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Puccini Unbound
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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Feb 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Sex, death, betrayal: all the good stuff. Puccini has it all. If you’re a total beginner or an opera aficionado, this episode is about the amazing operas of Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, the glorious melodies and how they capture his characters perfectly. This week Joanna and Stephen peel back the layers of Puccini’s most celebrated operas ‘Madame Butterfly’, ‘La Bohème’, ‘Tosca’ and ‘Turandot’.
Released:
Feb 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (62)
What Does A Conductor Do?: Joanna Lumley has a few questions about her husband’s profession. As well as being a composer and pianist, Stephen Barlow is a conductor - but what does that actually mean? What is it that a conductor actually does? Do they set the speed of the music?... by Joanna Lumley & The Maestro