Tuesday, September 10, 2013
In this excerpt from Shakespeare's Henry V, the king (Tom Hiddleston) rallies his English troops prior to battle with the French. Second only to Hamlet's "to be or not to be,"Â Henry V's …
SOURCE: PBS at 01:36PM[SHARE]Monday, September 9, 2013
In support of the GREAT PERFORMANCES telecast, WNET.ORG is distributing 30,000 copies of a The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare's History Plays poster & teachers' guide to schools nationwide, w…
SOURCE: PBS at 04:29PM[SHARE]Created in 1972, Great Performances showcased the best in arts and culture. Director Don Mischer worked on dance shows featuring greats like Mikhail Baryshnikov, Twyla Tharp, Gregory Hines a…
SOURCE: PBS at 03:40PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Prince Hal (Tom Hiddleston) mourns the death of his father, King Henry IV (Jeremy Irons), and is forced to confront the weight of his new responsibility. Henry IV Part 2, the third installme…
SOURCE: PBS at 11:05AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Using Shakespeare's Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 as your map, follow the history of rebellion in turn of the 15th century England and the successive stories of three ki…
SOURCE: PBS at 10:42AM[SHARE]Monday, August 5, 2013
Henry IV's reign is marred by his own guilt over Richard's death, civil war, and the gnawing fear that his son Hal is a total wastrel unworthy of the throne. In this scene from the Shakespea…
SOURCE: PBS at 05:10PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 18, 2013
Richard II is a vain, self-indulgent man who rules with little regard for his people's welfare. He is ultimately overthrown by his cousin Bolingbroke, who ascends the throne as Henry IV (Jer…
SOURCE: PBS at 05:08PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 9, 2013
He will give the devil his due. Jeremy Irons researches Shakespeare's history plays as well as the differences between the real history and the father-son drama that Shakespeare creates. Sha…
SOURCE: PBS at 06:16PM[SHARE]You may my glories and my state depose, but not my griefs; still am I king of those. Derek Jacobi looks at Richard II and returns to a role he played 30 years ago: the story of a king who lo…
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HENRY V has settled onto the throne and has the makings of a fine King. The French AMBASSADOR brings a challenge from the FRENCH DAUPHIN. Inspired by his courtiers, including…
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In the aftermath of the Battle of Shrewsbury, NORTHUMBERLAND learns of the death of his son. THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE attempts, on behalf of the increasingly frail King, to sep…
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The heir to the throne, PRINCE HAL, defies his father, KING HENRY, by spending his time at MISTRESS QUICKLY's tavern in the company of the dissolute FALSTAFF and his companio…
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KING RICHARD is called upon to settle a dispute between his cousin HENRY BOLINGBROKE and THOMAS MOWBRAY. RICHARD calls for a duel but then halts it just before swords clash. …
SOURCE: PBS at 05:00PM[SHARE]The Hollow Crown is a lavish new series of filmed adaptations of four of Shakespeare's most gripping history plays; Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2 and Henry V on THIRTEEN's …
SOURCE: PBS at 12:08PM[SHARE]Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann sings the title role in a new production of Wagner's final masterpiece Parsifal, staged by acclaimed French Canadian director François Girard in his Met debut, o…
SOURCE: PBS at 10:18AM[SHARE]Monday, July 1, 2013
Joyce DiDonato (Mary), Elza van den Heever (Elizabeth), Matthew Polenzani (Leciester) perform the Act I finale from Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda" which airs on PBS Sunday, July 14 at 12 p.m. (…
SOURCE: PBS at 05:24PM[SHARE]Friday, April 19, 2013
Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening) makes his Met debut with a new production of Verdi's Rigoletto. The new staging moves the opera's tragic events from a decadent 1…
SOURCE: PBS at 05:09PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 7, 2013
British composer Thomas Adès conducts the Met premiere of his contemporary masterpieceThe Tempest, an English-language opera based on Shakespeare's final play. The Met's fantastical new pro…
SOURCE: PBS at 11:51AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 7, 2013
Verdi's Shakespearean tragedy Otello starring Johan Botha in the title role and Renée Fleming as Otello's innocent wife, Desdemona, airs on Great Performances at the Met Sunday, February 24…
SOURCE: PBS at 04:25PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Information on Great Performances and Great Performances at the Met's upcoming 2012-2013 Season.
SOURCE: PBS at 06:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Find out why the Broadway musical has proven to be such fertile territory for Jewish artists of all kinds.
SOURCE: PBS at 10:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The surprising universality of the 1964 Jerry Boch and Sheldon Harnick musical Fiddler on the Roof.
SOURCE: PBS at 05:30PM[SHARE]Friday, December 14, 2012
Watch the full documentary about the controversial and surreal Beatles film.
SOURCE: PBS at 10:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 12, 2012
From Irving Berlin to Stephen Sondheim, and from Fanny Brice to Barbra Streisand, the film explores the phenomenon of how Jewish-American songwriters created a uniquely American art form
SOURCE: PBS at 02:05PM[SHARE]Monday, September 10, 2012
The plot of Die Walküre can be summarized in a few dozen words; the outer events are relatively simple. But the inner journey of the characters is uncommonly rich and complex.
SOURCE: PBS at 05:13PM[SHARE]Jay Hunter Morris performs an excerpt from Robert Lepage's new production of Wagner's Siegfried.
SOURCE: PBS at 12:14PM[SHARE]In all of Western culture there is nothing quite like Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen ("The Ring of the Nibelung"). Based on Wagner's own retelling of stories from ancient German an…
SOURCE: PBS at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, September 7, 2012
James Levine and Robert Lepage discuss the opening bars of Wagner's Das Rheingold.
SOURCE: PBS at 01:48PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 4, 2012
An interview with Jay Hunter Morris, who plays Siegfried in Robert Lepage's new production of Wagner's Ring cycle.
SOURCE: PBS at 10:33AM[SHARE]Synopses of the four epic operas that make up Richard Wagner's Ring cycle.
SOURCE: PBS at 10:21AM[SHARE]Eva-Maria Westbroek performs an excerpt from Robert Lepage's new production of Wagner's Die Walküre.
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