Close personal and professional relationships are explored. We recall those of Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge; Galina Vishnevskaya and Mstislav Rostropovich; Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears; and Roberto Alagna and his brothers.
All in the Family

Playlist
“Un dì felice” from La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
Ailyn Pérez, soprano; Stephen Costello, tenor; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Patrick Summers, conductor
(London 2013. WARNER CLASSICS 0825646334858)
“Tu, tu, amore! Tu?” from Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini
Montserrat Caballé, soprano; Bernabé Martí, tenor; London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor
(London 1970. EMI 5 65533 2)
“Nobles seigneurs, salut” from Les Huguenots by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Henry Lewis, conductor
(London 1964. DECCA 475 395-2)
“Where the Bee Sucks” from Songs for Ariel by Sir Michael Tippett & Williams Shakespeare
Peter Pears, tenor; Benjamin Britten, piano
(London 1964. DECCA 478 2413)
“La Serenata” by Paolo Tosti
Joan Sutherland, soprano; London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
(London in 1963. DECCA 425 048-2)
“O Colombina” from Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Roberto Alagna, tenor; David and Frédérico Alagna, guitars
(Venice 1996. EMI 7243 5 56126 2 2)
“At the Ball” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor
(London 1975. EMI 5 62654 2)