BBC Verdi 200 broadcasts I Lombardi, I Vespri etc

For those who need a fix of real opera ! Ramón Vargas and Erwin Schrott star in Verdi I Lombardi now on BBC Radio 3 (with repeats for 7 days).  This is the 2005 Maggio Musicale Fiorentino performance conducted by Roberto Abbado.

To be followed by I Vespri Siciliano (HERE), Simon Boccanegra (Domingo, Harteros, Furlanetti, Barenboim La Scala 2010) (HERE) and  Il trovatore (Met)