Watch Broadway Go to the Opera With Cynthia Erivo, Kristin Chenoweth, Audra McDonald, Kelli O’Hara, Norm Lewis, and More | Playbill

Video Watch Broadway Go to the Opera With Cynthia Erivo, Kristin Chenoweth, Audra McDonald, Kelli O’Hara, Norm Lewis, and More A host of theatre favorites lend their voices to more operatic works.

Broadway has a long history of welcoming opera stars to its stages: think Renée Fleming in Carousel, Teresa Stratas in Rags, and both Paulo Szot and Ezio Pinza in South Pacific. Several theatre artists, on both sides of the Atlantic, have also lent their talents to more operatic compositions. Watch some of these performers let their voices soar in tunes from both the worlds of opera and Broadway.

Cynthia Erivo performs the Puccini aria Nessun dorma” from Turandot

Kelli O'Hara sings Despina’s Act I aria from Così fan tutte, “In uomini, in soldati”

Kristin Chenoweth and Patti LuPone sing “We Are Women” from Candide

Audra McDonald sings a selection from The Human Voice

Alfie Boe sings “O soave fanciulla” from La Boheme

Victoria Clark and Kelli O'Hara in rehearsal for Dido and Aeneas concert

Sarah Brightman sings “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi

Norm Lewis and Audra McDonald sing “Bess, You Is My Woman Now” from Porgy and Bess

Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming, and ensemble perform an excerpt from the Act II finale of Lehár's The Merry Widow

Elaine Paige and Lesley Garrett duet on “Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour” from Jacques Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann

Sierra Boggess sings “Quando M'en Vo,” a selection from Puccini's La Bohème

Josh Groban sings “Caruso”

Paul Sorvino sings “O Sole Mio”

Kristin Chenoweth sings “Glitter and Be Gay” from Candide

And, of course, a selection from Broadway's longest-running show, The Phantom of the Opera: Norm Lewis and Sierra Boggess perform “Music of the Night.”

 

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