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Felicia Weathers, a good friend of Grace Bumbry, watches her perform as Carmen in the 1968 film version of the opera.

David Lee Brewer, Beyoncé's former vocal instructor, on Beyoncé's love of Grace Bumbry and how the score of "Carmen" changed the young performer's life.

Fleeing racial discrimination in the United States, Grace Bumbry took the opera stages of Europe by storm, first as Venus in "Tannhäuser" and then on stages across Europe.

Discover Grace Bumbry’s inspiring rise to global opera fame. Spotlighting her historic performances, the film explores the racial barriers she overcame to triumph in her 1966 performance as "Carmen."

Elza van den Heever and Gerhard Siegel, as the title character and Herod, sing an excerpt from Strauss’s “Ah! Herrlich! Wundervoll, wundervoll."

From the Schönbrunn Palace Park, Piotr Beczała performs "Nessun Dorma" with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

The Vienna Boys Choir performs "The Elves Song" from "The Rhine Nixies" by Jacques Offenbach.

Rossini’s effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher’s madcap production. Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside Jack Swanson in his Met debut as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the infamous barber of Seville, ...

Joshua Hopkins, Federica Lombardi, and Olga Kulchynska, as the Count, Countess, and Susanna, sing an excerpt from the Act II trio.

What happens when a RuPaul’s Drag Race-winner takes on Broadway—on her own terms?  Fresh off her Carnegie Hall debut, Jinkx Monsoon embarks on a lifelong dream as she dives into rehearsals for "Pirates! The Penzance Musical," where she joins an original Broadway cast for the ...