The Golden Age of Singing

In this series, Sir Antonio Pappano, Music Director of the Royal Opera House, examines the art and science behind the four major voice types: tenor, soprano, mezzo-soprano and bass-baritone.
　　He explores the vocal glories of the greatest stars to emerge since recording began - Caruso, Callas, Pavarotti, Sutherland, Nilsson, Chaliapin, Baker, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Verrett and Gobbi - and the stand-out roles they made their own: Radames, Nemorino, Otello, Florestan, Tristan; Mimi, Norma, Tosca, Aida, Br?nnhilde; Carmen, Orfeo, Amneris, Octavio, Ulrica; Don Giovanni, Boris Godunov, Rigoletto, Scarpia, and Figaro.
　　With the help of some illustrious guests including Placido Domingo, José Carreras, Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato and Bryn Terfel, Antonio Pappano explores the nuts and bolts of great singing. How do you become a tenor, bass or soprano? Do you choose your voice type or does it choose you? How do you project, especially over a super-sized Wagnerian orchestra? How does a singer physically produce their enchanting sounds?
　　With rare archive and unprecedented access, Antonio Pappano unlocks the musical secrets of the human voice.