Dec 23 Watch Hallelujah!: How Handel Orchestrated a Classic Financial Portfolio When 18th century composer George Frideric Handel wrote his timeless "Messiah" oratorio, he not only penned a classic holiday composition, he also established a foundation for a new business approach to opera. Paul Solman reports. Continue watching
Dec 07 Monday on the NewsHour: The Metropolitan Opera’s Grand Revitalization Act By Tom LeGro More of Jeffrey Brown's interviews with Renee Fleming and Bart Sher, and excerpts of the Metropolitan Opera's "The Barber of Seville" and "Tosca."… Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch At The Met, Staging a Revival for Grand Opera With opera attendance down some 34 percent over the last six years, New York's storied Metropolitan Opera is asking how it can help keep a cherished art form not only alive, but thriving. Continue watching
Nov 19 Watch Wu Man’s Music Aims to Bridge East and West Whether playing folk music with villagers in China, or performing scores written just for her by top classical composers, musician Wu Man has emerged as one of the world's foremost musical ambassadors. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Nov 18 Watch Palin Takes ‘Going Rogue’ on U.S. Book Tour Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is taking her new book, "Going Rogue," across the country. Judy Woodruff gets reactions. Continue watching
Jul 15 Acclaimed Conductor and Wife End Lives Together in Assisted Suicide British conductor Sir Edward Downes ended his life last week at the age of 85, alongside his wife Joan, 74, in Switzerland. He had not been ill (though his daughter reported he was nearly blind and deaf), but Lady Downes… Continue reading