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Marc Gregg鈥檚 Soap Opera - Comedy, Satire and Humour

Marc Gregg takes us on a journey through song, demystifying the complexity of this musical form and shakes off its associated baggage.

Marc Gregg takes us on a journey through song, demystifying the complexity of this musical form and shakes off its associated baggage. This series simply encourages the audience to discover the power of the human voice and the emotions stirred through operatic storytelling. This week he takes us from Wagner to Streep and looks at the power of song to make us laugh.

57 minutes

Last on

Tue 20 Nov 2018 22:03

Music Played

  • Samuel Barber

    Solitary Hotel

    Singer: Ailish Tynan. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • An Irish Songbook.
    • Signum.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Act 2 No 10 D茅claration: Dites lui qu'on l'a remarqu茅

    Singer: Felicity Lott. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Choir: Ch艙ur des Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Offenbach: La Grande-Duchesse de G茅rolstein.
    • EMI.
  • Randy Newman

    Short People

    Performer: The King鈥檚 Singers.
    • De Janequin Aux Beatles.
    • Rouge et Noir.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Madamina, il catalogo 猫 questo

    Singer: Luca Pisaroni. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Choir: Ch艙ur des Musiciens du Louvre.
    • Mozart: Don Giovanni.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Jeanine Tesori

    The Girl in 14 G

    Singer: Kristin Chenoweth.
    • Let Yourself Go.
    • Sony.
  • Zina Goldrich

    Alto's Lament

    Performer: Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich. Lyricist: Marcy Heisler.
    • Marcy & Zina - The Album.
    • Yellow Sound.
  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Mysteries of the Macabre (For Coloratura and Ensemble)

    Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen. Singer: Sibylle Ehlert. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Gy枚rgy Ligeti Edition, Vol 4.
    • Sony.
  • Fascinating A茂da

    One True Religion (Live)

    • Back in the Saddle - Fascinating A茂da in Edinburgh.
    • First Night Records.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Duetto Buffo di due Gatti

    Singer: Marie鈥怤icole Lemieux. Singer: Patrizia Ciofi. Singer: Julien V茅ron猫se. Conductor: Enrique Mazzola. Orchestra: Op茅ra Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie/Pyr茅n茅es-M茅diterran茅e.
    • Si Si Si! - Rossini: Arias & Duets.
    • Erato.
  • Richard Wagner

    Die Meistersinger von N眉rnberg, Act II: Den Tag seh' ich erscheinen

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Singer: Robert Holl. Singer: Andreas Schmidt. Orchestra: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra.
    • Wagner: Die Meistersinger von N眉rnberg.
    • Unitel Classica.
  • Donald Swann

    A word on my ear

    Lyricist: Michael Flanders. Singer: Felicity Lott. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Call me Flott.
    • Champs Hill Records.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Queen Of The Night's Aria - From Die Zauberfl枚te, K620

    Singer: Meryl Streep. Performer: Simon Helberg.
    • Florence Foster Jenkins (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Decca.

Credit

Role Contributor
Presenter Marc Gregg

Broadcast

  • Tue 20 Nov 2018 22:03