This event celebrates the start of Andris Nelsons’ tenure as the 15th music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and features two of the conductor’s close colleagues, the acclaimed Latvian soprano Kristine Opolais and the outstanding German tenor Jonas Kaufmann. Singing’s selections from the Wagnerian and the Italian verismo repertoires, they join forces for a powerful duet from Puccini’s Manon Lescaut. The concert opens with Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture – the work that first inspired a five year old Nelsons to a life in music – and closes with Respighi’s spectacular orchestral showcases “Pines of Rome”.
Jackie Evancho – Awakening – Live in Concert
Jackie Evancho presenting her collection of songs from her album “Awakening”. Drawn from the best known pieces from the classical canon, Broadway, uplifting sacred music and pop songs, Jackie’s astoundingly beautiful young voice soars again at the magnificent Longwood Gardens Open Air Theatre. This is the first time Longwood Gardens has ever permitted a television special to be taped on site and in addition to her on-stage performance, Jackie was performing at various stunning locations throughout the Garden such as the Chimes Tower and the spectacular Main Fountain. Joined by Cheyenne Jackson who both hosted and performed with Jackie. Cheyenne, star of Broadway, Film and Television is perhaps best known for his starring award-winning Broadway performance in Finian’s Rainbow, his recurring role in NBC’s 30 Rock, and his starring role in HBO biopic, ‘Liberace, Behind the Candelabra’.
Carnegie Christmas Hall Concert
The film features thirty musical pieces performed at Carnegie Hall on December 8, 1991. Soloists like Kathleen Battle, Frederica von Stade, and Wynton Marsalis perform on a tiered stage before Christmas-themed panels. The uninterrupted program blends sacred and secular works from various traditions, including jazz, spirituals, European carols, and songs by composers like Hugh Martin and Mel Tormé. Performers also include the Wynton Marsalis Septet, the American Boychoir, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s under André Previn.
Joshua Bell – West Side Story: Live from Central Park
Violinist Joshua Bell pays tribute to Leonard Bernstein‘s West Side Story in New York City‘s Central Park. Under the baton of conductor William Eddins, the New York Philharmonic accompanies Bell in a new suite based on some of the musical theater‘s most enduring melodies. Broadway‘s Kristin Chenoweth duets with Bell on Bernstein‘s „Lonely Town“ from On the Town.