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Donna Leon

Michael Berkeley's guest is American crime writer Donna Leon. Passionate about baroque music, her choices include opera arias by Handel and Vivaldi. Part of Baroque Spring.

Michael Berkeley's guest is the American crime writer Donna Leon, whose best-selling novels, set in Venice, feature the Italian detective Commissario Guido Brunetti. Donna Leon is passionate about baroque music, and her choices include arias from operas by Handel, Vivaldi and early Mozart, as well as by Bellini and Verdi.

Part of Baroque Spring

First broadcast in May 2000.

1 hour

Last on

Sun 10 Mar 2013 12:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Viva, tiranno (Rodelinda)

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Anch'il mar par che sommerga (Il Tamerlano)

  • Vincenzo Bellini & Celso Valli

    Casta Diva (Norma)

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ombre pallide (Alcina)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Se viver non degg'io (Mitridate, re di Ponto)

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Di quella pira (Il Trovatore)

  • Traditional & Carl Doy

    Haere ra e Hine

  • George Frideric Handel

    Gird on thy sword (Saul)

Broadcast

  • Sun 10 Mar 2013 12:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

Podcast

  • Private Passions

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