From orchestral dances and marches to songs and arias, Offenbach’s light-footed musical comedy to Verdi’s operatic tragedies, world premieres to traditional favourites, this year’s Last Night of the Proms is a spectacular climax to the world’s greatest classical music festival.
Charismatic American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, whose lustrous voice has established her as one of the most exciting performers of her generation, s Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus to lead the musical celebrations.
There will be one interval
Approx. end time: 22.30
First half live on BBC Two, second half live on BBC One
Image: Jamie Barton © FayFox