Lucy Worsley's Nights at the Opera
Historian Lucy Worsley explores the history behind some of the world's greatest operas and how they reflected the cities in which they were written.
- 2017-2017
- 1 season
- Documentary, Music
Historian Lucy Worsley explores the history behind some of the world's greatest operas and how they reflected the cities in which they were written.
Season 1 Episode Guide
2 Episodes 2017
Episode 1
Episode #1.1
59 mins
Lucy visits Venice, Vienna and Milan to investigate four operas embedded in the cauldron of European politics between the 17th and 19th centuries.
Episode 2
Episode #1.2
A look at how Bizet's Carmen, Puccini's La Boheme, Wagner's Ring Cycle and Strauss' Salome swept away the conventions of opera in the 19th and early 20th centuries.