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Movies for Grownups® Awards 2023 with AARP The Magazine

Season 50 Episode 8 | 1hr 52m 55s

Iconic and beloved screen and stage performer Alan Cumming returns as host for this awards show in which two-time Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Jamie Lee Curtis receives the Career Achievement Award.

Aired: 02/16/23 | Expires: 04/18/23
Movies for Grownups® Awards 2023 with AARP The Magazine
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
Take a look at Schumann's 78-key piano and listen to a performance of his piano quintet.
Scott Yoo and Dr. Richard Kogan discuss the creativity and mental illness of Schumann.
Visit Scotland, Germany and France with host Scott Yoo.
Watch Scott Yoo get a lesson in playing tango.
Watch host Scott Yoo play Julio de Caro's violín-corneta.
Tango to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with host Scott Yoo.
Nadine Sierra stars as the opera’s heroine, the self-sacrificing courtesan Violetta.
Nadine Sierra and Stephen Costello perform "Libiamo, ne’ lieti calici."
Renée Fleming performs as Clarissa Vaughan in "The Hours."
Kelli O'Hara and Joyce DiDonato perform "How is it possible?" from "The Hours."
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Visit Scotland, Germany and France with host Scott Yoo.
Tango to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with host Scott Yoo.
Nadine Sierra stars as the opera’s heroine, the self-sacrificing courtesan Violetta.
Renée Fleming makes her return to the Met in this new opera.
Experience David Strathairn as reluctant Holocaust witness, Jan Karski.
Glimpse behind the curtain at Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman’s famed concert.
Celebrate the new year with this annual classical music celebration.
Experience the world-renowned baritone perform with special guests including Cyndi Lauper.
Experience this contemporary opera based on Shakespeare’s masterpiece.
Celebrate with a performance of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” led by Jaap van Zweden.