Performing Verdi (2001)
Presented by Rodney Miles

A celebration of the centenary of Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

In this 14-part series on Radio 3, opera critic Rodney Milnes talked to distinguished interpreters of Verdi operas - singers, conductors, directors - about the problems and pleasures of performing Verdi.

• 7 Jan Mark Elder on Simon Boccanegra
• 14 Jan Sir Edward Downes on Aida
• 21 Jan Elijah Moshinsky on La forza del destino
• 28 Jan Sir Thomas Allen on La traviata
• 4 Feb Mark Elder on Otello
• 11 Feb Dame Josephine Barstow on Un ballo in maschera
• 18 Feb David Pountney on Nabucco
• 25 Feb Jonathan Miller on Rigoletto
• 4 March Paul Daniel on Il trovatore
• 11 March Robert Lloyd on Don Carlos
• 18 March Sir Edward Downes on Stiffelio
• 25 March Jonathan Miller on Falstaff
• 1 April David Pountney on Macbeth
• 8 April Dennis O'Neill on various tenor role