Garrick Utley

In April 1975 -- despite a ceasefire agreement -- the North Vietnamese communists took Saigon and the world by surprise, mounting an offensive that ousted the South Vietnamese government. This enlightening documentary recounts the last two years of America's military engagement in the country and the U.S. role in Saigon's fall. Interviews with former National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese officers provide context.

This all-star cast is framed by Peter Hall’s gritty, realistic production and conducted by James Levine, who brings out all the surging emotion and gripping drama in Bizet’s score. At the center of the story is Agnes Baltsa, whose smoky mezzo is tailor-made for the gypsy Carmen, an independent woman who glories in obeying only her own rules, but who is haunted by fate. Superstar tenor José Carreras is Don José, the solider from a small town who catches Carmen’s eye and is destroyed by his growing obsession with her. Samuel Ramey is the charismatic matador Escamillo, who lures Carmen away from Don José with tragic result. Leona Mitchell is Micaëla, the simple girl from Don José’s hometown who cannot save him. March 21, 1987 Matinee Broadcast.

From 1971 to 1973, Richard Nixon secretly recorded his private conversations in the White House. This film chronicles the content of those tapes, which include Nixon's conversations on the war in Vietnam, the Pentagon Papers leak, his Supreme Court appointments, and more--while also exposing shocking statements he made about women, people of color, Jews, and the media.

This evocative production by Giancarlo Del Monaco sumptuously captures the look and feel of 14th century Genoa and is a perfect compliment to Verdi’s setting of this story of searing conflict between public duty and private grief. Plácido Domingo is Gabriele Adorno, sworn enemy of the doge of Genoa, Simon Boccanegra (Vladimir Chernov). Gabriele is in love with the beautiful Amelia (Kiri Te Kanawa at her most affecting) who turns out to be none other than the long-lost daughter the doge. James Levine’s authoritative conducting of the Met orchestra and chorus reveals the dark power of Verdi’s score. Performed January 26th, 1995.

Parsifal est un « festival scénique sacré » (en allemand : Bühnenweihfestspiel, selon l'appellation de Wagner) en trois actes de Richard Wagner créé le 26 juillet 18821 lors du second festival de Bayreuth. Il se fonde sur l’épopée médiévale Parzival de Wolfram von Eschenbach et sur Perceval ou le Conte du Graal de Chrétien de Troyes.

Meet the Press est une émission hebdomadaire d'actualités et d'interviews télévisées américaines diffusée sur NBC. Il s'agit de la série télévisée la plus ancienne de l'histoire de la radiodiffusion américaine, bien qu'elle ne ressemble guère au format original du programme vu lors de ses débuts à la télévision le 6 novembre 1947. Meet the Press est la mieux notée de la télévision américaine Sunday Morning Talk spectacles.

Meet the Press est une émission hebdomadaire d'actualités et d'interviews télévisées américaines diffusée sur NBC. Il s'agit de la série télévisée la plus ancienne de l'histoire de la radiodiffusion américaine, bien qu'elle ne ressemble guère au format original du programme vu lors de ses débuts à la télévision le 6 novembre 1947. Meet the Press est la mieux notée de la télévision américaine Sunday Morning Talk spectacles.