At his audition for Yale Drama School, "Happy Days" and "Barry" star Henry Winkler forgot his lines and improvised a fake Shakespeare monologue. He tells Christiane the story. | Amanpour and Company

Yale Opera presents a new production of Tchaikovsky’s romantic fairy tale Iolanta. Metropolitan Opera conductor J. David Jackson leads the Yale Philharmonia and exciting young cast in this lush opera about the transformative power of love. Discover more about the operatic counterpart to The Nutcracker in this quick peek. Reserve your tickets here >> https://www.shubert.com/events/detail/yale-opera-presents-iolanta | Yale School of Music

In December, Yale Opera presented a Winter Gala Concert with the Yale Philharmonia. Here's a performance from that event of the "Flower Duet" from Delibes' Lakmé featuring soprano Jaeeun Shin '24MMA and mezzo-soprano Kara Morgan '24MMA. Watch the full performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF7V7XTBamE #FlashbackFriday | Yale School of Music

We spoke with guest conductor Leonard Slatkin about Cindy McTee's ('78MM) "Circuits," Prokofiev's Sinfonia concertante, and Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra—a program Slatkin, cellist Jakob Taylor ’23MMA, and the Yale Philharmonia will perform this Friday in Woolsey Hall. Concert details: bit.ly/3GPiHkw | Yale School of Music

On Sunday, Dec. 4, David Shifrin and 30 Yale students, alumni, and guests will participate in a clarinet celebration for the ages. We're sharing a clip from a concert in 2019 that brought together a similar group for a Yale in New York preview concert. Dec. 4 concert: bit.ly/3TFg5Kr | Yale School of Music

On Feb. 14, 2019, faculty clarinetist David Shifrin, students and alumni from the YSM clarinet studio, and undergraduates from Yale College performed a program that celebrated the instrument and the clarinet-ensemble tradition. Today, we’re sharing excerpts from that program, which was repeated the following night at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall. “While we are all looking forward to the day when we can be together and share music in person again, so many have found opportunities to reflec