Great Performances
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.
Season 43 Episodes
E1
The hit musical both on Broadway and in London’s West End was recorded for broadcast at the show's West End home, the Vi…
E2
A retrospective of Broadway legend Chita Rivera. Luminaries Dick Van Dyke, John Kander, Carol Lawrence, Ben Vereen, and …
E3
The international superstar tenor Andrea Bocelli lends his unique voice to a lush symphonic salute to the movies, celebr…
Julie Andrews hosts the annual New Year’s Day celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic from Vienna’s Musikverein, a belo…
E5
Soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Yonghoon Lee make their Met role debuts in Verdi's Il Trovatore. Netrebko sings Leonora,…
E6
Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher’s acclaimed new Met Opera production is led by conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin …
E7
Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser comes to Great Performances at the Met for the first time and is conducted by James Levine. …
E8
Artist William Kentridge directs Alban Berg’s opera Lulu, starring German soprano Marlis Petersen as the irresistible fe…
E9
A concert with folk music legend Joan Baez and others, celebrating her birthday at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. …
E10
Conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and directed by Penny Woolcock, Bizet’s sweeping romance tells the story of a beautiful H…
Hear Swedish soprano Nina Stemme sing the demanding title role of Puccini’s Chinese ice princess, with Anita Hartig as t…
E12
Hear Kristine Opolais and Roberto Alagna as the ill-fated lovers in Puccini’s passionate adaptation of the classic novel…
E13
Kristine Opolais brings her heartbreaking interpretation of the title role to the series for the first time. Roberto Ala…
The last opera in Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy, directed by Sir David McVicar, stars Sondra Radvanovsky as Elizabeth I and …
E15
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts patrice Chéreau’s acclaimed staging of Elektra, with Nina Stemme in the title role on Great P…
E16
Led by guest conductor Semyon Bychkov for the very first time, the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic returns for its 13…
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