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Carnegie Hall's 120th Anniversary Concert Featured on PBS, 5/31
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2011 On May 5, 2011, Carnegie Hall will commemorate its 120th anniversary with an all-star gala concert featuring conductor Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic and special guests pianist Emanuel Ax, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Gil Shaham, and the four-time Tony Award-winning singer and actress Aud...
Netrebko Plays Donizetti's Anna Bolena on THIRTEEN's Great Performances
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 22, 2011 The Metropolitan Opera premiere of Donizetti's Anna Bolena, starring soprano Anna Netrebko in her highly anticipated first North American performances of the tour-de-force title role, will be the 2012 season opener of THIRTEEN's Great Performances at the Met Friday, January 20 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS (c...
Juan Diego Florez, Diana Damrau Lead Met's Le Comte Ory On Thirteen 7/24
by BWW News Desk - July 24, 2011 A trio of bel canto stars--Juan Diego Florez, Diana Damrau, and Joyce DiDonato--headline the Met's first-ever production of Le Comte Ory, Rossini's final comic masterpiece. ...
Anna Deavere Smith's TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES Receives Encore Presentation on PBS' Great Performances, 8/24
by BWW News Desk - August 17, 2012 With the recent passing of Rodney King and in the 20th anniversary year of the Los Angeles riots, Great Performances brings Smith's remarkable dramatic work back to public television viewers across America when it presents an encore presentation of Marc Levin's film adaptation of Twilight: Los Angel...
Anna Deavere Smith's TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES Receives Special Encore Presentation on Great Performances, 6/29
by Kelsey Denette - June 20, 2012 With the recent passing of Rodney King and in the 20th anniversary year of the Los Angeles riots, Great Performances brings Smith's dramatic work back to public television viewers across America when it presents an encore presentation of Marc Levin's film adaptation of Twilight: Los Angeles, Friday,...
Juan Diego Florez, Diana Damrau Lead Met's Le Comte Ory On Thirteen 7/24
by Gabrielle Sierra - June 29, 2011 A trio of bel canto stars--Juan Diego Florez, Diana Damrau, and Joyce DiDonato--headline the Met's first-ever production of Le Comte Ory, Rossini's final comic masterpiece. ...
FAUST Airs on PBS' 'Great Performances at the Met,' 5/13
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2012 Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Poplavskaya, and Rene Pape in New Production of Gounod's Faust on THIRTEEN's Great Performances at the Met, Sunday, May 13 at 12 p.m. on PBS stations, with director Des McAnuff in his Met debut, with Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducting the classic opera for the first time at the M...
Wagner's RING CYCLE to Air on PBS in September
by Kelsey Denette - June 01, 2012 Robert Lepage's acclaimed new production of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, will air on Great Performances at the Met, September 11-14 in primetime each night on PBS stations (check local listings), as a major television event....
Paul McCartney's 'Live Kisses' to Air on PBS's GREAT PERFORMANCES, 9/7
by Caryn Robbins - August 07, 2012 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 Paul McCartney decided to bring Kisses On The Bottom, his newly released collection of pop standards...
THIRTEEN's Great Performances at the Met Airs Renee Fleming in RODELINDA, 4/19 & 22
by Kelsey Denette - April 05, 2012 Renée Fleming stars in Handel's tuneful 'Rodelinda' on THIRTEEN's 'Great Performances at the Met' on Sunday, April 22 at 12 noon on PBS stations, but as always, do check local listings. Andreas Scholl, Stephanie Blythe, Iestyn Davies, and Joseph Kaiser co-star in Stephen Wadsworth's acclaimed produc...
Miami City Ballet Dances Balanchine & Tharp Of THIRTEEN'S Great Performances
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 29, 2011 THIRTEEN's Great Performances puts the spotlight on one of America's finest dance companies in Miami City Ballet Dances Balanchine and Tharp on Friday, October 28 at 9 p.m. ET. ...
PBS to Tape Andrea Boccelli's Central Park Concert, 9/15
by Nicole Rosky - August 01, 2011 The free concert offered by internationally acclaimed tenor Andrea Bocelli on Central Park's Great Lawn, Thursday, September 15, 2011, will be recorded in high definition by THIRTEEN's GREAT PERFORMANCES. Accompanied by the New York Philharmonic, under the direction of music director Alan Gilbert, t...
Miami City Ballet Dances Balanchine and Tharp on GREAT PERFORMANCES, 10/28
by Kelsey Denette - October 18, 2011 THIRTEEN's Great Performances puts the spotlight on one of America's finest dance companies in Miami City Ballet Dances Balanchine and Tharp on Friday, October 28 at 9 p.m. ET. The program will air as part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival....
PBS to Tape Andrea Boccelli's Central Park Concert, 9/15
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2011 The free concert offered by internationally acclaimed tenor Andrea Bocelli on Central Park's Great Lawn, Thursday, September 15, 2011, will be recorded in high definition by THIRTEEN's GREAT PERFORMANCES. Accompanied by the New York Philharmonic, under the direction of music director Alan Gilbert, t...
'A Concert for New York' to Air on PBS Great Performances, 9/11
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2011 In remembrance and renewal, THIRTEEN'S Great Performances will broadcast A Concert for New York, performed by the New York Philharmonic on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of 9/11, led by Music Director Alan Gilbert, taped the previous night at a free concert in Avery Fisher Hall at New York's ...
FAUST Airs on PBS' 'Great Performances at the Met' Today, 5/13
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2012 Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Poplavskaya, and Rene Pape in New Production of Gounod's Faust on THIRTEEN's Great Performances at the Met, today, May 13 at 12 p.m. on PBS stations, with director Des McAnuff in his Met debut, with Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducting the classic opera for the first time at the Me...
THE ENCHANTED ISLAND Airs on PBS' 'Great Performances at the Met', 5/18
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2012 The Enchanted Island, a world premiere work that combines Baroque music with a new, English-language libretto featuring characters from Shakespeare's The Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and a starry cast including Danielle de Niese, Joyce DiDonato, David Daniels, Plácido Domingo, and Luca Pis...
The Little Mermaid from San Francisco Ballet Comes to Great Performances, 12/16
by Kelsey Denette - November 22, 2011 ...
'A Concert for New York' to Air on PBS Great Performances, 9/11
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2011 In remembrance and renewal, THIRTEEN'S Great Performances will broadcast A Concert for New York, performed by the New York Philharmonic on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of 9/11, led by Music Director Alan Gilbert, taped the previous night at a free concert in Avery Fisher Hall at New York's ...
Paul McCartney's 'Live Kisses' to Air on PBS's GREAT PERFORMANCES, 9/7
by Caryn Robbins - August 07, 2012 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 Paul McCartney decided to bring Kisses On The Bottom, his newly released collection of pop standards...
The Little Mermaid from San Francisco Ballet Comes to Great Performances, 12/16
by BWW News Desk - December 16, 2011 ...
MEMPHIS, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, et al. to Air on PBS' 'Great Performances' in 2012
by Nicole Rosky - December 27, 2011 PBS's 'Great Performances' series has just announced the schedule for their previously announced 2012 line-up, which is set to feature a slew of theatre productions. Included in the season is LET ME DOWN EASY- a one-woman show featuring Anna Deavere Smith airing January 13; MEMPHIS- featuring origi...
THIRTEEN’s Great Performances Presents LET ME DOWN EASY 1/13
by BWW News Desk - January 13, 2012 Anna Deavere Smith's latest production, Let Me Down Easy airs on THIRTEEN's Great Performances Friday, January 13 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings)....
Renee Fleming Sings Met Performance of Capriccio on THIRTEEN 8/14
by BWW News Desk - August 14, 2011 Renee Fleming sings one of her signature roles, the elegant Countess in Richard Strauss's Capriccio, on Great Performances at the Met Sunday, August 14 at 12 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings)....
'A Concert for New York' to Air on PBS Great Performances
by Kelsey Denette - September 07, 2011 In remembrance and renewal, THIRTEEN'S Great Performances will broadcast A Concert for New York, performed by the New York Philharmonic on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of 9/11, led by Music Director Alan Gilbert, taped the previous night at a free concert in Avery Fisher Hall at New York's ... |
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