Nicholas Hytner's production of Verdi's Don Carlo from the Royal Opera House. Based on Schiller's play, it tells the story of the conflicts in the life of the Prince of Spain. Show more

Placido Domingo makes his Covent Garden debut singing baritone in the title role of Verdi's opera. Antonio Pappano introduces and conducts Elijah Moshinsky's classic production. Show more

Antonio Pappano presents a series tracing the history of Italian opera. It opens with a whistle-stop tour of the beginnings of opera, from Monteverdi to Rossini. Show more

In a series tracing the history of Italian opera, Antonio Pappano looks at six of Verdi's most famous works and visits his birthplace of Le Roncole in northern Italy. Show more

To conclude his series, Antonio Pappano looks at five of Puccini's operas - La Boheme, Tosca, Madame Butterfly, Gianni Schicchi and Turandot. Show more

Documentary going behind the scenes of a production of Puccini's Tosca by the Royal Opera House. Antonio Pappano examines the drama and musical language of this famous piece. Show more

Puccini's ever popular Tosca from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with a star-studded cast including Angela Gheorghiu, Bryn Terfel and Jonas Kaufmann. Show more

Opera based on the life of the American Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith, starring Eva-Maria Westbroek. Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House. Show more

World premiere of Harrison Birtwistle's new opera from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. A ship carrying innocents for slaughter sails towards the island of Crete. Show more

The world premiere of Harrison Birtwistle's new opera from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Theseus confirms to Ariadne that he is determined to face the Minotaur. Show more

For over a hundred years, Carmen has enthralled audiences. This thrilling tour of Francesca Zambello's spectacular new production includes interviews and sneak previews. Show more

Antonio Pappano conducts this one-act opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Il Tabarro - The Cloak - is the first in a trilogy of short operas by Puccini. Show more

Antonio Pappano introduces and conducts Puccini's short one-act opera at the Royal Opera House, a tragic tale of love, loss and religious redemption set in 17th-century Sienna. Show more

From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano introduces and conducts Puccini's comic masterpiece Gianni Schicchi - the final opera from his trilogy Il Trittico. Show more

Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 4 from the 2008 BBC Proms. Boris Berezovsky performs with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain under Antonio Pappano. Show more

Andrew Marr is joined by key political personalities and cultural figures to discuss politics, current affairs and the arts. Guests include Sir Nick Houghton and Rupert Grint. Show more

Tom Service explores the life of Polish composer Karol Szymanowski, visiting his final home in the Tatra Mountains and talking to scholars and experts in Poland. Show more

Antonio Pappano explores the great roles and the greatest singers of the last 100 years through the prism of the main classical voice types. He begins with the soprano. Show more

Antonio Pappano explores the great roles and the greatest singers through the prism of the main voice types. He continues with the tenor, opera's glamour boy. Show more

Antonio Pappano explores the great roles and singers through the prism of the main voice types. He continues with the mezzo-soprano, often the rival or the villainess. Show more