Tosca Act 2 - the rapist sings • Things start getting worse for lovers - Tosca & Cavaradossi - Torture of Tosca's lover by Scarpia's men • Betrayal - and sexual predator • He's ready to rape Tosca • Her finest area - opera - the monster prowls • Climax: She tabs him to death • After killing the monster She tidies up - End of Act 2 • Maria Callas as Tosca & Harvey Weinstein - Opera by Puccini • Act 2 starts with Scarpia sung by Tito Gobbi

Two of the cast of "Irma - an opera by Tom Phillips" - Benjamin O'Mahony & Francis Brett chat with Paul O'Mahony. In a pub after the performance... This recording was first published on Wave Radio

She has sung in public for the last time. She'll teach. Bring on some of the next generation of sopranos. I saw her perform in Covent Garden London - I think it was Mozart. May she live a long life

5 September birthday of Giacomo Meyerbeer http://bit.ly/2wFRL2g

You hear a call from Zvi Weiss praising Opera Centre - Verdi's Chorus of Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco - Paul O'Mahony reads from Robert Parker in the 2016 Royal Opera House Programme Book.

Paul - our clumsy news reader makes his first news broadcast. He'll improve - provided he practises. Welsh National Opera- SF Opera - English Touring Opera - Glyndebourne- Wexford - Wagner Conductors

Happy Birthday Claud Debussy - thanks for "Pelléas et Mélisande" • Story of Pelléas et Mélisande - in 3 minutes • End of opera by Debussy - Pelléas et Mélisande • Listen to The Great Everything introduce Debussy • Pelléas Act 2 (the start) by Debussy - conducted by Pierre Boulez • Debussy also composed 3 unfinished operas : Rodriguez et Chimène - N Malfino • The Edgar Allan Poe Operas by Debussy • More 'Fall of the House of Usher' - unfinished opera by Debussy

More Maria Callas singing "Turandot"

Introducing your "Opera Centre" • Opera Centre launch on Anchor • More Maria Callas singing "Turandot"

Most popular aria of all : from "Turandot" : 'Nessun Dorma'