16.1.2012 - RVW, the opera composer [REPEAT]

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Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): The Stage Works

1/5. Who Wants the English Composer? Donald Macleod explores Vaughan Williams's first opera Hugh the Drover.
2/5. A Vision of Albion: The appeal to Vaughan Williams of Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress.
3/5. Shakespearean Portraits: Vaughan Williams's works on Elizabethan and Tudor themes.
4/5. A Masterpiece and a Problem Opera: Two contrasting Vaughan Williams operas.
5/5. The Labour of a Lifetime: Vaughan Williams during World War II, including Pilgrim's Progress.

REPEATS

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For those interested, a review of a production of RVW's The Poisoned Kiss from Hunter College, NYC:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/arts/music/bronx-opera-in-the-poisoned-kiss-at-lehman-college-review.html