Welcome to Wednesday, here on The Brew. It’s Tracy Quan day, as our New York correspondent joins us live at 12:10 with all her latest news, views, and a brand new poem. Philippe Dova is away for one more week, but he says "hi", and he’s looking forward to returning next Wednesday. Paul Archibald will be with you at 1:25 for this week's slice of classical music. It’s going to be unashamedly excessive today, as he just wants to talk about some of his favourite big, juicy, opera arias. That's is a great excuse to play you some more absolutely fantastic music, as always, by the great ​masters.

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