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Maria Callas: The Final Act

The truth about the Maria Callas myth and the gift of her extraordinary voice.

BBC Two
The Merry Widow from Glyndebourne

A glamorous widow searches for true love in this sparkling comic opera from Glyndebourne.

BBC Four
Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers

Scottish Opera's sparkling staging of Gilbert and Sullivan's witty satire set in Venice.

BBC Four
Opening the Boxes: a Soprano's Secrets

Michael White uncovers the life of the soprano singer Jennifer Vyvyan.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
Opera on 3

Programme presenting rare and fascinating operatic performances

BBC Radio 3

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George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess

George Gershwin's 1935 opera, based on Trevor Nunn's acclaimed 1986 Glyndebourne staging.

BBC Two
Bantam of the Opera

Bradford City AFC fans - known as the Bantams - form a choir and learn Opera.

BBC Radio Leeds

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