"Sempre Libera" - Excerpt
Diana Damrau sings an excerpt of "Sempre Libera" from Act 1 of La Traviata.
"Libiamo ne' lieti calici" - Excerpt
Watch this lively excerpt of "Libiamo ne' lieti calici," one of the best-known melodies in opera, sung by Diana Damrau and Juan Diego Flórez.
La Traviata Preview
See Michael Mayer’s richly textured production of Verdi’s classic opera, starring soprano Diana Damrau as the tragic heroine Violetta and Juan Diego Flórez as her hapless lover Alfredo. Met Opera music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
Mark Antony & Citizens at Caesar's Funeral
Mark Antony addresses the crowd grieving for the death of Caesar and reads out his will to the people, inciting a riot.
Brutus Confronts Cassius
Brutus confronts Cassius about bribery and the potential of descending into corruption and bids him to remember the Ides of March.
Julius Caesar from Donmar Preview
Set in a women’s prison, Great Performances: Julius Caesar offers a powerful dramatization of the catastrophic consequences of a political leader’s extension of power beyond constitutional confines through an all-female lens.
Samson et Dalila Preview
Watch Saint-Saëns’s biblical epic based on the tale of Samson and Delilah from the Book of Judges. Starring tenor Roberto Alagna and mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča in the title roles. Sir Mark Elder conducts.
"Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix"
Elīna Garanča sings Dalila’s Act II aria in which she attempts to seduce Samson into revealing the secret of his strength.
Birgit and her "Tosca" Co-Stars
Nilsson performed "Tosca" numerous times in her career. See rare footage of her with her 1968 co-star, Italian lyric tenor Gianni Raimondi, and hear Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo describe performing a matinee with her in 1969.
Birgit's Vocal Technique
Watch as German operatic tenor Jonas Kaufmann explains why Birgit Nilsson was "an unbelievable force of nature" while English-Italian conductor Antonio Pappano breaks down her 1969 performance of "Turandot."
Birgit Nilsson: A League of Her Own
Celebrate the life of Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson, the face of opera in the late 1950s-70s. This new documentary showcases her greatest roles, including Elektra and The Ring Cycle, in rare footage, plus interviews with Plácido Domingo and more.
Andrea Bocelli @ 60
Celebrate the world-renowned tenor with a concert spotlighting his popular music and opera repertoire including the duet “Fall on Me” performed with his son Matteo along with songs from his new album “Si.”
"Big Yellow Taxi” - Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration
Stars Brandi Carlile; Glen Hansard; Emmylou Harris; Norah Jones; Chaka Khan; Diana Krall; Kris Kristofferson; Los Lobos with La Marisoul, Cesar Castro and Xochi Flores; Graham Nash; Seal; James Taylor; and Rufus Wainwright perform Joni Mitchell’s hit "Big Yellow Taxi" celebrating her 75th birthday celebration.
Fall on Me (Live) - Andrea Bocelli and Matteo Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli and his son Matteo perform "Fall on Me" Live in the Italian coastal town of Porto Venere
Act II Duet
Minnie (Eva-Maria Westbroek) and Dick Johnson (Jonas Kaufmann) sing an excerpt from the Act II duet in which they profess their love for one another.
La Fanciulla del West Preview
Watch Puccini’s blazing love story set in the Wild West, based on David Belasco’s play “The Girl of the Golden West,” starring Eva-Maria Westbroek and Jonas Kaufmann. Marco Armiliato conducts.
Shirley MacLaine's Acceptance Speech
Shirley MacLaine accepts her Career Achievement Honor for her remarkable career comprising more than 50 feature films highlighted by an Academy Award® win and six nominations, seven Golden Globe® Awards — including the Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement — and six Emmy® Award nominations.
Glenn Close Accepts the Award for Best Actress
Glenn Close said she felt like she was standing on the shoulders of many women — including her mother and two grandmothers — as she accepted the Best Actress award presented by Michael Douglas.
Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP The Magazine Preview
The AARP Movies for Grownups multimedia franchise was established in 2002 to celebrate and encourage filmmaking with unique appeal to movie lovers with a grownup state of mind—and recognize the inspiring artists who make them.
Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration Preview
The songs of legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell’s are among the most sublime musical landscapes of human emotion ever created. Mitchell’s unique musical and lyrical gifts are an unprecedented marriage of intimacy and universality, creating a sound that is incomparable, yet relatable to all.
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