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OPERA NIGHT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT – Balfe: The Bohemian Girl

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Balfe’s greatest triumph came with the first staging of The Bohemian Girl in 1843 at Drury Lane, where it played for over 100 nights. The opera subsequently drew huge audiences throughout Europe and the Americas. Several of the arias from this work, including When Other Lips and I Dreamt That I Dwelt in Marble Halls, soon became popular concert pieces and remained familiar to music-loving audiences in James Joyce’s day. On this Bloomsday we have a featured recording of the opera with Richard Bonynge conducting the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland featuring soloists Nova Thomas, Patrick Power, Jonathan Summer, Bernadette Cullen, John del Carlo and Timothy German.

RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 16th June, 7pm-10pm