A Very Brief History of Opera (5/6)

Conductor John Andrews' journey through the history of opera looks at the nationalist composers of the late nineteenth century. www.johnkandrews.com @JKAConductor Musical Excerpts: Mozart: Overture, The Magic Flute The London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. David Parry Massenet: Werther Orchestre de l’Opera Lyon, cond. Kent Nagano Sullivan: The Mikado Ohio Light Opera Glinka: Overture, Ruslan & Lyudmilla Mariinsky Orchestra, cond. Gergiev Glinka: Vanya’s Aria from A Life for the Tsar (Ivan Susanin) Valentina Levko, Orchestra of the Bolshoi, cond. Mark Ermler Mussorgsky: Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov National Symphony Orchestra, cond. Rostropovich Tchaikovsky: Lensky’s Aria, Eugene Onegin Orchestre de Paris, cond. Semyon Bychkov Dvorak: Rusalka Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Charles Mackerras Janacek: Jenufa All of the musical examples and artwork have been included under 'fair rights usage'. Please let me know if you are the copyright holder and are unhappy with the reproduction of any of these excepts. No infringement of copyright is intended.