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 44 Episodes
E1
In collaboration with The Recording Academy, Great Performances presents “GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends,” a special all…
E2
A behind-the-scenes look at Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway musical Hamilton, coming to Great Performances as part of the …
E3
Jonathan Kent’s award-winning production of the classic musical Gypsy – a record-breaking sellout during its acclaimed L…
E4
The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses with an all-star cast including Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Sturridge, Sophie Okon…
E5
Henry IV Part 2 is the second of three parts in The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses. Bitter rivalries erupt into the…
E6
The star-studded Shakespeare Live! from the Royal Shakespeare Company salutes the Bard across multiple genres. This cele…
E7
Richard III is the third of three parts in The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses. Richard III, the most notorious of S…
E8
Stage and screen legend Julie Andrews returns for the eighth time to host the festive annual New Year's celebration with…
E9
Bel Canto the Opera from Lyric Opera of Chicago Comes to Great Performances. Lyric’s creative consultant, soprano Renée …
E10
The series premieres with a native New Yorker from Hell’s Kitchen, Grammy Award-winning artist, Alicia Keys. Her collabo…
E11
Country music superstar Brad Paisley returns to his roots in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains for a special outdoor c…
E12
The Met’s new production of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle in his first Met performances sin…
E13
New York City Ballet in Paris is the part one of a two-part special featuring four ballets by NYCB co-founder George Bal…
E14
Charismatic baritone Simon Keenlyside stars as the title character in Don Giovanni, bringing his acclaimed interpretatio…
E15
New York City Ballet Symphony in C is part two of a two-part special featuring four ballets by NYCB co-founder George Ba…
E16
Gustavo Dudamel accents the colors, rhythms, and passion of music by leading composers from Argentina in this invigorati…
E17
Kaija Saariaho’s L’Amour de Loin (“Love From Afar”), one of the most highly praised operas of recent years.
E18
Young Men, a World War I-inspired feature-length dance film commemorating the Great War’s centennial. Young Men was film…
E19
Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo star as the tragic lovers in Shakespeare’s classic story. Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette.
E20
The legendary Plácido Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met as the title king in Nabucco, under the baton …
E21
Kristine Opolais stars in her first Met performance as the title character in Antonin Dvořák's Rusalka. The critically a…
E22
Andrea Bocelli – Landmarks Live in Concert continues the new Landmarks arts strand. Each Landmarks Live in Concert speci…
E23
Music Director Emeritus James Levine conducts an extraordinary ensemble in Idomeneo, Mozart’s early masterpiece of love …
E24
Anna Netrebko stars as Tatiana, the naïve heroine of Tchaikovsky’s opera, with Peter Mattei as the title character who r…
E25
The world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic returns for its 14th open-air concert, in Austria’s Imperial Schönbrunn Palace Ga…
E26
Sonya Yoncheva reprises her widely praised interpretation of the heroine Violetta Valéry in Verdi’s La Traviata, on Grea…
E27
Renée Fleming performs one of her greatest signature roles, The Marschallin, in Der Rosenkavalier on the season finale o…
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