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In the first episode, Ramón Gener talks of the cultural setting of "Carmen" by Georges Bizet-the most frequently staged and the most popular...

In this episode which is based out of two European cities, Milan and Munich, Gener looks into the opera of Turandot- a love story set in Imperial...

"The Barber of Seville" is the quintessential comic opera and irrefutable proof that opera is not just drama and tragedy, but also pure...

At the height of his career, Puccini wrote this song to life, friendship and love. To illustrate it, Gener travels to bohemian Paris and enters some...

"Parsifal" was Richard Wagner's last opera. Its story centers on the search for the Holy Grail, although it's actually a spiritual voyage into the...

Beauty for beauty's sake. That is how Gener defines this opera by Debussy, an impressionist work with a simple argument, but one capable of giving...

Gener explains why Bel Canto awakens so many emotions and why it is a favorite for lovers of opera. Despite bel canto being born in Italy and all its...

Gener heads to Bayreuth, the hometown of Richard Wagner, the composer of the most ambitious operatic saga in all of musical history, "The Ring of the...

Rome, the eternal city, is the setting for this episode. It's also the city where the action in "Tosca" unfolds, a thriller with all the elements of...

To love and to be loved. This is the main theme in Verdi's "La Traviata", based on "The Lady of the Camellias" by the younger Alexandre Dumas and...

Gener heads to Cadaques on the Costa Brava to talk about a great love story, of a love beyond death: what Tristan and Isolde felt for one another....

To bring to light one of the most famous seducers in history, Gener delves into the world of the night, to get to know the techniques for hooking up...

Rigoletto is not just the story of a curse. It's also a story of oppressors and the oppressed. Giuseppe Verdi wrote it at 40 years of age, a critical...

Manon is a young Parisian woman who dreams of fame and riches. One day, Des Grieux crosses her path, an attractive gentleman, but one with a small...

Over 24 hours, Gener roams about the picturesque village of Aichach in the federal state of Bavaria in order to talk about one of romanticism's first...

A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a...

Follow The Saturdays every step - from gigs, photo-shoots and TV appearances to driving lessons, surprise birthday sky-dives and hanging out with...

Celebrating Countdown's 40th anniversary, host Julia Zemiro takes us through the show's fascinating story. Backed by a stellar cast of stars,...

Series celebrating the historical and contemporary links between Scottish and Irish Gaelic song by bringing together top exponents of both traditions...