"Largo al factotum" is Figaro's entrance aria in Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia. The opening lines translate as, "Make way for the factotum (servant) of the city, Hurrying to his shop since dawn is already here. Ah, what a fine life, what fine pleasure for ...
George Gershwin composed "Summertime" for his opera Porgy and Bess (1935). The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based. Billie Holiday recorded the song in 1936 and it quickly became a frequently covered jazz standard. ...
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See excerpts from Mark Morris’s signature work, L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, filmed at his group's engagement at the Teatro Real in Madrid, Spain, in July 2014. The three sections seen here are Populous Cities from Act II; The Hunt, a playful scene from ...
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Rossini’s classic comedy Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) features some of the most instantly recognizable melodies in all of opera. The dynamic young cast includes Lawrence Brownlee; Isabel Leonard; and Christopher Maltman in his first Met performances of Figaro, the title barber ...
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Annie Lennox performs "Georgia on My Mind" from her Nostalgia album, live in concert. The song was written by Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Stuart Gorrell (lyrics) in 1930. It was covered by many artists before the 1960 recording by Ray Charles made it a hit. ...
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Bryan Adams performs "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You," his Grammy Award-winning ballad from 1991. Co-written with Michael Kamen and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, the song was in the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and was nominated for an Academy Award. The ...
When he was 24, Bryan Adams co-wrote "It's Only Love" with Jim Vallance as a duet with Tina Turner on his album Reckless (1984). The duet was nominated for a Grammy Award and in 1986 won an MTV award for Best Stage Performance. Here is ...
Choreographer Mark Morris’s signature work comes to television for the first time, hosted by Mikhail Baryshnikov. Morris garnered international fame for this piece, set to George Frideric Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato with poetry by Milton. This performance was filmed July 2014 at ...
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Bryan Adams in Concert includes the Canadian singer-songwriter performing "God Only Knows," which he recorded for Tracks of My Tears (2014), his album of covers. The Beach Boys released "God Only Knows" on their album Pet Sounds (1966). Watch the full concert on PBS stations ...
The music of 13 Italian films spanning the 1960s to 1980s is performed by the New York Philharmonic in La Dolce Vita: The Music of Italian Cinema. Five films are by Federico Fellini, one is a shock-value exploitation film (Mondo cane), and several won Academy ...
