
Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening) makes his Met debut with a new production of Verdi's Rigoletto. The new staging moves the opera's tragic events from a decadent 1…
Linked From PBS at 03:14AMBritish composer Thomas Adès conducts the Met premiere of his contemporary masterpieceThe Tempest, an English-language opera based on Shakespeare’s final play. The Met’s fantastical new…
Linked From PBS at 07:00PMVerdi’s Shakespearean tragedy Otello starring Johan Botha in the title role and Renée Fleming as Otello’s innocent wife, Desdemona, airs on Great Performances at the Met Sunday, Februar…
Linked From PBS at 06:40PMInformation on Great Performances and Great Performances at the Met's upcoming 2012-2013 Season.
Linked From PBS at 05:34AMFind out why the Broadway musical has proven to be such fertile territory for Jewish artists of all kinds.
Linked From PBS at 05:49PMThe surprising universality of the 1964 Jerry Boch and Sheldon Harnick musical Fiddler on the Roof.
Linked From PBS at 05:44PMWatch the full documentary about the controversial and surreal Beatles film.
Linked From PBS at 03:10PMFrom Irving Berlin to Stephen Sondheim, and from Fanny Brice to Barbra Streisand, the film explores the phenomenon of how Jewish-American songwriters created a uniquely American art form
Linked From PBS at 05:53PMThe plot of Die Walküre can be summarized in a few dozen words; the outer events are relatively simple. But the inner journey of the characters is uncommonly rich and complex.
Linked From PBS at 08:55PMJay Hunter Morris performs an excerpt from Robert Lepage's new production of Wagner's Siegfried.
Linked From PBS at 08:55PMIn all of Western culture there is nothing quite like Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen (“The Ring of the Nibelung”). Based on Wagner’s own retelling of stories from ancient G…
Linked From PBS at 08:55PMJames Levine and Robert Lepage discuss the opening bars of Wagner's Das Rheingold.
Linked From PBS at 11:19AMDeborah Voigt and Bryn Terfel perform an excerpt from Robert Lepage's new production of Wagner's Die Walküre.
Linked From PBS at 11:17AMEva-Maria Westbroek performs an excerpt from Robert Lepage's new production of Wagner's Die Walküre.
Linked From PBS at 11:17AMJonas Kaufmann performs an excerpt from Robert Lepage's new production of Wagner's Die Walküre.
Linked From PBS at 11:17AMAn interview with Jay Hunter Morris, who plays Siegfried in Robert Lepage's new production of Wagner's Ring cycle.
Linked From PBS at 11:17AMSynopses of the four epic operas that make up Richard Wagner's Ring cycle.
Linked From PBS at 11:17AMAcclaimed French soprano Natalie Dessay makes her Met role debut as Violetta, the fallen woman who sacrifices her last chance for love, in Verdi’s La Traviata airing on THIRTEEN’s Great …
Linked From PBS at 03:09PMRobert Lepage’s acclaimed new production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, will air on Great Performances at the Met, September 11-14 in primetime each night on PBS stations (check lo…
Linked From PBS at 01:40PMThe Enchanted Island, a world premiere work that combines Baroque music with a new, English-language libretto featuring characters from Shakespeare’s The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s …
Linked From PBS at 06:02PMThree of the opera world’s leading stars—Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Poplavskaya, and René Pape—sing the principal roles in a new production of Gounod’s Faust, directed by Tony Award win…
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