Pape takes on one of opera’s most demanding bass roles for the first time in America, with Valery Gergiev conducting.

Watch the full program of performances by Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky and tour St. Petersburg's stunning landmarks and palaces.

America’s favorite soprano, Renée Fleming, and Russia’s greatest living baritone, Dmitri Hvorostovsky perform great opera scenes in the magnificent palaces of the Czars.

Tyler Stovall describes Arthur Briggs role during World War II in the Montmartre jazz scene, the role of jazz during and after the war, and the origins of Bebop.