Previous GREAT PERFORMANCES programs include 'Romeo & Juliet' from the National Theatre, 'The Arts Interrupted,' 'Reopening: The Broadway Revival' and 'The Conductor.' The collection of #PBSForTheArts programs is available at pbs.org/arts and the PBS Video app. For more than 50 years, PBS has been the media destination for the arts, presenting dance, theater, opera, visual arts and concerts to Americans in every corner of the country. #PBSForTheArts is a multiplatform campaign that celebrates the arts in America. The Met rings in the new year with the gala premiere of a bold new take on Verdi.

For GREAT PERFORMANCES: Bill O’Donnell is series producer David Horn is executive producer. Get a first look at The Mets production of Rigoletto, now on stage through June 11th. David Frost is music producer and Peter Gelb is executive producer. Serbian baritone eljko Lui sings Rigoletto, his sidekick and comedian, and Met favourite Diana Damrau is Rigoletto’s innocent daughter, Gilda. Polish tenor Piotr Beczaa is the Duke, a popular entertainer and casino owner who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. For the Met: Mia Bongiovanni is supervising producer and Louisa Briccetti and Victoria Warivonchik are producers. Rigoletto is a time-tested favourite of every opera house. Directed for the screen by Gary Halvorson. GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET is produced by the Metropolitan Opera in association with PBS and The WNET Group, bringing the best of the Metropolitan Opera into the homes of opera fans across the country. Courtesy of Ken Howard / Met Opera Quinn Kelsey in the title role of Verdi's 'Rigoletto.'

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