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Intimate Apparel

Season 50 Episode 2

Experience this powerful opera with a libretto by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage.

Experience the story of seamstress Esther who begins writing to a mysterious suitor laboring on the Panama Canal. Featuring music by Ricky Ian Gordon, a libretto by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, this powerful opera is directed by Tony winner Bartlett Sher.

AIR DATE 9/23/22

Videos

  • Leonard Bernstein's Kaddish Symphony
    S50 E23
    Leonard Bernstein's Kaddish Symphony
  • Richard III
    S50 E19
    Richard III
  • Now Hear This “Albéniz: Portraits of Spain”
    S50 E16
    Now Hear This “Albéniz: Portraits of Spain”
  • Now Hear This “Andy Akiho Found (his) Sound”
    S50 E15
    Now Hear This “Andy Akiho Found (his) Sound”
  • Now Hear This “Schumann: Genius and Madness”
    S50 E14
    Now Hear This “Schumann: Genius and Madness”
  • Now Hear This “Piazzolla’s History with Tango”
    S50 E13
    Now Hear This “Piazzolla’s History with Tango”
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    Remember This
    S50 E10
    Remember This
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    The Magic of Spirituals
    S50 E9
    The Magic of Spirituals
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    NY Phil Reopening of David Geffen Hall
    S50 E5
    NY Phil Reopening of David Geffen Hall
  • Intimate Apparel
    S50 E2
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    Intimate Apparel
  • Black Lucy and The Bard
    S50 E1
    Black Lucy and The Bard
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