Not perhaps 'a night at the opera', unless you listen later on iplayer, but R3 are broadcasting a production of Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito from La Monnaie this afternoon. I think it's an underrated opera with some very beautiful music, and possibly as convincing in a concert performance as on the stage. Imv it benefits from cuts to the lengthy recitatives (which are not even by Mozart, it seems) as was done in the Erik Smith recording for Decca with Kertesz and the Vienna State Opera. Veronique Gens sings the role of Vitellia, who has the glorious aria with obbligato basset-horn in the finale to Act 2.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04007gr
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04007gr
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