Simon Butteriss
What's comic about opera? Baritone, writer, director and broadcaster Simon Butteriss, explores the world of comedy in opera, with music by Mozart, Rossini, Sullivan, Richard Strauss, Offenbach, Bernstein, Verdi, Lehar and others.
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Franz Leh谩r
Gentlemen No More (The Merry Widow)
Singer: June Bronhill. Conductor: William Reid. Orchestra: Sadler's Wells Orchestra.- The Merry Widow.
- HMV.
- 3.
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Arthur Sullivan
Iolanthe: Overture
Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.- Iolanthe.
- emi.
- 1.
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Jacques Offenbach
Orpheus in the Underworld - You鈥檝e gone too far
Performer: June Bronhill. Performer: Kevin Miller. Orchestra: Sadler's Wells Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Faris.- EMI.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro: Finale
Performer: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Singer: Thomas Hampson. Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Singer: Ferruccio Furlanetto. Conductor: James Levine.- Le Nozze Di Figaro.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 8.
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Gioachino Rossini
A La Faveur (Le Comte Ory)
Singer: Juan Diego Fl贸rez. Singer: Stefania Bonfadelli. Singer: Zoran Todorovich. Conductor: Jes煤s L贸pez Cobos. Orchestra: Bologna Municipal Theatre Orchestra.- Le Comte Ory.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 12.
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Arthur Sullivan
Sad Is That Woman's Lot (Patience)
Singer: Felicity Palmer. Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: 成人快手 Concert Orchestra. -
Leonard Bernstein
Glitter and Be Gay
Ensemble: Opus Two.- Naxos 8.559643.
- Naxos.
- 12.
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Gioachino Rossini
Ah qual colpo inaspettato (The Barber of Seville)
Singer: Maria Callas. Singer: Tito Gobbi. Singer: Luigi Alva. Conductor: Alceo Galliera. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.- IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (HIGHLIGHTS).
- EMI.
- 19.
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Oscar Straus
Hei Gn盲diges Fr盲ulein (Die Lustigen Nibelungen)
Performer: Michael Nowak. Performer: Lisa Griffith. Conductor: Siegfried K枚hler. Orchestra: Die K枚lner Akademie.- Die Lustigen Nibelungen.
- Capriccio.
- 8.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Yeomen Of The Guard: Overture
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD.
- PHILIPS.
- 1.
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Richard Strauss
Nein Herr, so kommt es nicht (Ariadne Auf Naxos)
Singer: J煤lia V谩rady. Singer: Edita Gruberov谩. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.- ariadne auf naxos.
- philips.
- 4.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Falstaff: Act 1 Scene 2
Performer: Michele Pertusi. Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- Falstaff.
- LSO.
- 4.
Broadcasts
- Sat 6 Feb 2016 13:00成人快手 Radio 3
- Sat 21 Oct 2017 13:00成人快手 Radio 3
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