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Opera at the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Proms

Opera fans can enjoy the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Proms on Radio 3, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Four, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Two, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ HD and on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ iPlayer.

Bryn Terfel performs the role of Hans Sachs in Wagner's The Mastersingers Of Nuremberg with the Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera on Saturday 17 July (Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Four at 7pm and live at 4pm on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio 3).

The following day, Sunday 18 July, Plácido Domingo performs the title role in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra (live at 6pm on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio 3).

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Act 2 of Tristan And Isolde on 1 August (live at 6.30pm on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio 3).

Robin Ticciati makes his debut at the Proms with Humperdinck's Hänsel And Gretel on 31 August in the production from this year's Glyndebourne Festival starring Alice Coote and Lydia Teuscher as the siblings lost in the wood (live at 7pm on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio 3).

The Last Night of the Proms on 11 September will unite the nation by encouraging audiences across the UK to join the largest-ever operatic chorus.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa will be performing with the winner of the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio 2 Kiri Prize at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Proms in the Park in Hyde Park, while soprano Renée Fleming leads festivities in the Royal Albert Hall.

The Last Night of the Proms is broadcast live on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio 3, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Two (first half) and Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Four (second half). Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Proms in the Park from Hyde Park is live at 7.30pm on Radio 2.

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