, Gobbi, Callas and Tebaldi.
197D	02	Waifs, Courtesans And Viragos	19970529	Gordon Stewart presents four programmes which take the lid off the hotpot of Italian verismo - its seething passions, heart-throbbing emotions and lurid violence, as expressed through some of the hottest sets of vocal chords in the business. 2: `Waifs, Courtesans and Viragos'. Today's programme concentrates on the women, with excerpts from `La boheme, Iris, Manon Lescaut, Lodoletta, Turandot' and `La wally'. The singers include Te Kanawa, Tebaldi, De los Angeles, Eva Turner, Claudia Muzio, Freni, Callas, Di Stefano and Carreras.
197D	02	Waifs, Courtesans And Viragos	19971106	Gordon Stewart presents four programmes which take the lid off the hotpot of Italian verismo - its seething passions, heart-throbbing emotions and lurid violence, as expressed through some of the hottest sets of vocal cords in the business. 2: `Waifs, Courtesans and Viragos'. Today's programme concentrates on the women, with excerpts from `La boheme, Iris, Manon Lescaut, Lodoletta, Turandot' and `La wally'. The singers include Te Kanawa, Tebaldi, De los Angeles, Eva Turner, Claudia Muzio, Freni, Callas, Di Stefano and Carreras.
197D	03	Fatal Passions	19970605	Gordon Stewart presents four programmes which take the lid off Italian verismo - its seething passions, heart-throbbing emotions and lurid violence, as expressed through some of the hottest sets of vocal chords in the business. 3: `Fatal Passions'. This programme looks at those characters with their fingers on auto-destruct, with excerpts from `La gioconda', `Turandot', `Madame Butterfly', `Mefistofele', L'arlesiana' and `La fanciulla del west'. The voices include Gina Cigna, Scotto, Caballe, Simionato, Ponselle, Gigli, Siepi and Ruffo.
197D	03	Fatal Passions	19971113	Gordon Stewart presents four programmes which take the lid off Italian verismo - its seething passions, heart-throbbing emotions and lurid violence, as expressed through some of the hottest sets of vocal cords in the business. 3: `Fatal Passions'. This programme looks at those characters with their fingers on auto-destruct, with excerpts from `La gioconda', `Turandot', `Madame Butterfly', `Mefistofele', L'arlesiana' and `La fanciulla del west'. The voices include Gina Cigna, Scotto, Caballe, Simionato, Ponselle, Gigli, Siepi and Ruffo.
197D	04	Murders And Vendettas	19970612	Gordon Stewart presents the last programme taking the lid off Italian verismo - its seething passions, heart-throbbing emotions and lurid violence, as expressed through some of the hottest sets of vocal chords in the business. `Murders and Vendettas'. This programme focuses on operatic characters with homicidal tendencies, with excerpts from operas including `Cavalleria Rusticana', `Tosca', `Andrea Chenier', `Francesca da Rimini' and `Adriana Lecouvreur'. Among the voices are Cosotto, Raimondi, Scotto, Gobbi, Muzio, Price, Olivero and Corelli.
197D	04	Murders And Vendettas	19971120	Gordon Stewart presents the last programme taking the lid off Italian verismo - its seething passions, heart-throbbing emotions and lurid violence, as expressed through some of the hottest sets of vocal cords in the business. `Murders and Vendettas'. This programme focuses on operatic characters with homicidal tendencies, with excerpts from operas including `Cavalleria rusticana', `Tosca', `Andrea Chenier', `Francesca da Rimini' and `Adriana Lecouvreur'. Among the voices are Cosotto, Raimondi, Scotto, Gobbi, Muzio, Price, Olivero and Corelli.