Lucy Worsley’s Nights at the Opera

The BBC TV opera season also features a two-part series in which historian Dr Lucy Worsley travels to different cities across Europe to discover the locations – from Vienna to Dresden – where landmark opera productions were premiered (see p40). She is joined by Antonio Pappano (left), music director of the Royal Opera House, to explore the music of each work. BBC Two; 14 & 21 October, time tbc