VIDEO PODCAST: Women Composers - Our special hour-long illustrated feature on women composers includes contributions from Diana Ambache, Gail Wein, Hilary Tann, Natalie Artemas-Polak and Victoria Bond.
VIDEO PODCAST: John Dante Prevedini leads a discussion about Youth Involvement in Classical Music - this specially extended illustrated feature includes contributions from Christopher Morley, Gerald Fenech, Halida Dinova, Patricia Spencer and Roderic Dunnett.
The Italian mezzo Fedora Barbieri was born in Trieste on 4 June 1920.
She sang at La Scala, The Met and Covent Garden, had 110 roles in her repertoire and made many recordings.
Fedora Barbieri died in Florence on 4 March 2003 aged eighty-two.