Amelita Galli-Curci

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desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Amelita Galli-Curci — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

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1960s

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Beverly Sills on cutting up a costume to get it made silver
Castaway · 18 November 1972Roy Plomley

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Giovanni Martinelli on his bandmaster discovering his voice in the army

Castaway · 18 June 1962Roy Plomley