Editor's Note: The following interview was originally published alongside the premiere of Great Performances - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek To Cheek LIVE! in October 2014. On January 5, 2018 Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga will treat us to jazzy Great American Songbook interpretations in an encore of Great ...
The women are not a united front in Mozart's comic opera, Così fan tutte. Sisters succumb to the deceit of their fiancés at different times, and the maid they employ is out to fool them both.
French mezzo-soprano Sophie Koch (Charlotte) sings Charlotte's aria, "Va! Laisse couler mes larmes" from Act III of Massenet's Werther. Also on stage is Lisette Oropesa (Sophie). Great Performances at the Met: Werther airs Sunday, July 20 at 12 pm on PBS. (In New York, THIRTEEN ...
The American soprano Renée Fleming won the Met's National Council Auditions 25 years ago singing the mermaid's aria "Song to the Moon" and has sung the role of Rusalka more than any artist in the Metropolitan Opera's history. Dvo?ák's Rusalka airs on Great Performances at ...
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Judi Dench sings Stephen Sondheim's “Send in the Clowns” from the musical "A Little Night Music" (1973). Dench starred as Desiree in the musical's 1995 revival at the National Theatre. This performances is part of "National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage" airing February 14, 2014, ...
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Winner of five Tony Awards and two Grammys, singer and actress Audra McDonald sings “Dear Friend” (from the musical “She Loves Me”) for the Great Performances 40th Anniversary Celebration at Lincoln Center in New York City.
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In this scene from Verdi's Otello, Renée Fleming as Desdemona sings "Ave Maria." GP at the Met: Otello airs Sunday, February 24 at 12 pm.
The Gavotte from Massenet's "Manon" with Anna Netrebko as the title character. "Manon" airs on THIRTEEN's Great Performances at the Met Sunday, August 5 at 12 p.m. on PBS (check local listings).
Angela Meade sings "Ernani, Ernani involami," Elvira's aria from Act I of Verdi's "Ernani". Angela Meade, Marcello Giodani, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and Ferruccio Furlanetto star in Verdi’s "Ernani" airing on THIRTEEN’s Great Performances at the Met Sunday, June 17 at 12 p.m. on PBS (check local ...
The original “Queen of Disco,” Donna Summer -- winner of five Grammy Awards -- died yesterday at the age of 63 after a battle with cancer. Summer appeared on stage in a European production of Hair when she was only 18. Later, she would put ...
