06/01/2008
Michael Berkeley talks to the controversial playwright Mark Ravenhill, whose musical choices include works by Offenbach, Beethoven, Verdi, Adams and Britten.
Michael Berkeley talks to the controversial playwright Mark Ravenhill, whose musical choices have a strongly political slant and reveal a passion for opera.
They range from Offenbach's satirical comedy Orpheus in the Underworld, to Beethoven's Fidelio, Verdi's Rigoletto, John Adams's Nixon in China and Britten's Peter Grimes.
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- Sun 6 Jan 2008 12:00成人快手 Radio 3
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