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Renee Fleming, John Guare, Patti LuPone Set for HBO’s YoungArts MasterClass Series

Patti LuPone
(© Tristan Fuge)
Patti LuPone
(© Tristan Fuge)

Tony Award winners Patti LuPone and John Guare, musician Bobby McFerrin, painter James Rosenquist, and photographer Bruce Weber will be among the artists featured in the second season of HBO’s series YoungArts MasterClass. The series is produced and directed by Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon.


The new season will premiere at 6pm on May 28 with a special 30-minute episode featuring opera legend Renee Fleming as she mentors four talented young opera students in her apartment, at New York City’s Juilliard School, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and at the Lyric Opera of Chicago where she serves as Creative Consultant.


YoungArts is the core program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA).


For more information, visit www.HBO.com.