OPERA ON THE BBC
Your complete guide to the Opera Season on BBC TV and Radio 3
This autumn, the BBC is broadcasting a season of programmes that celebrate the wonderful world of opera – including new films, documentaries and performances – with the aims of bringing opera to a wider audience and to enthuse a new generation. The Opera Season is being broadcast across BBC Two, BBC Four and BBC Radio 3, giving audiences an opportunity to go behind the scenes at great opera houses and hear insights from top artists. As well as tracing the musical developments from opera’s early days in Renaissance Italy to the modern era, the BBC programmes explore the social, political and historical context of major works.