Opera singer Richard Scott explores opera through the prism of various themes – politics, power, greed, the abominable, magic, lust, comedy. On The Opera Hour this week we will be joined by Glyndebourne’s Young Composer in Residence, Luke Styles, who’ll be telling us about his upcoming operas and his experiences at Glyndebourne. We’ll also be hearing some live singing from his new opera Lover’s Walk, which has its premier in a few weeks time and Luke will be talking about some of his favourite ever music from Wagner to Purcell to Eddie Vedder.’

Originally broadcast on 11th October 2012

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Opera singer Richard Scott explores opera through the prism of various themes. In today’s Opera Hour we talk to opera director Ted Huffman, who is currently directing English Touring Opera’s production of Peter Maxwell Davies’ opera The Lighthouse, which relates the mysterious events of boxing day 1900 when 3 lighthouse keepers vanished without a trace; and we’ll also be looking at ghosts and fevered imaginings in Britten’s terrifying ghost opera The Turn of the Screw.’

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