Casta Diva (from Norma) — Vincenzo Bellini

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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desert is.landest. 1942

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Casta Diva (from Norma) — Vincenzo Bellini

14 episodes

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Professor Eric Hobsbawm
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desert is.land

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

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

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

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Sir Stuart Rose

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Franco Zeffirelli

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Franco Zeffirelli

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Gerry Robinson

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Gerry Robinson

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Kyra Vayne

Castaway · 24 March 1996Sue Lawley

Professor Eric Hobsbawm

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Professor Eric Hobsbawm

Castaway · 5 March 1995Sue Lawley

Lady Mosley

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Lady Mosley

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Nana Mouskouri

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Nana Mouskouri

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Casta Diva (from Norma) — Vincenzo Bellini — Song · desert is.land