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 53 Episodes
E1
Discover Grace Bumbry’s inspiring rise to global opera fame. Spotlighting her historic performances, the film explores t…
E2
Rossini’s effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher’s madcap production. Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winn…
E3
Follow acclaimed ballerina Tiler Peck as she overcomes injury to reclaim her place on stage and debut her own choreograp…
E4
The Shakespearean comedy of mistaken identity tells the romantic misadventures of twins Sebastian and Viola after they s…
E5
Experience the holiday classic in a new light, featuring over 100 dancers and musicians performing at the London Coliseu…
E6
The famed Vienna Philharmonic rings in the New Year with its annual concert from Vienna's Musikverein conducted for the …
E7
Iconic and beloved screen and stage performer Alan Cumming returns as host for this awards show in which Adam Sandler re…
E8
A number one album and a double Grammy-win in 2023 put jazz vocalist Samara Joy on the map, officially establishing the …
E9
Experience Zeffirelli’s beloved production set in 19th-century Paris telling the story of Puccini’s young artists and lo…
E10
In this new adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel set shortly before the outbreak of World War II,…
E11
Johannes Brahms was a quiet, private person, but he lived a full life, bearing a responsibility he didn’t want, a woman …
E12
Nadine Sierra stars as Amina in Bellini’s tale of love lost and found. This new production by Rolando Villazón—the tenor…
Scott Joplin was the king of ragtime, a new kind music for the turn of the 20th century. Rick Benjamin’s Paragon Ragtime…
Istanbul sits at the crossroads of Asia and Europe, a melting pot of diverse peoples, languages and ideas. With star Tur…
E16
Fewer people live in Iceland than in Wichita, Kansas, yet it produces some of the best musicians in the world. To find o…
Created by Tony Award winner Shaina Taub, this musical recorded from Broadway tells the story of the American suffragist…
Inspired by the iconic 1935 movie musical starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, this acclaimed Chichester Festival Th…
Recorded in October 2025, Nicole Scherzinger performs at London’s Royal Albert Hall for the first time in her first majo…
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