Russian dynamo Valery Gergiev -- world-famous conductor and tireless promoter of his nation's rich musical heritage -- sits for his GREAT PERFORMANCES portrait, Wednesday, May 28 at 9 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings). Constantly in motion with a schedule that would daunt most ...
Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera Reached in Paris, the day after performing in Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra" at l'Opéra national de Paris, celebrated Siberian-born baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky talked about one of his signature roles -- the title character in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" -- and the Metropolitan Opera production ...
Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Librettists: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Konstantin Shilovsky, after Alexander Pushkin's poem Production: Robert Carsen Conductor: Valery Gergiev Performers: Renée Fleming (Tatiana), Elena Zaremba (Olga), Ramón Vargas (Lenski), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Onegin), Svetlana Volkova (Mme. Larina), Larisa Shevchenko (Filippyevna), Sergei ...
Nick Heavican/Metropolitan Opera Composer: Benjamin Britten Librettists: Montague Slater Production: John Doyle Conductor: Donald Runnicles Performers: Anthony Dean Griffey (Peter Grimes), Patricia Racette (Ellen Orford), Anthony Michaels-Moore (Balstrode) Synopsis: Acclaimed tenor Anthony Dean Griffey tackles the title role in Benjamin Britten’s haunting Peter Grimes. Under ...
Composer: Tan Dun Librettist: Ha Jin and Tan Dun, based on the HISTORICAL RECORDS by Sima Qian (c. 145-85 BCE) and on Wei Lu's screenplay for THE EMPEROR'S SHADOW Production: Zhang Yimou Conductor: Tan Dun Performers: Wu Hsing-Kuo (Ying-Yang Master), Michelle DeYoung (Shaman), Plácido Domingo ...