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 45 Episodes
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Great Performances and Latino Public Broadcasting’s VOCES present Havana Time Machine on Friday October 6 at 9PM on PBS.…
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In collaboration with the Recording Academy®, Great Performances presents Grammy Salute To Music Legends 2017®, the seco…
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The celebrated score features favorites such as “Vanilla Ice Cream,” “A Romantic Atmosphere,” “Dear Friend,” and “She Lo…
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Noël Coward’s Present Laughter follows a self-obsessed actor in the midst of a mid-life crisis. Juggling his considerabl…
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In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams chronicles the personal stories of composer/lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda and the …
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Multi-Grammy-winning rock band Foo Fighters delivers an electrifying, historic performance at the Acropolis in Athens, G…
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The Tony Award-winning play Indecent comes to Great Performances on Friday, November 17 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local li…
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The festive Roundabout Theatre Company production of Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn - The Broadway Musical comes to PBS. Th…
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The Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed Live from Great Performances premieres nationwide beginning November 25 on PBS (c…
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David Foster has generated some of the biggest hits in popular music, and collaborated with a veritable “Who’s Who” of s…
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Great Performances continues the cherished tradition of ringing in the new year with the Vienna Philharmonic with Chicag…
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Great Performances at the Met Season 12 begins with a new production of Bellini’s masterpiece about a woman scorned, con…
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Two decades after the album’s critically acclaimed release, Nas teamed up with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Ke…
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This year’s 17th annual Movies for Grownups® Awards with AARP the Magazine will be broadcast for the first time ever. Co…
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Season 12 of Great Performances at the Met continues on PBS on Sunday, March 25, with the American premiere of Thomas Ad…
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International superstar will.i.am performs from London’s historic Royal Albert Hall in a one-night-only concert event. T…
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Donizetti’s comedy charms with Pretty Yende as Adina and Matthew Polenzani as Nemorino. The poor country boy Nemorino wi…
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See the classic Puccini opera starring Sonya Yoncheva as Mimì and Michael Fabiano as Rodolfo. In 1830s Paris, the buddin…
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Explore the rich history of the Met Opera’s Lincoln Center home and the cultural life of 1950s-60s New York City. Featur…
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Sonya Yoncheva and Vittorio Grigolo sing Tosca and Cavaradossi’s Act I duet in the final dress rehearsal.
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THIRTEEN’s Great Performances and Pacific Symphony, led by music director Carl St.Clair, pay tribute to America’s histor…
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Experience Rossini’s masterpiece starring Angela Meade as Queen Semiramide and Elizabeth DeShong as Arsace, the Queen’s …
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Enjoy a new production of Mozart’s comedy of the sexes set in 1950s Coney Island. Stars Kelli O’Hara, Amanda Majeski, Se…
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Celebrate Chicago’s vibrant music culture with performances by Renée Fleming, Broadway’s Jessie Mueller, rap artist Lupe…
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Experience Verdi’s heart-wrenching opera with Plácido Domingo as Miller, and Sonya Yoncheva in the title role opposite t…
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Enjoy the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic’s annual open-air concert from Austria’s Imperial Schönbrunn Palace, featur…
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With this new special, Great Performances puts the spotlight on Botti and his band, capturing one of today’s leading jaz…
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Experience Massenet’s Cinderella with Joyce DiDonato in the title role, Alice Coote as Prince Charming, Kathleen Kim as …
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