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The story of an immigrant child's journey to Ellis Island
In this excerpt, Camryn Manheim performs the words of 10-year-old Russian immigrant Katherine Beychok, who traveled to America in 1910 and wrote about her experience seeing the Statue of Liberty for the first time.
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Glimpse behind the curtain at Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman’s famed concert.

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Celebrate with a performance of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” led by Jaap van Zweden.

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

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Explore Shakespeare’s love life in this ballet featuring music by Rhiannon Giddens.

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Watch an adaption of the hit film where suspicion comes to a head at a Catholic school.