The Lyric Feature Friday 11 October 2013
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In a four part series marking the bi-centenary of the birth of Giuseppe
Verdi, Ian Fox tells the story of how a lad from a tiny Italian village in the
early 19th century transformed the world of opera in a single
lifetime. Programme 1: The Boy from Busseto.