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A version of Benjamin Britten's opera about a young sailor who is unjustly hanged.

The American Ballet Theatre, performing at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, June 1983, led by Mikhail Baryshnikov, present Cervantes' story about the adventures of the Knight of Rueful Countenance.

A mockumentary chronicling the Torrance Community Dance Group (from Fatboy Slim's "Praise You" video) on their road to the MTV Video Music Awards.

The first live telecast of an entire opera from the stage of the old Metropolitan Opera House (1883-1966).

The film introduces the Metropolitan Opera's new Music Director, Yannick Nezet-Seguin. He is only the third music director in the Met's history. The film follows rehearsals of the new production of La Traviata, primarily with the opera's star, Diana Damrau.

Aria Code is a podcast that pulls back the curtain on some of the most famous arias in opera history, with insight from the biggest voices of our time. Hosted by Grammy Award-winner and MacArthur "Genius" Fellow Rhiannon Giddens.

Paddy Chayefsky's 1954 play set in the Bronx tells the story of a recently widowed 66-year-old seeks a job after 40 years if being a homemaker.

The Chevalier des Grieux meets and seduces the young Manon when she is being escorted by her brother to a convent. Manon lives with des Grieux in Paris, but leaves him for a rich admirer. She is later arrested, charged with prostitution, and deported to Louisiana.

Soprano Renée Fleming presents a selection of performances from the past thirty years at the Metropolitan Opera.

A life of love or a life of luxury? In a moment of crisis, Manon can't decide; so she tries to have both, and ends up with neither. This is co-dependency set to music, and it was Puccini's first big hit.

French composer Hector Berlioz puts a unique spin on the familiar tale of Faust, the scholar/scientist who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for love and knowledge. The story is told in 8 episodic scenes, in Cirque Du Soleil style.

Gluck's first "reform" opera, meaning the music of the baroque era with its embellishments and improvisations is replaced with a simpler and more direct vocal style. This production is modernized and includes a host of celebrities in Hades.

A prince/troubadour in Aquitaine longs for love. A pilgrim matches him with a princess in Tripoli. A death occurs.

An interview with Silicon Valley entrepreneur Elon Musk about his electric car company, Tesla; a study of efforts of heavy screen use on the developing adolescent brain; opera singer Ryan Speedo Green.