In questa reggia (Turandot) — Giacomo Puccini

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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In questa reggia (Turandot) — Giacomo Puccini — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Song

In questa reggia (Turandot) — Giacomo Puccini

8 episodes

Castaways who chose this

Bernard Levin
Dame Beryl Grey
Frank Phillips
Hal Prince
John Thaw
Linda Esther Gray
Oliver Ford
Placido Domingo

Dame Beryl Grey
Beryl Grey on performing her first full-length ballet aged fifteen
Castaway · 10 March 2002Sue Lawley
John Thaw
John Thaw on being transfixed by Sibelius's first symphony
Castaway · 7 October 1990Sue Lawley

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

Bernard Levin

Bernard Levin on how being forced to learn the violin nearly poisoned him for music

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Hal Prince

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Hal Prince

Hal Prince on using tin soldiers to stage operas as a child

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Linda Esther Gray

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Linda Esther Gray

Linda Esther Gray on being told she had no voice at Sunday school

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Placido Domingo

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Placido Domingo

Placido Domingo on the tape audition that led him to the Israel Opera

Castaway · 27 December 1980Roy Plomley

Oliver Ford

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Oliver Ford

Oliver Ford on finding himself in the middle of a minefield

Castaway · 5 March 1977Roy Plomley

Frank Phillips

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Frank Phillips

Frank Phillips on reading the morning news in his pajamas

Castaway · 23 November 1964Roy Plomley

Dame Beryl Grey

John Thaw

Hal Prince

Linda Esther Gray

Placido Domingo

Oliver Ford

Frank Phillips