Great Performances

Experience the music director of the Metropolitan Opera’s meteoric rise to become one of the most acclaimed and sought-a…

Honor the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with this special performance hosted by Misty Copeland and led by…

Experience Hans Christian Andersen’s dark fairytale from acclaimed director-choreographer Matthew Bourne with this Olivi…

From the historic Stadthalle in Wuppertal, Germany, recorded in January, this world-famous soprano-tenor pair perform ar…

Three-time GRAMMY winner Isabel Leonard joins Nadine Sierra and Ailyn Pérez to perform timeless selections by Mozart, Of…

Go inside the mind of a genius as host Scott Yoo and fellow musicians undertake a recording of Beethoven's most personal…

Recorded in May, a quartet of some of opera’s most powerful and dramatic singers comes together at the Hessisches Staats…

Experience a concert of works by legendary composer John Williams from Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home at Tangle…

Celebrate opening night of San Francisco Symphony’s 110th season as it welcomes its new GRAMMY-winning music director Es…

Enjoy this contemporary reboot of the 1870 ballet favorite that blends live-action ballet with CGI and features ballet s…

Enjoy this special encore of Natalie Cole’s Emmy-winning concert of her GRAMMY-winning album in Great Performances: Unfo…

Recorded December 2020, the legendary bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel performs a holiday program accompanied by Jeff Howar…

The Met rings in the new year with a gala performance featuring stars Angel Blue, Pretty Yende, Javier Camarena and Matt…

Ring in the new year in Austria at the Musikverein with the Vienna Philharmonic and host Hugh Bonneville in this annual …

Go behind the scenes of Broadway as shows reunite, rehearse and re-stage for their long-awaited reopening nights while t…

Bass René Pape, the world’s reigning Boris, reprises his portrayal of the tortured tsar caught between ambition and para…

The ancient Greek myth of Orpheus, who attempts to harness the power of music to rescue his beloved Eurydice from the Un…

First broadcast on PBS in 2018, Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine returns for a fifth year to celebrate …

Follow Marin Alsop’s journey to become the first female music director of a major American symphony despite repeated rej…

Experience Grammy-winning composer Terence Blanchard and librettist Kasi Lemmon’s adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s memoir…

Host Scott Yoo and his wife, flutist Alice Dade, perform the work of Romantic era classical composer Amy Beach at Festiv…

From Little Rock to Chicago, host Scott Yoo follows the trail of the great African American composer Florence Price.

Scott Yoo explores the life and work of Aaron Copland, and how he created the American sound.

Scott Yoo discovers how American composers are inspired by their immigrant roots today through two composers: Brazilian-…

Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard stars as the rags-to-riches princess in Laurent Pelly’s storybook staging of Massenet’s “Ce…

Enjoy this London production of Cole Porter’s classic musical led by Sutton Foster who reprises her Tony-winning role as…

Experience Shakespeare’s comedic masterpiece from the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park. Set in South Harlem, the…

Take an inside look at the reimagined gender-swapped production as it returns to Broadway during the COVID-19 pandemic. …

Baritone Quinn Kelsey portrays the title role at the Met for the first time, starring alongside soprano Rosa Feola as Gi…

Soprano Lise Davidsen brings one of her signature roles to the Met for the first time as the mythological Greek heroine …

For the first time in its history, the Met presents the original five-act French version of Verdi’s epic opera of doomed…

Enjoy the Vienna Philharmonic’s annual summer night concert with cellist Gautier Capuçon under the direction of guest co…

Enjoy opera superstar Liudmyla Monastyrska in the title role of the legendary cold-hearted princess. Marco Armiliato con…