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Premieres Friday, Feb. 24, 2023 at 9 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS App. Glimpse behind the curtain at opera legends Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman's famed concert at Carnegie Hall on March 18, 1990, featuring performance clips and new interviews with opera star Angel Blue, Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb and more.
New president, new era: US artists hopeful Leading American artists say they have great hopes for what they see as a "new chapter" for the country as the Biden-Harris administration rolls up its sleeves. Dancers, writers, conductors, visual artists — various top American representatives of the cultural scene have expressed concerns and expectations but mainly cautious hope for the future under a new US administration. Joe Biden may not be "an orator like Obama, he's not as snazzy and cool as Obama, but he's very calm and he knows what he's doing," Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jeffrey E...