GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends: Run-DMC Medley
Naughty By Nature perform Trustees Award honoree Run-DMC's hits ”Beats to the Rhyme” and "Walk This Way."
GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends: Tribute to Celia Cruz
Paying tribute to three-time GRAMMY winner and four-time Latin GRAMMY® winner Celia Cruz — internationally known as the “Queen Of Salsa” — are Latin GRAMMY nominee Lucrecia and GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY winner Andy García, who will bring his Cuban musical group, Andy García And The CineSon All Stars, to the stage.
GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends: Earth, Wind & Fire Medley
Six-time GRAMMY winners Earth, Wind & Fire, one of the most important and innovative musical forces influencing music and popular culture across generations, perform ”Fantasy” and ”September.”
GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends
In collaboration with The Recording Academy, Great Performances presents “GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends,” a special all-star concert offering a primetime spotlight for The Academy’s 2016 Special Merit Awards recipients. The celebration and tribute concert features rare performances by honorees and never-before-seen renditions by those they’ve inspired.
Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2016
Led by guest conductor Semyon Bychkov for the very first time, the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic returns for its 13th open-air concert, with a program of French orchestral classics, in the magnificent gardens of Austria’s Imperial Schönbrunn Palace.
Great Performances at the Met: Elektra
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts patrice Chéreau’s acclaimed staging of Elektra, with Nina Stemme in the title role on Great Performances at the Met
Great Performances at the Met: Roberto Devereux
The last opera in Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy, directed by Sir David McVicar, stars Sondra Radvanovsky as Elizabeth I and features Matthew Polenzani, Elina Garanca and Mariusz Kwiecien. Maurizio Benini conducts.
Great Performances at the Met: Madama Butterfly
Kristine Opolais brings her heartbreaking interpretation of the title role to the series for the first time. Roberto Alagna sings Lieutenant Pinkerton, the callous officer who crushes Butterfly's dreams of love. Debuting conductor Karel Mark Chichon leads a cast that includes Maria Zifchak as Suzuki and Dwayne Croft as Sharpless.
Great Performances at the Met: Manon Lescaut
Hear Kristine Opolais and Roberto Alagna as the ill-fated lovers in Puccini’s passionate adaptation of the classic novel about a free-spirited country girl. Sir Richard Eyre’s new production, conducted by Fabio Luisi, is set in the 1940s.
In Memoriam: Remembering Elie Wiesel
GREAT PERFORMANCES mourns the passing of writer, professor, political activist, and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, whose tireless work to document the Holocaust as well as defend human rights and victims of oppression everywhere was recognized with a Nobel Peace Prize in 1986.
Great Performances at the Met: Turandot
Hear Swedish soprano Nina Stemme sing the demanding title role of Puccini’s Chinese ice princess, with Anita Hartig as the angelic slave girl Liù and Marco Berti as Calàf. Paolo Carignani conducts Franco Zeffirelli’s spectacular 1987 production.
'Before The Deluge' by Joan Baez and Jackson Browne
Joan Baez and Jackson Browne sing "Before The Deluge," a song written by Jackson Browne, during the Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration at the Beacon Theatre in New York on January 27, 2016.
Joan Baez with Indigo Girls and Mary Chapin Carpenter
Joan Baez, Indigo Girls and Mary Chapin Carpenter sing "The Water Is Wide," a traditional song rearranged by Joan Baez, during the Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration at the Beacon Theatre in New York on January 27, 2016.
GP at the Met: The Pearl Fishers promo
Conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and directed by Penny Woolcock, Bizet’s sweeping romance tells the story of a beautiful Hindu priestess pursued by rival pearl divers competing for her hand. Diana Damrau leads the cast as the priestess Leïla, opposite Matthew Polenzani as Nadir, Mariusz Kwiecien as Zurga, and Nicolas Testé as the high priest Nourabad.
Joan Baez and Judy Collins Sing 'Diamonds and Rust'
Joan Baez and Judy Collins sing "Diamonds and Rust", a song written by Joan Baez, during the Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration at the Beacon Theatre in New York on January 27, 2016.
Joan Baez and Paul Simon Sing 'The Boxer'
Joan Baez and Paul Simon sing "The Boxer", a song written by Paul Simon, during the Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration at the Beacon Theatre in New York on January 27, 2016.
Joan Baez Sings 'Forever Young'
Joan Baez sings 'Forever Young,' a song written by Bob Dylan during the Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration at the Beacon Theatre in New York on January 27, 2016.
Joan Baez and David Crosby Sing 'Blackbird'
Joan Baez and David Crosby performed "Blackbird," a song written by Lennon–McCartney, during the Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration at the Beacon Theatre in New York on January 27, 2016.
Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration Preview
A concert with folk music legend Joan Baez and others, celebrating her birthday at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. Baez is joined on stage by stars including David Bromberg, Jackson Browne, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Judy Collins, David Crosby, Emmylou Harris, Indigo Girls, Damien Rice, Paul Simon, Mavis Staples, Nano Stern, and Richard Thompson.
GP at the Met: Lulu
Artist William Kentridge directs Alban Berg’s opera Lulu, starring German soprano Marlis Petersen as the irresistible femme fatale. One of the most important and notorious stage works of the 20th century, Lulu is the drama of a young woman who sexually and emotionally dominates a wide range of willing victims, both male and female. Welsh National Opera music director Lothar Koenigs conducts.
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