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Strauss' "Voices of Spring"
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Horowitz's Piano "Pyrotechnics"
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Horowitz Performs Rachmaninov's Opus 32 No. 12
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Maria Callas' "Vissi d'Arte"
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The Magic of Horowitz
Experience legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz’s homecoming concert in Russia.
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The Magic of Callas
Explore the legacy of Maria Callas in this documentary detailing her return to the stage.
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Romeo and Juliet
Experience a film by Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet with dancers from The Royal Ballet.
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LA Phil 100
Celebrate the centennial of this landmark orchestra with "La Valse" by Ravel, Stravinsky's "The Firebird" and more led by three renowned LA Phil conductors: current Music and Artistic director Gustavo Dudamel, Zubin Mehta and Esa-Pekka Salonen.
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Leonard Bernstein Mass
Enjoy Ravinia Festival’s production of Leonard Bernstein’s musical led by Paulo Szot.
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Andrea Bocelli @ 60
Celebrate Andrea Bocelli’s career with performances by the tenor including a duet with son
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Julius Caesar from Donmar
A powerful dramatization of Shakespeare’s masterpiece set in a women’s prison.
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Birgit Nilsson: A League of Her Own
Celebrate the life of Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson, the face of opera in the late 1950s-
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Doubt from the Minnesota Opera
Watch an adaption of the hit film where suspicion comes to a head at a Catholic school.
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Orphée et Eurydice from Lyric Opera of Chicago
Reimagine Christoph Willibald Gluck’s enduringly popular opera based on the famous myth.
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