| Title |
The Kennedy Center Honors:
A Celebration of the Performing Arts
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| Description |
Jessye Norman tribute:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
"La ci darem la mano" from Don Giovanni
Sylvia McNair, soprano
Håkan Hagegård, baritone
Hal France, conductor
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| Date |
December 6, 1997- Dinner
The White House
December 7, 1997- Concert
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, D.C.
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| Contributor |
Walter Cronkite, Master of Ceremonies
Lauren Bacall, honoree
Bob Dylan, honoree
Charlton Heston, honoree
Jessye Norman, honoree
Edward Villella, honoree
Louis J. Horvitz, director
George Stevens, Jr., writer
Don Mischer, producer
George Stevens, Jr., producer
Ray Charles, musical consultant
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jesse Allen, U.S. Naval Academy Singer
David Ball
Christine Baranski
Shirley Caesar
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Bill Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Brian d'Arcy James
Gregg Edelman
Hal France, conductor
Håkan Hagegård
Michele Lee
Sylvia McNair
Sherrill Milnes
Bebe Neuwirth
Gregory Peck
Sidney Poitier
Colin Powell
Lynn Redgrave
Ann Reinking
Jerome Robbins
Tony Roberts
Bruce Springsteen
Ann M. Stahmer
Sam Waterston
Joe Williams
Joanne Woodward
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| Relation |
Speech given in Los Angeles on December 9, 1997 describes the events from Sylvia McNair's point of view
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| Type |
Awards ceremony and dinner
TV Special (PBS)
Invitation
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