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The Duchess of York Curses Richard III

Season 50 Episode 19 | 1m 46s

The Duchess of York (Monique Holt) curses her son, Richard III (Danai Gurira) in American Sign Language as his lust for power grows.

Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Jody and John Arnhold, the Abra Prentice Foundation, The Starr Foundation, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, the Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, Seton J. Melvin, the Estate of Worthington Mayo-Smith, the Jack Lawrence Charitable Remainder Trust Worchell Lawrence, and Ellen and James S. Marcus.
Extras
The cast of "Champion" perform an excerpt of "Seventeen Blows."
The company of New York City Ballet perform "Square Dance."
The company of New York City Ballet perform "The Times Are Racing."
New York City Ballet presents an evening of works by George Balanchine and Justin Peck.
Peter Mattei, Adam Plachetka, and Alexander Tsymbalyuk perform the Act II aria.
Peter Mattei stars in Mozart's tragicomedy "Don Giovanni."
Strauss’s grand Viennese comedy includes Lise Davidsen, Samantha Hankey and more.
Lise Davidsen, Erin Morley, and Samantha Hankey sing an excerpt from the Act III trio.
Great Performances presents the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s summer night concert.
Elīna Garanča Sings the Habanera with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
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New York City Ballet presents an evening of works by George Balanchine and Justin Peck.
Tony Award–winning director Ivo van Hove makes his Met debut.
Strauss’s grand Viennese comedy includes Lise Davidsen, Samantha Hankey and more.
Great Performances presents the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s summer night concert.
Great Performances presents Leonard Bernstein’s Kaddish symphony.
Michael Volle performs his first Verdi role at the Met as the knight Falstaff.
Tenor Piotr Beczała leads the cast in the title role of the mysterious swan knight.
Sondra Radvanovsky portrays the mythic sorceress in this Met premiere.
Experience Shakespeare’s tragedy recorded from Central Park starring Danai Gurira.