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Iain gave his first "Backgrounder" for "Opera in Concert" in 1984. Since then, he has explained the context and story of over 90 "rare" operas as follows...
| Balfe |
THE BOHEMIAN GIRL |
Nov 1987
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| Barber |
VANESSA |
Feb 1990
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| Beckwith |
NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS |
Oct 2003
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| Beckwith |
THE SHIVAREE |
April 2000
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| Bellini |
BEATRICE DI TENDA |
April 2003
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| Bellini |
I CAPULETI e I MONTECCHI |
Nov 1994
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| Bellini |
I PURITANI |
Nov 1990
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| Bellini |
IL PIRATA |
April 1989
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| Bellini |
LA SONNAMBULA |
Jan 1996
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| Bellini |
LA STRANIERA |
Dec 2001
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| Bizet |
DJAMILEH |
March 1987
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| Bizet |
THE PEARL FISHERS |
Jan 1993
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| Borodin |
PRINCE IGOR |
Dec 1987
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| Boughton |
THE IMMORTAL HOUR |
March 1991
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| Catalani |
LA WALLY |
May 1996
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| Chabrier |
LE ROI MALGRE LUI |
March 1988
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| Chapi y Lorente |
LA REVOLTOSA |
April 1995
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| Cilea |
L'ARLESIANA |
April 1993
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| Debussy |
PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE |
Nov 1998
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| Delibes |
LAKMÉ |
April 1994
Dec 1985
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| Donizetti |
LA FAVORITA |
Dec 1986
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| Donizetti |
LA FILLE DU REGIMENT |
Feb 1992
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| Donizetti |
LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX |
Nov 1998
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| Donizetti |
LUCREZIA BORGIA |
Nov 1997
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| Donizetti |
MARIA PEDILLA |
Oct 1992
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| Donizetti |
MARIA STUARDA |
Arp 2005 |
| Donizetti |
ROBERTO DEVEREUX |
Oct 2008 |
| Dvorak |
RUSALKA |
April 1997
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| Flotow |
MARTHA |
Feb 1986
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| Floyd |
SUSANNAH |
March 1999
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| Giordano |
FEDORA |
Feb 1988
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| Gluck |
IPHIGÉNIE EN TAURIDE |
Jan 1998
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| Gounod |
MIRELLE |
March 1990
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| Granados |
GOYESCAS |
April 1995
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| Handel |
ALCINA |
Nov 1999
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| Handel |
ARIODANTE |
March 2001
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| Handel |
RINALDO |
March 2004
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| Handel |
SEMELE |
March 2001
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| Handel |
TAMERLANO |
Feb 2008 |
| Haydn |
IL MONDO DELLA LUNA |
Feb 2009 |
| Korngold |
DIE TOTE STADT |
April 2007 |
| Lortzing |
ZAR UND ZIMMERMAN |
Nov 1995
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| Marshner |
DER VAMPYR |
Feb 1994
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| Mascagni |
L'AMICO FRITZ |
Feb 1989
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| Massenet |
CENDRILLON |
Dec 1998
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| Massenet |
GRISELIDIS |
Feb 1991
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| Massenet |
LE CID |
Dec 1991
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| Massenet |
LE PORTRAIT DE MANON |
March 1996
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| Massenet |
SAPHO |
Dec 1992
Nov 1986
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| Massenet |
THAÏS |
Jan 1998
April 1985
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| Mercadante |
LA VESTALE |
Nov 2008 |
| Mozart |
ZAIDE |
Jan 2007 |
| Nicolai |
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR |
Feb 1987
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| Offenbach |
LA GRANDE-DUCHESSSE DE GEROLSTEIN |
Feb 1985
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| Offenbach |
LA PÉRICHOLE |
Oct 1999
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| Perella |
EL GATTO MONTES |
Oct 2004 |
| Poulenc |
DIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITES |
Nov 2006 |
| Prokofiev |
L'AMOUR DES TROIS ORANGES |
Feb 2005 |
| Puccini |
LA RONDINE |
Nov 1985
Oct 2006
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| Rameau |
CASTOR ET POLLUX |
Feb 2003
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| Ravel |
L'HEURE ESPAGNOL |
March 1987
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| Rimsky-Korsakov |
SADKO |
Oct 1996
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| Rimsky-Korsakov |
THE SNOW MAIDEN |
April 2008 |
| Rimsky-Korsakov |
THE TSAR'S BRIDE |
Feb 2004
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| Rossini |
LA GAZZA LADRA |
Dec 2000
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| Rossini |
L'ITALIANA IN ALGIERI |
Jan 1997
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| Rossini |
SEMIRAMIDE |
Dec 2002
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| Saint-Saens |
HENRY VIII |
Nov 1991
Dec 1984
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| Saint-Saens |
SAMSON ET DALILA |
Dec 1989
Dec 2005
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| Schumann |
GENOVEVA |
April 1992
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| Somers |
THE FOOL |
Oct 2003
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| Somers |
DREAM PLAY |
Dec 2004 |
| Sullivan |
FLORENCE, THE LADY WITH THE LAMP |
March 1995
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| Szymanowski |
KROL ROGER |
Feb 2001
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| Thomas |
HAMLET |
Oct 1993
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| Thomas |
MIGNON |
May 1999
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| Verdi |
ERNANI |
Jan 2000
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| Verdi |
GIOVANNA D'ARCO |
March 1998
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| Verdi |
I LOMBARDI ALLA PRIMA CROCIATA |
Dec 1989
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| Verdi |
LUISA MILLER |
Jan 1995
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| Verdi |
I MASNADIERI |
Oct 2005 |
| Verdi |
NABUCCO |
Feb 2002
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| Verdi |
I VESPRI SICILIANI |
Dec 2003
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| Vivaldi |
LA GRISELDA |
Jan 2006 |
| Weber |
DER FREISCHUTZ |
Dec 1990
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| Weber/Mahler |
DIE DREI PINTOS |
Dec 2007 |
| Wilson |
THE SUMMONING OF EVERYMAN |
Dec 2004 |
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