T2E6 - Ni canta ni baila

El huracán Lola Flores también llegó a Italia. La faraona siempre soñó con ser la “Magnani española” y, aunque ningún Visconti salió al paso de sus deseos artísticos, sí logró revolucionar en varias ocasiones el Festival de Venecia con su arte cañí y, muchos años después, celebra ...  Show more

Sara Montiel cautivó a medio mundo…¡Italia no iba a ser menos! La manchega protagonizó varias coproducciones, fue objeto de numerosos reportajes en la prensa italiana (algunos llenos de “fake news”), se enamoró perdidamente a los pies del Coliseo e incluso protagonizó una sonada ...  Show more

Irving Berlin’s enduring classic, Let's Face the Music and Dance is celebrated by those for whom it has a special significance. It was written in 1932 as a dance number for the film ‘Follow the Fleet’ starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.Since then it has taken on a life of it ...  Show more

Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal.Dido's Lament is a popular name for a famous aria, 'When I am laid in earth', from the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell, with the libretto by Nahum Tate. Mezzo soprano Sarah Connolly talks about why she find ...  Show more

John Wilson returns with another edition of Mastertapes, the programme in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios, with John initially quizzing ...  Show more