Great Performances
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Great Performances

6.0/10 1971 52 Seasons 684 Episodes Returning Series

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

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Season 41 Episodes

S41E1
E1
Richard II
2013

Witness Ben Whishaw’s performance as Richard in this television adaptation of Shakespeare’s play.

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E2
Henry IV Part 1
2013

Jeremy Irons and Tom Hiddleston star in the Shakespeare's history play.

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E3
Henry IV Part 2
2013

Jeremy Irons and Tom Hiddleston star in Shakespeare's history play.

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E4
Henry V
2013

Henry V has settled onto the throne and has the makings of a fine King. The French Ambassador brings a challenge from th…

S41E5
E5
Great Performances 40th Anniversary Celebration
2013

In celebration of the series’ 40th anniversary on PBS, a stellar roster of diverse alumni gather to share their stories …

S41E6
E6
San Francisco Opera's Moby Dick
2013

Composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer’s award-winning opera Moby-Dick will be broadcast on THIRTEEN’s Great Pe…

E7
Company with the New York Philharmonic
2013

The New York Philharmonic’s concert staging of Stephen Sondheim’s award-winning musical Company includes the all-star ca…

S41E8
E8
Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!"
2013

Directed by Sir Trevor Nunn, and choreographed by Susan Stroman, the acclaimed Royal National Theatre production starrin…

S41E9
E9
Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn
2013

The legendary Barbra Streisand makes a historic homecoming to Brooklyn at the new Barclays Center arena, marking the sup…

S41E10
E10
Pavarotti: A Voice for the Ages
2013

This one-hour program airing in late November and December is dedicated to the great tenor, Luciano Pavarotti. It includ…

S41E11
E11
From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2014
2014

Julie Andrews hosts this annual New Year's Day celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic. Daniel Barenboim conducts a pro…

S41E12
E12
Great Performanes at the Met: Eugene Onegin
2014

Tchaikovsky’s romantic tragedy Eugene Onegin, starring Anna Netrebko, Mariusz Kwiecien, and Piotr Beczala, is the season…

E13
Barrymore
2014

John Barrymore (Christopher Plummer) banters with his line prompter Frank before beginning a rehearsal of "Richard III,"…

S41E14
E14
National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage
2014

The National Theatre in London celebrates its 50th anniversary with a cast of theater legends, including Maggie Smith, R…

S41E15
E15
Sting: The Last Ship
2014

Watch highlights from Sting's live performance of "The Last Ship" at the Public Theater in New York City. The 16-time Gr…

S41E16
E16
Great Performances at the Met: The Nose
2014

William Kentridge‘s dazzlingly innovative production of Shostakovich’s shocking, unconventional opera about a beleaguere…

S41E17
E17
Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs as Dukes of Sept.
2014

Rock & roll royalty Donald Fagen (Steely Dan), Michael McDonald (The Doobie Brothers) and Boz Scaggs join forces as thei…

S41E18
E18
Steve Martin and The Sheep Canyon Rangers ft Edie Brickell
2014

See Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers, featuring Edie Brickell, in their first-ever live concert performance to …

S41E19
E19
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Celebration Concert
2014

Great Performances presents a special encore of highlights from 1992’s star-studded concert tribute to Bob Dylan, the Am…

S41E20
E20
Great Performances at the Met: Tosca
2014

Tosca, Puccini’s favorite opera, stars an exceptional trio of singing actors. Acclaimed American soprano Patricia Racett…

S41E21
E21
The Dave Clark Five and Beyond - Glad All Over
2014

In the 1960s, the British band The Dave Clark Five achieved a record-breaking 15 consecutive Top 20 U.S. hit singles wit…

E22
Great Performances at the Met: Falstaff
2014

Verdi’s brilliant final opera, "Falstaff," is conducted by Metropolitan Opera Music Director James Levine in his first G…

S41E23
E23
Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty
2014

Leo's kiss of true love breaks the curse that has held Princess Aurora (Hannah Vassallo) under its spell. After 100 year…

S41E24
E24
Great Performances at the Met: Rusalka
2014

Renée Fleming sings one of her signature roles, the title character in Dvořák's Rusalka, an opera about a water spirit's…

S41E25
E25
Great Performances at the Met: Prince Igor
2014

Borodin's Russian epic Prince Igor, performed by the Met for the first time in nearly 100 years. The acclaimed new produ…

S41E26
E26
Great Performances at the Met: La Boheme
2014

Franco Zeffirelli’s production of La Bohème, the most-performed opera in Met history, starring Italian tenor Vittorio Gr…

S41E27
E27
Great Performances at the Met: Werther
2014

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann stars as the tortured poet in the Met’s new production of Jules Massenet’s Werther on Great Perform…

S41E28
E28
Dudamel Conducts Verdi Requiem at the Hollywood Bowl
2014

The acclaimed outdoor performance celebrating the 200th anniversary of Verdi’s birth is interspersed with archival foota…

S41E29
E29
Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2014
2014

Led for the first time by a guest conductor Christoph Eschenbach, the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic returns for the…

S41E30
E30
Great Performances at the Met: Cosi Fan Tutte
2014

James Levine conducts Mozart’s romance Così fan tutte, a comic opera about the complications that ensue when two friends…

S41E31
E31
Rejoice with Itzhak Perlman & Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot
2014

Legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman and celebrated cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot join forces for a musical exploration of …

S41E32
E32
Great Performances at the Met: La Cenerentola
2014

Joyce DiDonato sings the title role in Rossini’s Cinderella story, La Cenerentola, with bel canto master Juan Diego Flór…

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