Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo.
Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanish legend about a libertine as told by playwright Tirso de Molina in his 1630 play El burlador de Se...
The Barber of Seville (1816), or The Useless Precaution is an opera buffa in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy The Barber of Seville.
Composed in 1786, Mozart's classic opera has all the ingredients of a modern rom com: love, revenge and deception.
Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice? Based on the classic novel by Jane Austen. A new musical adaptation by Tony Award nominee Paul Gordon.
In this 1955 film seven dwarfs and a prince save Snow White from a bad-apple queen in the Grimm fairy tale.
Richest U.S. States by GDP. What is Gross Domestic Product? A comprehensive measure of U.S. economic activity. GDP measures the value of the final goods and services produced in the United States (without double counting the intermediate goods and servic...
Louis Langrée conducts the inaugural Avery Fisher Legacy Concert, featuring Tchaikovsky's celebrated Violin Concerto with the astonishing Randall Goosby, recipient of a 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant.
A well-known example of Gothic architecture and German Catholicism that was inducted into the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1996.
Architect Antoni Gaudi's vision for the Sagrada Familia, a church under construction for over 130 years, is aided by modern technology.
Creamy egg salad with a little tang. The secret ingredient in this tangy egg salad recipe? Steak sauce! You’ll be surprised how much of a difference it makes.
In this 1985 claymation film, celebrated author Mark Twain, displeased with the state of humanity, sets off in a hot-air balloon to meet his celestial destiny: Halley's Comet. Stowed away on the craft are beloved characters from Twain's stories -- Tom Saw...
In Roman mythology, Romulus and Remus are twin brothers whose story tells of the events that led to the founding of the city of Rome and the Roman Kingdom by Romulus, following his fratricide of Remus. Here are a few takes on the story of Romulus and Rem...
