Episodes

Juan Diego Flórez's encore of the character Don Ramiro's aria "Si, ritrovarla io giuro" from Act II of Rossini's opera La Cenerentola. The performance at the Metropolitan Opera took place on May 6, 2014. See Flórez's entire performance as the dashing prince on Great Performances at the Met: La Cenerentola on Sunday, September 7 at noon on PBS (check local listings).

Joyce DiDonato sings the title role in Rossini’s Cinderella story, La Cenerentola, with bel canto master Juan Diego Flórez as her prince. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads a cast that also includes Pietro Spagnoli as the servant Dandini, Alessandro Corbelli as Cenerentola’s stepfather Don Magnifico, and Luca Pisaroni as Don Ramiro’s tutor, Alidoro, on GP at the Met, Sept. 7, 2014 at noon.

A musical exploration of liturgical and traditional works in new arrangements for both chamber orchestra and klezmer settings. Violinist Itzhak Perlman calls Eastern European Jewish music “chicken soup for the soul.”