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Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP The Magazine 2019

AARP The Magazine Announces the Winners of 18th Annual Movies for Grownups® Awards in Los Angeles

Appearances by Shirley MacLaine, Viggo Mortensen, Glenn Close, Spike Lee, Mahershala Ali, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kathy Bates, Barry Jenkins, Rami Malek, Topher Grace, Edward James Olmos, Marina de Tavira, Peter Farrelly, Joe Mazzello, Ben Hardy, Lucy Boynton, Richard E. Grant, Michael Douglas, Catherine O’Hara, Linda Cardellini, ...

GP at the Met: Samson et Dalila

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Watch Saint-Saëns’s biblical epic based on the tale of Samson and Delilah from the Book of Judges. Starring tenor Roberto Alagna and mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča in the title roles. Sir Mark Elder conducts.

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GP at the Met: Marnie

“Goodbye Mary Holland”

In this excerpt from Act 1, Marnie (Isabel Leonard) conspires on her next move and her new personality.

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GP at the Met: Marnie

“I see Forio”

Isabel Leonard sings the title character’s Act II aria in which she proclaims her love for Forio.

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Doubt from the Minnesota Opera

“Do you believe him?”

Sister James and Sister Aloysius come head-to-head when Sister Aloysius expresses her initial concern over the behavior of Father Flynn in this new opera based on John Patrick Shanley’s acclaimed 2005 Broadway play, later adapted into an Academy Award-nominated 2008 film.

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Julius Caesar from Donmar

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Set in a women’s prison, Great Performances: Julius Caesar offers a powerful dramatization of the catastrophic consequences of a political leader’s extension of power beyond constitutional confines through an all-female lens.

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GP at the Met: La Fanciulla del West

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Watch Puccini’s blazing love story set in the Wild West, based on David Belasco’s play “The Girl of the Golden West,” starring Eva-Maria Westbroek and Jonas Kaufmann. Marco Armiliato conducts.

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Vote for 2018’s Best Movie for Grownups

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GP at the Met: Marnie

About the Opera

Watch composer Nico Muhly’s reimagining of Winston Graham’s novel about a beautiful, mysterious woman who assumes multiple identities. Starring Isabel Leonard in the title role alongside Christopher Maltman as Mark Rutland. Robert Spano conducts.

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GP at the Met: Aida

“O patria mia”

Anna Netrebko sings the title character’s Act III aria in which she waits outside the Temple of Isis to meet with Radamès.

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