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Bryn Terfel

Tom Service talks to Welsh baritone Bryn Terfel as he prepares to take on the role of Wagner's Flying Dutchman at the Royal Opera House. Plus some of Yorkshire's lost pianos.

Tom Service talks to Welsh baritone Bryn Terfel as he prepares to take on the role of Wagner's Flying Dutchman at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and looks at a new book about how the Paris Opera survived the French Revolution.

And Tom also visits Leeds to find out about some of Yorkshire's lost pianos.

45 minutes

Last on

Sat 21 Feb 2009 12:15

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  • Sat 21 Feb 2009 12:15

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