Nicholas Payne remembers…..

Nicholas Payne was first taken to the Royal Opera House by his music-loving parents on his 12th birthday in 1957. In the 1990s he rose to be the Director of Opera at the House. In between he attended hundreds of performances there and in this series of podcasts he reminiscences about his experiences, particularly concentrating on the early years, where performances have been captured by recordings in the collection of Music Preserved. It features some of the great artists of the period, including Vinay, Brouwenstijn, Callas, Vickers, Kubelík, McCracken, Sutherland, Solti, Klemperer, Fischer-Dieskau, Della Casa, Jurinac, Schwarzkopf, Cotrubas. Quite a treasure trove!