Paul McCartney’s Live Kisses: About the Program
Paul McCartney’s Live Kisses captures the magical night of February 9 in the City of Angels – coincidentally, the 48th anniversary of The Beatles’ U.S. TV debut on The Ed Sullivan Show no less –when...
View ArticleThe Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour: About the Film
The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour — the controversial surreal film made by The Beatles and broadcast by the BBC in 1967 and unavailable for decades – comes to THIRTEEN’s Great Performances, Friday,...
View ArticleMagical Mystery Tour Revisited: About the Film
Songs you’ll never forget, the film you’ve never seen and a story that’s never been told. In August 1967, in the wake of the extraordinary impact of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles...
View ArticlePaul Simon’s Graceland Journey: About the Film
Paul Simon’s Graceland Journey: Under African Skies begins with Paul Simon’s 2011 emotional journey back to South Africa and the roots of his seminal album Graceland, but it unfolds into a...
View ArticleGP at the Met: La Clemenza di Tito: About the Opera
Elīna Garanča, star of the Great Performances at the Met broadcasts of Carmen and La Cenerentola, appears in the trouser role of Sesto in the Met’s rare revival of Mozart’s opera of ancient Rome, La...
View ArticleGP at the Met: La Clemenza di Tito: Video: “Se all’impero”
Giuseppe Filianoti performs “Se all’impero” from Mozart’s opera “La Clemenza di Tito”. Great Peformances at the Met airs “La Clemenza di Tito” Sunday, April 14 at 12pm on PBS (check local listings)....
View ArticlePete Seeger’s 90th Birthday Celebration from Madison Square Garden: Richie...
The late, great American folk singer and guitarist Richie Havens performs “Freedom” at Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday celebration in 2009. (View full post to see video)
View ArticleGP at the Met: Rigoletto: Video: “Questa o quella”
Piotr Beczala performs the Duke’s aria from Act I of Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” “Rigoletto” airs on Great Performances at the Met Friday, May 17 at 9 p.m. (View full post to see video)
View ArticleGP at the Met: Un Ballo in Maschera: Video: Kathleen Kim and Marcelo Alvarez...
Kathleen Kim, Marcelo Alvarez, and the Chorus perform in “Un Ballo in Maschera” which airs Sunday, May 5 at 12 noon on PBS (check local listings). (View full post to see video)
View ArticleGP at the Met: Rigoletto: Video: Act 1 Duet
The Act 1 Duet at the final dress rehearsal of “Rigoletto” with Diana Damrau as Gilda and Zeljko Lucic as Rigoletto. “Rigoletto” airs on Great Performances at the Met Friday, May 17 at 9 p.m. (View...
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