Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857) was regarded by his successor composers as the ...

World of Opera with host Lisa Simeone brings listeners the world of tragedy and triumph, passion and seduction, intrigue and disaster, jealousies and dreams — the world of opera — every week.

The untimely death of Alexander Pushkin wrecked plans for his collaboration with Mikhail Glinka. Glinka had to write the opera Russlan and Ludmilla without Pushkin. He had to deal with an ...

As part of the BBC's focus on opera in 2010, Donald Macleod explores the rich tradition of Russian opera, from Glinka in the early 19th century to Schnittke in the late 20th ...