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The Oratorio: A Documentary with Martin Scorsese

Season 1 Episode 1 | 55m 45s

Martin Scorsese reveals the story of a single performance in 1826 that forever changed America's cultural landscape with the introduction of Italian opera to New York City – an event Mozart's great librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte helped orchestrate.

Aired: 11/04/21 | Expires: 12/02/21
Extras
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Rudolf Nureyev performs a solo in Swan Lake.
At 23, Nureyev fled Russia to seek asylum in Paris.
The relationship between Rudolf Nureyev and legendary ballerina Margot Fonteyn.
Explore key military technologies in the American colonies’ fight for freedom.
Friends described Liza Minnelli as going into her relationships with fervor and passion.
Take an intimate look into the life and career of screen and stage icon Liza Minnelli.
“Liza with a Z” highlighted both Liza Minnelli’s personality and her performance capabilities.
Because of her famous parents, Liza Minnelli learned how to handle the press at a young age.
Liza Minnelli became a godmother to several of her friends’ children, making her own chosen family.