Audiobooks Narrated by David Timson

From the earliest civilizations to the 21st century: a global journey through human history, published alongside a landmark BBC One television series....

Carmen is a French opera by Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Meilhac and Halévy, based on the novel by Prosper Mérimée.

Based on the simple yet deeply moving legendary tale of Orpheus, who loses his beloved wife to death but is able to restore her through the power of his music....

The Trial and the Death of Socrates remains a powerful document...

Monteverdi's Orfeo, first performed in 1607, generates a special excitement because it is the first unquestioned masterpiece of opera....

Aida is one of the most popular operas ever written, a sumptuous work which has moments of great drama, but which reminds us in the end that it's all about people--the greatest love affairs and the greatest affairs of state cliff themselves in simple humanity.

An introduction to Mozart's opera, which is suitable for music-lovers as well as the most intellectual listener.

The plays of William Shakespeare, and his famous lines, are part of the national consciousness...

La traviata, an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, takes as its basis the novel La dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas…

Comedy is totally subjective...