The Enchanted Island – Handel
In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world’s best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare.
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Provost Film Series: Scheherazade: Tell Me a Story
Karim and Hebba are a young married and loving couple. Karim is just about to be appointed as editor-in-chief of the greatest governmental newspaper. Hebba is the hostess of much appreciated TV programs with controversial subjects that could put Karim’s career in danger.
Money Matters
Money Matters is a coming-of-age story about a 14 year-old biracial girl, Monique Matters, as she tries to navigate faith and sexuality questions of adolescence, a dysfunctional single-mother household, and the rough waters of our nation’s capital’s best kept secret–the inner city.
Cherish The Ladies
For this special evening of An Irish Homecoming, award winning Celtic super group Cherish the Ladies hosts an all-star gathering of singers, musicians and dancers bringing Ireland to life on the Pollak Theatre stage.
Götterdämmerung – Wagner (Broadcast in HD)
With its cataclysmic climax, the Met’s new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution.
In The Mood: A 1940s Musical Revue
Back by popular demand, In the Mood returns with their big band orchestra, singers and swing dancers. This retro 1940s musical revives the music that moved a nation’s spirit and helped win a war.
Faust Encore – Gounod (Broadcast in HD)
With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as the devil, and Marina Poplavskaya as Marguerite, Gounod’s classic retelling of the Faust legend couldn’t be better served.
Carolina Chocolate Drops with M Shanghai String Band
“To call them a string band does not really do justice to the flying instruments, the role changes and the strong and sometimes dangerous singing of Rhiannon Giddens…” — New York Times
Made In Pakistan
Made in Pakistan, a 60-minute documentary directed by Nasir Khan and produced by Ms. Khan, follows the lives of four young, middle-class Pakistanis during Pervez Musharraf’s state of emergency in 2007.
Caravanserai: Made in Pakistan
An insider’s look into “The Most Dangerous Country in the World” as labeled by a cover story in Newsweek on October 29, 2007.