
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.
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.
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.

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Episode 1: Alicia Keys - Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special
Alicia Keys performs at various locations in New York City, including on a Circle Line boat tour of...
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Episode 18: Hogan's Goat
A young Irish ward boss has a chance to be elected mayor, but the disgraced current mayor makes sure...
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Episode 10: Cyrano de Bergerac
Long-nosed Cyrano de Begerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves. Directed by Will...
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Episode 2: June Moon
In a nod to the days of classic American comedy, a 1929's Tin Pan Alley lyricist meets a composer wh...
Episode 3: The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
Mr. Holroyd is an alcoholic, abusive miner in pre-WWI England who terrorizes his family. Mrs. Holroy...
Episode 4: Antigone
Episode 5: King Lear
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their...
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Episode 1: The Most Happy Fella
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Episode 1: Great Performances' 10th Anniversary Celebration
Episode 1: Ellington: The Music Lives On
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Episode 3: Alice in Wonderland
Episode 4: Laurence Olivier: A Life
A multi-award winning biography covering the life and career of actor/director Laurence Olivier.
Episode 10: Taking My Turn
Episode 11: The Best of Broadway
Episode 12: Orpheus
Episode 13: Ulysses
Episode 14: The Coronation of Poppea
Episode 1: Doctor Fischer of Geneva
Episode 2: Three by Three
Episode 3: Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
Episode 4: The Importance of Being Ernest
In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hila...
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Episode 4: The Gospel at Colonus (Episode 4)
The legendary gospel musical that transforms Sophocles’ timeless tale of the last days of Oedipus in...
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Episode 1: The Cotton Club Remenbered
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Episode 5: Broadway Sings: The Music of Jule Styne
Musical salute to composer Jule Styne.
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Episode 8: The Music Makers: An ASCAP Celebration of American Music at Wolf Trap
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Episode 5: Richard Burton: In from the Cold
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Episode 1: San Francisco Opera: Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito
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Episode 8: An Evening with Alan Jay Lerner
Musical celebration of the songs of lyricist Alan Jay Lerner.
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Episode 4: Music by Richard Rodgers
Life and work of American composer Richard Rodgers, whose work, in collaboration with Lorenz Hart, O...
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Episode 1: A Bowl of Beings
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Episode 1: Suddenly, Last Summer
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Episode 9: The World of Jim Henson
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28th season of a TV series dedicated to the Arts featuring live performances
Episode 1: From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1997
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Episode 3: Robert Altman's Jazz '34
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Episode 7: Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of...
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TV series dedicated to the Arts featuring live performances
Episode 1: From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2000
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Episode 5: Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
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Episode 11: The Great American Songbook
Documentary assembling film clips of musical numbers from songwriters considered significant contrib...
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Episode 4: My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs
This production is a filmed record of a concert given on 16 October 2000 at the City Center for Musi...
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Episode 11: Shaolin: Wheel of Life
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Episode 1: From Shtetl to Swing
A collective journey from synagogue choirs to Harlem hot spots, from Yiddish theater to musical extr...
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Episode 15: Garrison Keillor’s Independence Day Special: A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood
A concert version of the popular radio program.
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Episode 12: James Taylor: One Man Band
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Episode 14: Bill Irwin: Clown Prince
Episode 22: We Love Ella: A Tribute to the First Lady of Song
April 25, 2007, would have been Ella Fitzgerald's 90th birthday. To celebrate, Great Performances ha...
Episode 1: Pavarotti: A Life in Seven Arias
From soccer-playing son of a Modena, Italy, baker to onstage partner of "La Stupenda," world-renowne...
Episode 2: Hitman: David Foster & Friends
Hitman: David Foster & Friends features Foster himself presiding center stage at the keyboard. The e...
Episode 3: Domingo, Netrebko & Villazón: Three Stars in Vienna
From its opening vocal salvo, Domingo’s thrilling account of Lehar’s “Gern hab ich die Frau’n gekues...
Episode 4: Cyrano de Bergerac
David Leveaux’s stylish production, with sumptuous costumes and sets by Gregory Gale and Tom Pye res...

Episode 5: King Lear
2009 Emmy Nominee Ian McKellen recreates his recent stage performance of Shakespeare's tragic monarc...
Episode 6: Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood: Live From Madison Square Garden
Long-time friends and former band mates Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood team up for a once-in-a-lifet...
Episode 7: Stevie Wonder: Live at Last
Wonder rocketed to stardom at age 12 when he was signed to Motown Records as “Little Stevie Wonder”....

Episode 8: Chess in Concert
Wicked’s Idina Menzel and Rent’s Adam Pascal join Great Performances favorite, internationally renow...

Episode 9: Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Celebration: Live from Madison Square Garden
With a career spanning more than half a century, renowned folk artist, political activist, and avid...
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Episode 1: Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Considered the most dynamic young conductor in classical music since Bernstein, 28-year-old Gustavo...
Episode 2: Andrea Bocelli & David Foster: My Christmas
Everyone’s favorite “Hitman” David Foster joins Great Performances superstar Andrea Bocelli for a ne...
Episode 3: Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden
Multi-Grammy-winning phenomenon Michael Bublé returns to public television in Michael Bublé Meets Ma...
Episode 4: Hamlet
Shakespeare's immortal "To be, or not to be" takes on a whole new meaning (and medium) as classical...
Episode 5: Renee Fleming & Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Shakespeare's immortal "To be, or not to be" takes on a whole new meaning (and medium) as classical...
Episode 6: Sting: A Winter's Night
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Episode 11: Dance in America NY Export Opus Jazz
Jerome Robbins' urban ballet, set to a jazz score by Robert Prince, was originally performed in 1958...
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Episode 1: Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Pierre Boulez Conducts Mahler
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conductor Emeritus Pierre Boulez leads the Windy City's internationally r...

Episode 2: Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Performed on Sondheim's 80th birthday in March 2010, Great Performances presents the New York Philha...

Episode 3: Celebracion! Dudamel, Florez, and the L.A. Philharmonic
The October 7 opening night concert of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Music Director Gustavo Dudam...
Episode 4: From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2011
Stage and screen legend Julie Andrews returns to host the annual New Year's celebration with the Vie...
Episode 5: Great Performances at the Met: Don Pasquale
Anna Netrebko revives her sensational turn in this sophisticated bel canto comedy, opposite Matthew...
Episode 6: Great Performances at the Met: Boris Godunov
Adapted from a play by Alexander Pushkin about the extraordinary reign of the 16th-century tsar, Bor...

Episode 7: Hitman Returns: David Foster & Friends
Music “hitman” David Foster returns to Las Vegas with a showstopping show jam packed with special gu...

Episode 8: Harry Connick in Concert on Broadway
Taped in July of 2010 at New York's Neil Simon Theater, Harry Connick, Jr. in Concert on Broadway fe...

Episode 9: Billy Joel: Live at Shea Stadium
Shortly before the demolition of New York City's Shea Stadium in July 2008, Billy Joel electrified a...

Episode 10: Great Performances at the Met: Don Carlo
The production is conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin, directed by Nicholas Hytner, and is starring Ro...

Episode 11: Great Performances at the Met: La Fanciulla Del West
The Metropolitan Opera's production of La Fanciulla del West, commemorating the 100th anniversary of...

Episode 12: Great Performances at the Met: Iphigenie En Tauride
Gluck's rarely performed masterpiece, Iphigenie en Tauride, starring Susan Graham, Placido Domingo a...

Episode 13: Carnegie Hall 120th Anniversary Concert
On May 5, 2011, Carnegie Hall commemorated its 120th anniversary with a gala concert featuring Alan...

Episode 14: Great Performances at the Met: Nixon in China
The Metropolitan Opera's premiere production of John Adams' Nixon in China, conducted by the compose...
Episode 15: Crossroads Guitar Festival 3
In June 2010, Eric Clapton gathered the world's most talented guitar players at the third Crossroads...

Episode 16: Jackie Evancho Dream With Me In Concert
Jackie is the youngest star in Great Performances' recent Hitman Returns: David Foster & Friends con...

Episode 17: Great Performances at the Met: Lucia di Lammermoor
Lucia di Lammermoor, with French soprano Natalie Dessay in one of her greatest roles as Donizetti's...

Episode 18: Rigoletto from Mantua
Directed by Marco Bellocchio, Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto from Mantua stars Placido Domingo as Rigole...

Episode 19: Great Performances at the Met: Le Cornte Ory
A trio of bel canto stars--Juan Diego Florez, Diana Damrau, and Joyce DiDonato--headline the Met's f...

Episode 20: Great Performances at the Met: Capriccio
Renee Fleming sings one of her signature roles, the elegant Countess in Richard Strauss's Capriccio....
Episode 21: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night 2011
Distinguished conductor Valery Gergiev leads the third annual Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night conce...

Episode 22: Placido Domingo: My Favorite Roles
The great Spanish tenor Placido Domingo looks back on his illustrious career - one which has been bo...

Episode 1: Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
An American favorite for his award-winning role in the hit TV series House, the versatile British ac...

Episode 2: Andrea Bocelli: Live in Central Park
Beloved tenor Andrea Bocelli performs a free concert on Central Park's Great Lawn, with the New York...
Episode 3: The Little Mermaid from San Francisco Ballet
John Neumeier -- director and chief choreographer for Hamburg Ballet -- blends dance, dramatic story...
Episode 4: From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2012

Episode 5: Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel and the LA PHIL Celebrate
Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil Celebrate Gershwin, featuring that classic piece as...

Episode 6: Let Me Down Easy
Anna Deavere Smith's latest production, Let Me Down Easy. The Great Performances production was reco...

Episode 7: Great Performances at the Met: Anna Bolena
The Metropolitan Opera premiere of Donizetti's Anna Bolena, starring soprano Anna Netrebko in her hi...

Episode 8: Tony Bennett: Duets II
Tony Bennett: Duets II features the singer's greatest hits, performed by Bennett and today's biggest...

Episode 9: Memphis
Broadway's smash hit musical Memphis, winner of four Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Score,...

Episode 10: Great Performances at the Met: Don Giovanni
Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads his first Met performances of Mozart's Don Giovanni in a new p...
Episode 11: The Thomashefskys
The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater, a celebration of Yiddish the...

Episode 12: The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall, a fully-staged, lavish 25th anniversary mounting...

Episode 13: Great Performances at the Met: Satyagraha
Philip Glass's inspirational opera Satyagraha (Sanskrit for "truth force"), in the first revival of...

Episode 14: San Francisco Symphony at 100
San Francisco Symphony's Centennial Season opening night gala, conducted by Music Director Michael T...

Episode 15: Great Performances at the Met: Rodelinda
Renee Fleming reprises one of her most popular interpretations: the title role in Handel's Rodelinda...

Episode 16: Great Performances at the Met: Faust
Three of the opera world’s leading stars—Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Poplavskaya, and René Pape—sing the...

Episode 17: Great Performances at the Met: The Enchanted Island
The Enchanted Island is a world premiere work that combines Baroque music with a new, English-langua...

Episode 18: Great Performances at the Met: Ernani
Angela Meade, Marcello Giodani, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and Ferruccio Furlanetto star in Verdi’s Ernani...

Episode 19: Great Performances at the Met: Manon
Star soprano Anna Netrebko sings her first Met performances of the title role in Manon, Massenet’s o...

Episode 20: Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration
The concert features the BSO, Boston Pops Orchestra and Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, under the...

Episode 21: Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies
THIRTEEN’s Great Performances will present 12-year-old classical crossover prodigy Jackie Evancho’s...

Episode 22: Great Performances at the Met: La Traviata
Acclaimed French soprano Natalie Dessay makes her Met role debut as Violetta, the fallen woman who s...
Episode 23: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2012
Under the baton of the dynamic and electric guest maestro, Gustavo Dudamel, the Vienna Philharmonic...

Episode 24: Great Performances at the Met: Wagner's Dream
Robert Lepage’s acclaimed new production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen.

Episode 1: Paul McCartney's Live Kisses
Paul McCartney’s Live Kisses captures the magical night of February 9 in the City of Angels when Pau...

Episode 2: Rod Stewart: Merry Christmas, Baby
Grammy Award®-winning, two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Rod Stewart, hosts his first hol...

Episode 3: Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
Magical Mystery Tour was chock-full of thinly veiled references to psychedelia, anarchy and fantasy,...
Episode 4: From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2013
We continue the cherished tradition of ringing in the New Year with special host Julie Andrews and t...

Episode 5: Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
This film explores the unique role of Jewish composers and lyricists in the creation of the modern A...
Episode 6: Paul Simon's Graceland Journey: Under African Skies
An epic journey following Paul Simon back to South Africa, where, decades earlier, he created his se...

Episode 7: Great Performances at the Met: L'Elisir d'Amore
Star soprano Anna Netrebko takes center stage as Adina, the irresistible heroine of Gaetano Donizett...

Episode 8: Great Performances at the Met: The Tempest
The Tempest, Robert Lepage’s Staging of the English-language Opera Based on Shakespeare’s Final Play...
Episode 9: Great Performances at the Met: La Clemenza di Tito
La Clemenza di Tito, Mozart’s final opera seria, with Barbara Frittoli, Elīna Garanča, and Giuseppe...

Episode 10: Great Performances at the Met: Un Ballo in Maschera
The Met’s new production of Un Ballo in Maschera, Verdi's classic drama of political intrigue and th...

Episode 11: Great Performances at the Met: Rigoletto
Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening) makes his Met debut with a new producti...

Episode 12: Great Performances at the Met: Aida
One of the most popular and beloved operas of all time, Aida, in a spectacular staging that captures...
Episode 13: Great Performances at the Met: Les Troyens
Fabio Luisi conducts the five-act tragedy, which stars Deborah Voigt as Cassandra, Susan Graham as D...

Episode 14: Dancing at Jacob’s Pillow: Never Stand Still
Directed by veteran documentary filmmaker Ron Honsa, "Dancing at Jacob’s Pillow: Never Stand Still"...

Episode 15: Great Performances at the Met: Parsifal
Jonas Kaufmann sings the title role in The Metropolitan Opera's new production of "Parsifal"

Episode 16: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2013
The works of Wagner and Verdi are featured in the beloved concert from Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace Ga...

Episode 17: Great Performances at the Met: Francesca di Rimini
Eva-Maria Westbroek and Marcello Giordani star in Zandonai’s masterpiece Francesca da Rimini, the cl...

Episode 18: Great Performances at the Met: Giulio Cesare
David Daniels and Natalie Dessay star in David McVicar‘s innovative production of Handel’s most popu...

Episode 1: Richard II
Witness Ben Whishaw’s performance as Richard in this television adaptation of Shakespeare’s play.

Episode 2: Henry IV Part 1
Jeremy Irons and Tom Hiddleston star in the Shakespeare's history play.

Episode 3: Henry IV Part 2
Jeremy Irons and Tom Hiddleston star in Shakespeare's history play.

Episode 4: Henry V
Henry V has settled onto the throne and has the makings of a fine King. The French Ambassador brings...

Episode 5: Great Performances 40th Anniversary Celebration
In celebration of the series’ 40th anniversary on PBS, a stellar roster of diverse alumni gather to...

Episode 6: San Francisco Opera's Moby Dick
Composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer’s award-winning opera Moby-Dick will be broadcast on...
Episode 7: Company with the New York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic’s concert staging of Stephen Sondheim’s award-winning musical Company incl...

Episode 8: Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!"
Directed by Sir Trevor Nunn, and choreographed by Susan Stroman, the acclaimed Royal National Theatr...

Episode 9: Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn
The legendary Barbra Streisand makes a historic homecoming to Brooklyn at the new Barclays Center ar...

Episode 10: Pavarotti: A Voice for the Ages
This one-hour program airing in late November and December is dedicated to the great tenor, Luciano...

Episode 11: From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2014
Julie Andrews hosts this annual New Year's Day celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic. Daniel Bare...

Episode 12: Great Performanes at the Met: Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky’s romantic tragedy Eugene Onegin, starring Anna Netrebko, Mariusz Kwiecien, and Piotr Be...
Episode 13: Barrymore
John Barrymore (Christopher Plummer) banters with his line prompter Frank before beginning a rehears...

Episode 14: National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage
The National Theatre in London celebrates its 50th anniversary with a cast of theater legends, inclu...

Episode 15: Sting: The Last Ship
Watch highlights from Sting's live performance of "The Last Ship" at the Public Theater in New York...

Episode 16: Great Performances at the Met: The Nose
William Kentridge‘s dazzlingly innovative production of Shostakovich’s shocking, unconventional oper...

Episode 17: Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs as Dukes of Sept.
Rock & roll royalty Donald Fagen (Steely Dan), Michael McDonald (The Doobie Brothers) and Boz Scaggs...

Episode 18: Steve Martin and The Sheep Canyon Rangers ft Edie Brickell
See Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers, featuring Edie Brickell, in their first-ever live con...

Episode 19: Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Celebration Concert
Great Performances presents a special encore of highlights from 1992’s star-studded concert tribute...

Episode 20: Great Performances at the Met: Tosca
Tosca, Puccini’s favorite opera, stars an exceptional trio of singing actors. Acclaimed American sop...

Episode 21: The Dave Clark Five and Beyond - Glad All Over
In the 1960s, the British band The Dave Clark Five achieved a record-breaking 15 consecutive Top 20...
Episode 22: Great Performances at the Met: Falstaff
Verdi’s brilliant final opera, "Falstaff," is conducted by Metropolitan Opera Music Director James L...

Episode 23: Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty
Leo's kiss of true love breaks the curse that has held Princess Aurora (Hannah Vassallo) under its s...

Episode 24: Great Performances at the Met: Rusalka
Renée Fleming sings one of her signature roles, the title character in Dvořák's Rusalka, an opera ab...

Episode 25: Great Performances at the Met: Prince Igor
Borodin's Russian epic Prince Igor, performed by the Met for the first time in nearly 100 years. The...

Episode 26: Great Performances at the Met: La Boheme
Franco Zeffirelli’s production of La Bohème, the most-performed opera in Met history, starring Itali...

Episode 27: Great Performances at the Met: Werther
Tenor Jonas Kaufmann stars as the tortured poet in the Met’s new production of Jules Massenet’s Wert...

Episode 28: Dudamel Conducts Verdi Requiem at the Hollywood Bowl
The acclaimed outdoor performance celebrating the 200th anniversary of Verdi’s birth is interspersed...

Episode 29: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2014
Led for the first time by a guest conductor Christoph Eschenbach, the world-renowned Vienna Philharm...

Episode 30: Great Performances at the Met: Cosi Fan Tutte
James Levine conducts Mozart’s romance Così fan tutte, a comic opera about the complications that en...

Episode 31: Rejoice with Itzhak Perlman & Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot
Legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman and celebrated cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot join forces for a mus...

Episode 32: Great Performances at the Met: La Cenerentola
Joyce DiDonato sings the title role in Rossini’s Cinderella story, La Cenerentola, with bel canto ma...

Episode 1: Star-Spangled Spectacular
John Lithgow hosts a two-hour event with Grammy-, Emmy- and Tony-winning performers, along with co-h...

Episode 2: Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek LIVE!
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek LIVE! – featuring an evening of classic jazz standards in b...

Episode 3: Cats: The Musical
This special encore presentation of the original 1998 broadcast of "Cats" on Great Performances. Let...

Episode 4: From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2015
Stage and screen legend Julie Andrews returns for the sixth time to host the festive annual New Year...

Episode 5: American Voices with Renée Fleming
World-renowned American opera singer Renée Fleming convenes a festival of special guests to celebrat...

Episode 6: GP at the Met: Le Nozze di Figaro
The season nine premiere of Great Performances at the Met is Mozart’s elegant masterpiece of marital...

Episode 7: Macbeth
Director Rupert Goold's gripping stage production of Macbeth, set in a nameless 20th-century militar...

Episode 8: Great Performances at the Met: Carmen
Acclaimed director Richard Eyre’s production of Carmen stars Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelish...

Episode 9: La Dolce Vita: The Music of Italian Cinema
Conducted by Alan Gilbert, selections include music by Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone, Luis Bacalov, per...

Episode 10: Bryan Adams in Concert
Canadian born singer-songwriter Bryan Adams has been one of the most successful international perfor...

Episode 11: Great Performances at the Met: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Rossini’s classic comedy Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) features some of the most i...

Episode 12: Mark Morris Dance Group: L'Allegro
Choreographer Mark Morris’s signature work comes to television for the first time, hosted by Mikhail...

Episode 13: Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live in Concert
The concert of her Grammy-nominated album features Lennox’s takes on iconic American compositions by...

Episode 14: Great Performances at the Met: Meistersinger
James Levine leads Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (“The Master-Singer of Nuremberg”) in its...

Episode 15: Great Performances at the Met: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo stars as the tortured poet unlucky in love in Offenbach’s Les Contes...

Episode 16: Boston Symphony Orchestra: Andris Nelsons' Concert
The start of BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons’ tenure with the orchestra features two of the conduc...

Episode 17: Great Performances at the Met: The Merry Widow
The lavish new staging of Lehár’s effervescent operetta The Merry Widow is the Met debut of Broadway...
Episode 18: Great Performances at the Met: Iolanta and Bluebeard’s Castle
Polish film director Mariusz Treliński makes his Met debut with the new production, inspired by noir...

Episode 19: Driving Miss Daisy
Alfred Uhry’s classic play is a searing, funny, and hopeful meditation on race relations in America,...

Episode 20: Dudamel Conducts a John Williams Celebration With the LA Phil
Natalie Portman hosts Dudamel Conducts a John Williams Celebration with the LA Phil on Great Perform...

Episode 21: Great Performances at the Met: La Donna Del Lago
Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez headline Rossini’s bel canto tour-de-force "La Donna del Lago"...

Episode 22: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2015
Led by guest conductor Zubin Mehta, the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic returns for its 12th open...
Episode 23: Great Performances at the Met: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci
Sir David McVicar directs the first new Met production of the popular verismo double bill in 45 year...

Episode 1: Billy Elliot: The Musical
The hit musical both on Broadway and in London’s West End was recorded for broadcast at the show's W...

Episode 2: Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin’ to Do
A retrospective of Broadway legend Chita Rivera. Luminaries Dick Van Dyke, John Kander, Carol Lawren...

Episode 3: Andrea Bocelli: Cinema
The international superstar tenor Andrea Bocelli lends his unique voice to a lush symphonic salute t...
Episode 4: From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2016
Julie Andrews hosts the annual New Year’s Day celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic from Vienna’s...

Episode 5: Great Performances at the Met: Il Trovatore
Soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Yonghoon Lee make their Met role debuts in Verdi's Il Trovatore. Net...

Episode 6: Great Performances at the Met: Otello
Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher’s acclaimed new Met Opera production is led by conductor Y...

Episode 7: Great Performances at the Met: Tannhäuser
Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser comes to Great Performances at the Met for the first time and is conduct...

Episode 8: Great Performances at the Met: Lulu
Artist William Kentridge directs Alban Berg’s opera Lulu, starring German soprano Marlis Petersen as...

Episode 9: Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration
A concert with folk music legend Joan Baez and others, celebrating her birthday at the Beacon Theatr...

Episode 10: Great Performances at the Met: The Pearl Fishers
Conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and directed by Penny Woolcock, Bizet’s sweeping romance tells the st...
Episode 11: Great Performances at the Met: Turandot
Hear Swedish soprano Nina Stemme sing the demanding title role of Puccini’s Chinese ice princess, wi...

Episode 12: Great Performances at the Met: Manon Lescaut
Hear Kristine Opolais and Roberto Alagna as the ill-fated lovers in Puccini’s passionate adaptation...

Episode 13: Great Performances at the Met: Madama Butterfly
Kristine Opolais brings her heartbreaking interpretation of the title role to the series for the fir...
Episode 14: Great Performances at the Met: Roberto Devereux
The last opera in Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy, directed by Sir David McVicar, stars Sondra Radvanovsky...

Episode 15: Great Performances at the Met: Elektra
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts patrice Chéreau’s acclaimed staging of Elektra, with Nina Stemme in the t...

Episode 16: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2016
Led by guest conductor Semyon Bychkov for the very first time, the world-renowned Vienna Philharmoni...

Episode 1: GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends 2016
In collaboration with The Recording Academy, Great Performances presents “GRAMMY Salute To Music Leg...

Episode 2: Hamilton's America
A behind-the-scenes look at Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway musical Hamilton, coming to Great Performa...

Episode 3: Gypsy
Jonathan Kent’s award-winning production of the classic musical Gypsy – a record-breaking sellout du...

Episode 4: The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses | Henry VI, Part 1
The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses with an all-star cast including Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom St...

Episode 5: The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses | Henry VI, Part 2
Henry IV Part 2 is the second of three parts in The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses. Bitter riva...

Episode 6: Shakespeare Live! From the Royal Shakespeare Company
The star-studded Shakespeare Live! from the Royal Shakespeare Company salutes the Bard across multip...

Episode 7: The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses | Richard III
Richard III is the third of three parts in The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses. Richard III, the...

Episode 8: From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2017
Stage and screen legend Julie Andrews returns for the eighth time to host the festive annual New Yea...

Episode 9: Bel Canto the Opera From Lyric Opera of Chicago
Bel Canto the Opera from Lyric Opera of Chicago Comes to Great Performances. Lyric’s creative consul...

Episode 10: Alicia Keys - Landmarks Live in Concert
The series premieres with a native New Yorker from Hell’s Kitchen, Grammy Award-winning artist, Alic...

Episode 11: Brad Paisley – Landmarks Live in Concert
Country music superstar Brad Paisley returns to his roots in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains for...

Episode 12: Great Performances at the Met: Tristan und Isolde
The Met’s new production of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle in his first...

Episode 13: New York City Ballet in Paris
New York City Ballet in Paris is the part one of a two-part special featuring four ballets by NYCB c...

Episode 14: Great Performances at the Met: Don Giovanni
Charismatic baritone Simon Keenlyside stars as the title character in Don Giovanni, bringing his acc...

Episode 15: New York City Ballet Symphony in C
New York City Ballet Symphony in C is part two of a two-part special featuring four ballets by NYCB...

Episode 16: Dudamel Conducts Tangos Under the Stars
Gustavo Dudamel accents the colors, rhythms, and passion of music by leading composers from Argentin...
Episode 17: Great Performances at the Met: L'Amour de Loin
Kaija Saariaho’s L’Amour de Loin (“Love From Afar”), one of the most highly praised operas of recent...

Episode 18: Young Men
Young Men, a World War I-inspired feature-length dance film commemorating the Great War’s centennial...

Episode 19: Great Performances at The Met: Romeo et Juliette
Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo star as the tragic lovers in Shakespeare’s classic story. Gounod’s...

Episode 20: Great Performances at the Met: Nabucco
The legendary Plácido Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met as the title king in Nabuc...

Episode 21: Great Performances at the Met: Rusalka
Kristine Opolais stars in her first Met performance as the title character in Antonin Dvořák's Rusal...

Episode 22: Andrea Bocelli – Landmarks Live in Concert
Andrea Bocelli – Landmarks Live in Concert continues the new Landmarks arts strand. Each Landmarks L...

Episode 23: Great Performances at the Met: Idomeneo
Music Director Emeritus James Levine conducts an extraordinary ensemble in Idomeneo, Mozart’s early...

Episode 24: Great Performances at The Met: Eugene Onegin
Anna Netrebko stars as Tatiana, the naïve heroine of Tchaikovsky’s opera, with Peter Mattei as the t...

Episode 25: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2017
The world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic returns for its 14th open-air concert, in Austria’s Imperial...

Episode 26: Great Performances at the Met: La Traviata
Sonya Yoncheva reprises her widely praised interpretation of the heroine Violetta Valéry in Verdi’s...
Episode 27: Great Performances at the Met: Der Rosenkavalier
Renée Fleming performs one of her greatest signature roles, The Marschallin, in Der Rosenkavalier on...

Episode 1: Havana Time Machine
Great Performances and Latino Public Broadcasting’s VOCES present Havana Time Machine on Friday Octo...

Episode 2: GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends® 2017
In collaboration with the Recording Academy®, Great Performances presents Grammy Salute To Music Leg...

Episode 3: She Loves Me
The celebrated score features favorites such as “Vanilla Ice Cream,” “A Romantic Atmosphere,” “Dear...

Episode 4: Noël Coward’s Present Laughter
Noël Coward’s Present Laughter follows a self-obsessed actor in the midst of a mid-life crisis. Jugg...

Episode 5: In The Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams
In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams chronicles the personal stories of composer/lyricist Lin-Man...

Episode 6: Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert
Multi-Grammy-winning rock band Foo Fighters delivers an electrifying, historic performance at the Ac...

Episode 7: Indecent
The Tony Award-winning play Indecent comes to Great Performances on Friday, November 17 at 9 p.m. on...

Episode 8: Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn
The festive Roundabout Theatre Company production of Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn - The Broadway Musi...

Episode 9: The Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed Live
The Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed Live from Great Performances premieres nationwide beginning N...

Episode 10: Hitman: David Foster & Friends
David Foster has generated some of the biggest hits in popular music, and collaborated with a verita...

Episode 11: From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2018
Great Performances continues the cherished tradition of ringing in the new year with the Vienna Phil...

Episode 12: Great Performances at the Met: Norma
Great Performances at the Met Season 12 begins with a new production of Bellini’s masterpiece about...

Episode 13: Nas Live From the Kennedy Center: Classical Hip-Hop
Two decades after the album’s critically acclaimed release, Nas teamed up with the National Symphony...

Episode 14: Movies for Grownups® Awards with AARP the Magazine
This year’s 17th annual Movies for Grownups® Awards with AARP the Magazine will be broadcast for the...

Episode 15: Great Performances at the Met: Exterminating Angel
Season 12 of Great Performances at the Met continues on PBS on Sunday, March 25, with the American p...

Episode 16: will.i.am and Friends Featuring the Black Eyed Peas
International superstar will.i.am performs from London’s historic Royal Albert Hall in a one-night-o...

Episode 17: Great Performances at the Met: L’Elisir d’Amore
Donizetti’s comedy charms with Pretty Yende as Adina and Matthew Polenzani as Nemorino. The poor cou...

Episode 18: Great Performances at the Met: La Boheme
See the classic Puccini opera starring Sonya Yoncheva as Mimì and Michael Fabiano as Rodolfo. In 183...

Episode 19: The Opera House
Explore the rich history of the Met Opera’s Lincoln Center home and the cultural life of 1950s-60s N...

Episode 20: Great Performances at the Met: Tosca
Sonya Yoncheva and Vittorio Grigolo sing Tosca and Cavaradossi’s Act I duet in the final dress rehea...

Episode 21: Ellis Island: The Dream of America with Pacific Symphony
THIRTEEN’s Great Performances and Pacific Symphony, led by music director Carl St.Clair, pay tribute...

Episode 22: Great Performances at the Met: Semiramide
Experience Rossini’s masterpiece starring Angela Meade as Queen Semiramide and Elizabeth DeShong as...

Episode 23: Great Performances at the Met: Così fan tutte
Enjoy a new production of Mozart’s comedy of the sexes set in 1950s Coney Island. Stars Kelli O’Hara...

Episode 24: Chicago Voices
Celebrate Chicago’s vibrant music culture with performances by Renée Fleming, Broadway’s Jessie Muel...

Episode 25: Great Performances at the Met: Luisa Miller
Experience Verdi’s heart-wrenching opera with Plácido Domingo as Miller, and Sonya Yoncheva in the t...

Episode 26: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2018
Enjoy the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic’s annual open-air concert from Austria’s Imperial Schön...

Episode 27: The Chris Botti Band in Concert
With this new special, Great Performances puts the spotlight on Botti and his band, capturing one of...

Episode 28: Great Performances at the Met: Cendrillon
Experience Massenet’s Cinderella with Joyce DiDonato in the title role, Alice Coote as Prince Charmi...

Episode 1: GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends® 2018
Enjoy an all-star concert honoring Neil Diamond, Tina Turner, Queen, film composer John Williams, Ne...

Episode 2: An American In Paris The Musical
Experience one of the most famous musicals of all time with a celebrated new adaptation featuring th...

Episode 3: Sound of Music
Beloved by generations of audiences worldwide, “The Sound of Music” tells the inspiring true story o...

Episode 4: John Leguizamo’s Road to Broadway
Go behind-the-scenes of John Leguizamo’s Tony-nominated one-man show, Latin History for Morons, a co...

Episode 5: Harold Prince: The Director’s Life
Take a peek into the legendary career of the pioneering Broadway producer and director and winner of...

Episode 6: Tony Bennett & Diana Krall – Love Is Here to Stay
Join Tony Bennett and Diana Krall as they celebrate the American Songbook classics of George and Ira...

Episode 7: Michael Bublé: Tour Stop 148
Experience superstar singer Michael Bublé’s visually thrilling and musically triumphant ‘To Be Loved...

Episode 8: k.d. lang – Landmarks Live in Concert
Celebrate the 25th anniversary Ingénue, the critically acclaimed and GRAMMY®-award winning album by...

Episode 9: Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
In honor of Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday, Tanglewood—the famed summer home of the Boston Symph...

Episode 10: Great Performances at the Met: Aida
Watch Verdi’s grand opera featuring his most celebrated arias. Starring vocal powerhouses Anna Netre...

Episode 11: From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2019
Great Performances continues the cherished tradition of ringing in the new year with the Vienna Phil...

Episode 12: The Cleveland Orchestra Centennial Celebration
Celebrate the orchestra’s centennial with a gala concert conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, featuring p...

Episode 13: Orphée et Eurydice from Lyric Opera of Chicago
Experience Christoph Willibald Gluck’s enduringly popular French-language opera based on the famous...

Episode 14: Doubt from the Minnesota Opera
Watch an adaptation of John Patrick Shanley’s hit 2005 Broadway play and the 2008 film about suspici...

Episode 15: Great Performances at the Met: Marnie
Watch composer Nico Muhly’s reimagining of Winston Graham’s novel about a beautiful, mysterious woma...

Episode 16: Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP The Magazine 2019
The AARP Movies for Grownups multimedia franchise was established in 2002 to celebrate and encourage...

Episode 17: Great Performances at the Met: La Fanciulla del West
Watch Puccini’s blazing love story set in the Wild West, based on David Belasco’s play “The Girl of...

Episode 18: Andrea Bocelli @ 60
Celebrate the world-renowned tenor with a concert spotlighting his popular music and opera repertoir...

Episode 19: Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration
The songs of legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell’s are among the most sublime musical landscap...

Episode 20: Birgit Nilsson: A League of Her Own
Celebrate the life of Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson, the face of opera in the late 1950s-70s. This...

Episode 21: Great Performances at the Met: Samson et Dalila
Watch Saint-Saëns’s biblical epic based on the tale of Samson and Delilah from the Book of Judges. S...

Episode 22: Julius Caesar from Donmar
Set in a women’s prison, Great Performances: Julius Caesar offers a powerful dramatization of the ca...

Episode 23: Great Performances at the Met: La Traviata
See Michael Mayer’s richly textured production of Verdi’s classic opera, starring soprano Diana Damr...

Episode 24: Great Performances at the Met: Adriana Lecouvreur
Watch Cilea’s classic opera starring Anna Netrebko in the title role of the real-life French actress...

Episode 25: Great Performances at the Met: Carmen
Watch Sir Richard Eyre’s production of Bizet’s masterpiece starring Clémentine Margaine reprising he...

Episode 26: Great Performances at the Met: La Fille du Régiment
Watch Donizetti’s romantic comedy about a budding military relationship starring Pretty Yende and Ja...

Episode 27: Great Performances at the Met: Die Walküre
Experience a Wagnerian event for the ages starring Christine Goerke as the willful warrior Brünnhild...

Episode 29: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2019
Enjoy the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic’s annual concert from Schönbrunn Palace with guest cond...

Episode 30: Great Performances at the Met: Dialogues Des Carmélites
Watch John Dexter’s production of the Poulenc classic about the power of faith, starring Isabel Leon...

Episode 1: Now Hear This “Vivaldi: Something Completely Different”
Join Scott Yoo, renowned violinist and conductor of the Mexico City Philharmonic, in Now Hear This,...

Episode 2: Now Hear This “The Riddle of Bach”
Scott Yoo goes to Germany to learn Bach’s sonatas and partitas, widely considered among the greatest...

Episode 3: Now Hear This “Scarlatti: Man Out of Time”
Join Scott Yoo in Spain and Morocco to discover the greatest composer you’ve never heard of: Domenic...

Episode 4: Now Hear This “Handel: Italian Style”
Before becoming the most famous composer of his time, Handel gained a lifetime of experience in Ital...

Episode 5: GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends® 2019
In collaboration with the Recording Academy™, Great Performances presents GRAMMY Salute To Music Leg...

Episode 6: 42nd Street
The 1981 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, 42nd Street is the song-and-dance, American dream fable...

Episode 7: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I
Kelli O’Hara and Ken Watanabe star in a Tony Award-winning revival of the beloved musical about a Br...

Episode 8: Red
Under the watchful gaze of his young assistant—and the growing competitive presence of a new generat...

Episode 9: Much Ado About Nothing
For the first time in over four decades, Great Performances presents a Public Theater production rec...

Episode 10: Kinky Boots
Rejoice with the Tony Award-winning high-heeled hit musical with songs by pop icon Cyndi Lauper and...

Episode 11: Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Judas, as played by Brandon Victor Dixon, wows with dance moves and an unforgettable rendition of "S...

Episode 12: An Intimate Evening with David Foster
Enjoy a star-studded concert with celebrated 16-time GRAMMY Award winner David Foster as he explores...

Episode 13: From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2020
Celebrate 2020 with the Vienna Philharmonic at the Musikverein. Under the baton of guest conductor A...

Episode 14: Great Performances at the Met: Manon
Manon prepares to enter a convent when she's struck by love at first sight with Chevalier des Grieux...

Episode 15: Movies for Grownups Awards 2020 with AARP The Magazine
Watch actors and filmmakers as they are honored for creating films that resonate with older viewers...

Episode 16: Great Performances at the Met: Madama Butterfly
Soprano Hui He plays the tragic title role with tenor Bruce Sledge as the naval officer who abandons...

Episode 17: Great Performances at the Met: Turandot
In an ancient mythical China, three riddles dictate who wins Turandot's heart and who loses their li...

Episode 18: Great Performances at the Met: Akhnaten
Experience composer Philip Glass’ visionary masterpiece portraying the impact of the Egyptian Pharao...

Episode 19: Andrea Bocelli: Music for Hope, A Great Performances Special
Experience iconic Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli in an Easter Sunday concert from Milan’s historic cat...

Episode 20: Great Performances at the Met: Wozzeck
Experience artist William Kentridge’s interpretation of Berg’s tragic opera set in an apocalyptic pr...

Episode 21: LA Phil 100
Celebrate the centennial of this landmark orchestra with “La Valse” by Ravel, Stravinsky’s “Firebird...

Episode 22: Leonard Bernstein's Mass
Enjoy Ravinia Festival’s production of Leonard Bernstein’s musical starring Tony Award-winning barit...

Episode 23: Great Performances at the Met: Agrippina
Experience Handel’s black comedy of intrigue and impropriety in this production from David McVicar s...

Episode 24: Ann
Enjoy a powerful and revealing look at legendary, larger-than-life Texas governor Ann Richards who e...

Episode 25: Gloria: A Life
Experience playwright Emily Mann’s unique interpretation of feminist icon Gloria Steinem’s life, per...

Episode 26: Great Performances at the Met: Der Fliegende Holländer
Experience Wagner’s eerie early masterpiece telling the tale of the sea captain cursed to sail for e...

Episode 27: Great Performances at the Met: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Enjoy this classic American folk opera that brings 1920s Charleston to life with a beloved score fro...

Episode 28: Great Performances at the Met: Tosca
Sir David McVicar’s new production of Puccini’s classic stars Sonya Yoncheva, Vittorio Grigolo and Ž...

Episode 29: Great Performances at the Met: Maria Stuarda
The first-ever Met production of Donizetti’s opera stars Joyce DiDonato as Mary, Queen of Scots with...

Episode 30: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2020
Enjoy the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s performance of selections by Strauss, Wagner, Offenbach, P...

Episode 1: Romeo and Juliet
Experience a ballet of Shakespeare’s classic from choreographer Kenneth MacMillan performed by dance...

Episode 2: Now Hear This “Haydn: King of Strings”
Explore the work of famed composer Joseph Haydn’s career with host Scott Yoo and featured guest arti...

Episode 3: Now Hear This “The Schubert Generation”
Celebrate the work of Franz Schubert with host Scott Yoo as he plays with young musicians establishi...

Episode 4: Now Hear This “Becoming Mozart”
Join Scott Yoo, renowned violinist and conductor of the Mexico City Philharmonic, in Now Hear This S...

Episode 5: GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends® 2020
In collaboration with the Recording Academy®, Great Performances presents GRAMMY Salute To Music Leg...

Episode 6: One Man, Two Guvnors
Featuring a Tony Award-winning performance by CBS Late Late Show host James Corden, the hilarious We...

Episode 7: Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles is the first in-depth documentary that chronicles the story of the in...

Episode 8: Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn
Roundabout Theatre Company’s festive production of Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn – The Broadway Musica...

Episode 9: Lea Salonga in Concert
Captured in peak performance with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Tony Award-winner Lea Salonga perfo...

Episode 10: From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2021
Ring in 2021 with host Hugh Bonneville joined by guest conductor Riccardo Muti and the Vienna Philha...

Episode 11: The Magic of Callas
Explore the legacy of superstar Maria Callas in this documentary detailing her 1964 comeback at Lond...

Episode 12: The Magic of Horowitz
Experience legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz’s 1986 Russian homecoming for a sold-out concert of p...

Episode 13: Great Performances at the Met: Renée Fleming in Concert
Experience the beloved American soprano perform arias by Puccini and Massenet to selections by Hande...

Episode 14: Movies for Grownups® Awards 2021 with AARP The Magazine
Watch actors and filmmakers as they are honored for creating films that resonate with older viewers...

Episode 15: Great Performances at the Met: Jonas Kaufmann in Concert
The superstar tenor sings a program of classic arias from the Baroque interior of the historic Polli...

Episode 16: Beethoven in Beijing
Experience the international impact of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s historic 1973 trip to China, off...

Episode 17: Romeo & Juliet
This stylized film of Shakespeare’s masterpiece from the National Theatre celebrates the theatrical...

Episode 18: Uncle Vanya
Tony Award nominee Conor McPherson breathes new life into Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece with his accla...

Episode 19: Great Performances at the Met: Lise Davidsen in Concert
The soprano performs arias and songs that brought her success around the world including selections...

Episode 20: The Arts Interrupted
Take an inside look at how arts organizations nationwide are surviving the pandemic and how they are...

Episode 21: Great Performances at the Met: Aleksandra Kurzak & Roberto Alagna in Concert
Recorded in August, the married tenor and soprano duo perform arias and duets from the Château de la...

Episode 22: Andrea Bocelli: Believe
Enjoy the songs of the internationally beloved tenor’s 2020 album recorded on location in Malta. Sel...

Episode 23: Mick Fleetwood & Friends
Experience an all-star concert honoring the early years of Fleetwood Mac and founding member Peter G...

Episode 24: Great Performances at the Met: Anna Netrebko in Concert
Recorded in February from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria, the megastar performs Russia...

Episode 25: Great Performances at the Met: Joyce DiDonato in Concert
Experience a new performance by the American mezzo-soprano from the art-nouveau Jahrhunderthalle in...

Episode 26: Gloria Estefan: Sangre Yoruba
Gloria Estefan journeys through three of Brazil’s most influential cities, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo...

Episode 27: Roots of Latin Jazz
Anaadi and the Raíces Jazz Orchestra perform Jorge Ben's classic from his debut album "Samba Esquema...

Episode 28: Great Performances at the Met: Diana Damrau & Joseph Calleja in Concert
Don’t miss Diana Damrau and Joseph Calleja’s captivating performance from the spectacular Royal Pala...

Episode 29: Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Go backstage on Broadway from 1959 to the early 1980s through interviews with theater legends includ...

Episode 30: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2021
Enjoy the Vienna Philharmonic’s annual summer night concert under the direction of guest conductor D...

Episode 31: Great Performances at the Met: Sonya Yoncheva in Concert
Enjoy the talent of Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva as she performs arias by Verdi, Puccini and mor...

Episode 1: Yannick – An Artist’s Journey
Experience the music director of the Metropolitan Opera’s meteoric rise to become one of the most ac...

Episode 2: Verdi’s Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11
Honor the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with this special performance hosted by Misty...

Episode 3: The Red Shoes
Experience Hans Christian Andersen’s dark fairytale from acclaimed director-choreographer Matthew Bo...

Episode 4: Great Performances at the Met: Sondra Radvanovsky & Piotr Beczala in Concert
From the historic Stadthalle in Wuppertal, Germany, recorded in January, this world-famous soprano-t...

Episode 5: Great Performances at the Met: Three Divas at Versailles
Three-time GRAMMY winner Isabel Leonard joins Nadine Sierra and Ailyn Pérez to perform timeless sele...

Episode 6: Now Hear This "Beethoven's Ghost"
Go inside the mind of a genius as host Scott Yoo and fellow musicians undertake a recording of Beeth...

Episode 7: Great Performances at the Met: Wagnerians in Concert
Recorded in May, a quartet of some of opera’s most powerful and dramatic singers comes together at t...

Episode 8: A John Williams Premiere at Tanglewood
Experience a concert of works by legendary composer John Williams from Boston Symphony Orchestra’s s...

Episode 9: San Francisco Symphony Reopening Night
Celebrate opening night of San Francisco Symphony’s 110th season as it welcomes its new GRAMMY-winni...

Episode 10: Coppelia
Enjoy this contemporary reboot of the 1870 ballet favorite that blends live-action ballet with CGI a...

Episode 12: Unforgettable With Love - Natalie Cole
Enjoy this special encore of Natalie Cole’s Emmy-winning concert of her GRAMMY-winning album in Grea...

Episode 13: Great Performances at the Met: Bryn Terfel & Friends in Concert
Recorded December 2020, the legendary bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel performs a holiday program accom...

Episode 14: Great Performances at the Met: New Year's Eve Gala
The Met rings in the new year with a gala performance featuring stars Angel Blue, Pretty Yende, Javi...

Episode 15: From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2022
Ring in the new year in Austria at the Musikverein with the Vienna Philharmonic and host Hugh Bonnev...

Episode 16: Reopening: The Broadway Revival
Go behind the scenes of Broadway as shows reunite, rehearse and re-stage for their long-awaited reop...

Episode 17: Great Performances at the Met: Boris Godunov
Bass René Pape, the world’s reigning Boris, reprises his portrayal of the tortured tsar caught betwe...

Episode 18: Great Performances at the Met: Eurydice
The ancient Greek myth of Orpheus, who attempts to harness the power of music to rescue his beloved...

Episode 19: Movies for Grownups® Awards 2022 with AARP The Magazine
First broadcast on PBS in 2018, Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine returns for a fift...

Episode 20: The Conductor
Follow Marin Alsop’s journey to become the first female music director of a major American symphony...

Episode 21: Great Performances at the Met: Fire Shut Up In My Bones
Experience Grammy-winning composer Terence Blanchard and librettist Kasi Lemmon’s adaptation of Char...

Episode 22: Now Hear This "Amy Beach - American Romantic"
Host Scott Yoo and his wife, flutist Alice Dade, perform the work of Romantic era classical composer...

Episode 23: Now Hear This "Florence Price and the American Migration"
From Little Rock to Chicago, host Scott Yoo follows the trail of the great African American composer...

Episode 24: Now Hear This "Aaron Copland - Dean of American Music"
Scott Yoo explores the life and work of Aaron Copland, and how he created the American sound.

Episode 25: Now Hear This "New American Voices"
Scott Yoo discovers how American composers are inspired by their immigrant roots today through two c...

Episode 26: Great Performances at the Met: Cinderella
Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard stars as the rags-to-riches princess in Laurent Pelly’s storybook stagi...

Episode 27: Anything Goes
Enjoy this London production of Cole Porter’s classic musical led by Sutton Foster who reprises her...

Episode 28: Merry Wives
Experience Shakespeare’s comedic masterpiece from the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park. Set...

Episode 29: Keeping Company with Sondheim
Take an inside look at the reimagined gender-swapped production as it returns to Broadway during the...

Episode 30: Great Performances at the Met: Rigoletto
Baritone Quinn Kelsey portrays the title role at the Met for the first time, starring alongside sopr...

Episode 31: Great Performances at the Met: Ariadne Auf Naxos
Soprano Lise Davidsen brings one of her signature roles to the Met for the first time as the mytholo...

Episode 32: Great Performances at the Met: Don Carlos
For the first time in its history, the Met presents the original five-act French version of Verdi’s...

Episode 33: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2022
Enjoy the Vienna Philharmonic’s annual summer night concert with cellist Gautier Capuçon under the d...

Episode 34: Great Performances at the Met: Turandot
Enjoy opera superstar Liudmyla Monastyrska in the title role of the legendary cold-hearted princess....

Episode 1: Black Lucy and The Bard
Explore Shakespeare’s love life through the perspective of the “Dark Lady” in this work from Nashvil...

Episode 2: Intimate Apparel
Experience the story of seamstress Esther who begins writing to a mysterious suitor laboring on the...

Episode 3: Great Performances at the Met: Lucia Di Lammermoor
Soprano Nadine Sierra returns to the stage in one of the most formidable and storied roles, the haun...

Episode 4: Great Performances at the Met: Hamlet
Experience this contemporary opera based on Shakespeare’s masterpiece directed by Neil Armfield and...

Episode 5: NY Phil Reopening of David Geffen Hall
Celebrate the New York Philharmonic's return to its revitalized home. Under the baton of Music Direc...

Episode 6: Josh Groban's Great Big Radio City Show
Get a sneak peek at the concert from Radio City, featuring clips from "The Impossible Dream" and "Th...

Episode 7: From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2023
Celebrate the new year with this annual classical music celebration featuring waltzes by Strauss fro...

Episode 8: Movies for Grownups® Awards 2023 with AARP The Magazine
Iconic and beloved screen and stage performer Alan Cumming returns as host for this awards show in w...

Episode 9: The Magic of Spirituals
Glimpse behind the curtain at opera legends Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman’s famed concert at Car...

Episode 10: Remember This
Experience Academy Award nominee David Strathairn as reluctant World War II hero and Holocaust witne...

Episode 11: Great Performances at the Met: The Hours
Renée Fleming makes her return to the Met with Kelli O'Hara and Joyce DiDonato in this new opera fro...

Episode 12: Great Performances at the Met: La Traviata
Nadine Sierra stars as the opera’s heroine, the self-sacrificing courtesan Violetta, with tenor Step...

Episode 13: Now Hear This “Piazzolla’s History with Tango”
Tango to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with host Scott Yoo and flutist Alice Dade to explore the evolutio...

Episode 14: Now Hear This “Schumann - Genius and Madness”
Visit Scotland, Germany and France with host Scott Yoo as he investigates the connection between Rob...

Episode 15: Now Hear This “Andy Akiho Found (his) Sound”
Composer Andy Akiho explains to host Scott Yoo how living in New York City shaped his composing and...

Episode 16: Now Hear This “Albéniz - Portraits of Spain”
Discover the inspirations Spain provided composer Isaac Albéniz with host Scott Yoo and Scottish GRA...

Episode 17: Great Performances at the Met: Fedora
Back at the Met for the first time in 25 years, Umberto Giordano’s drama stars soprano Sonya Yonchev...

Episode 18: Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
Enjoy a revue of milestone Broadway shows and songs from 1973 to 2023 hosted by two-time Tony Award...

Episode 19: Richard III
Starring Danai Gurira (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” “The Walking Dead”) in the title role with...

Episode 20: Great Performances at the Met: Medea
Great Performances at the Met raises the curtain on Medea with opera star Sondra Radvanovsky in the...

Episode 21: Great Performances at the Met: Lohengrin
Back at the Met after 17 years, this production of Wagner’s opera is directed by François Girard wit...

Episode 22: Great Performances at the Met: Falstaff
Verdi’s Shakespearean comedy features an ensemble cast in Robert Carsen’s staging, with baritone Mic...

Episode 23: Leonard Bernstein's Kaddish Symphony
Performed from Highland Park’s Ravinia Festival, Great Performances presents legendary composer Leon...

Episode 24: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2023
A beloved summer tradition, Great Performances presents the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s summer n...

Episode 1: Great Performances at the Met: Der Rosenkavalier
Strauss’s grand Viennese comedy includes soprano Lise Davidsen as the aging Marschallin, opposite me...

Episode 2: Great Performances at the Met: Don Giovanni
Tony Award–winning director Ivo van Hove makes his Met debut with a new take on Mozart’s tragicomedy...

Episode 3: New York City Ballet in Madrid
Captured in peak performance at Madrid’s Teatro Real, New York City Ballet performs two masterpieces...

Episode 4: Message In A Bottle
Experience five-time Olivier Award nominee Kate Prince’s dance and theater show set to the songs of...

Episode 5: Great Performances at the Met: Champion
Six-time Grammy Award–winning composer Terence Blanchard returns to the Met with an opera based on t...

Episode 6: Making Shakespeare: The First Folio
Celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio, which saved 18 plays from being lost....

Episode 7: Great Performances at the Met: Die Zauberflöte
Experience director Simon McBurney’s Met debut with a new production of this Mozart favorite. Nathal...

Episode 8: From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2024
Celebrate the New Year with waltzes by Strauss and more performed from Vienna’s Musikverein by the f...

Episode 9: Great Performances at the Met: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Experience Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking opera directed by Tony nominee Robert O’Hara. The new stag...

Episode 10: The LA Phil Celebrates Frank Gehry
Celebrate 20 years at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the LA Phil in a tribute to its architect. Led b...

Episode 11: George Jones: Still Playin’ Possum
Honoring one of the most influential, storied and beloved country music icons in history, Great Perf...
Episode 12: Great Performances at the Met: Dead Man Walking
Episode 13: Great Performances at the Met: Florencia en el Amazonas
Episode 14: Now Hear This
Episode 15: Now Hear This
Episode 16: Now Hear This
Episode 17: Now Hear This
Episode 18: Great Performances at the Met: Nabucco
Episode 19: Hamlet
Episode 20: Audra McDonald at the London Palladium
Episode 21: Purlie Victorious
A three-act comedic stage play tells the fictional story of Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson, a dyn...
Episode 22: Rodgers & Hammerstein's 80th Anniversary

Episode 1: Émigré: A Musical Drama with the NY Phil
Enjoy this semi-staged oratorio with the New York Philharmonic and an international cast telling the...

Episode 2: Land of Gold
Explore Peter Sellars' San Francisco Opera production of John Adams' "Girls of the Golden West" set...

Episode 3: Patsy Cline: Walkin' After Midnight
Experience the music of Patsy Cline in a star-studded tribute concert featuring Wynonna and more.

Episode 4: Henry Mancini 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
Celebrate the centennial birthday of composer Henry Mancini with Michael Bublé, Cynthia Erivo, saxop...

Episode 5: From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2025
Experience this annual beloved concert from the Golden Hall of the Musikverein celebrating the 200th...

Episode 6: Movies for Grownups® Awards 2025 with AARP The Magazine
Iconic and beloved screen and stage performer Alan Cumming returns as host for this awards show in w...

Episode 7: Andrea Bocelli 30th – The Celebration
Experience the world-renowned Italian tenor’s 30th anniversary concert from Tuscany featuring global...

Episode 8: Great Performances at the Met: Grounded
Follow a fighter pilot who operates a drone in a high-tech world battling both war and motherhood. W...

Episode 9: Now Hear This “Chopin’s Polish Heart”
Follow Scott Yoo and pianist Jan Lisiecki as they explore Chopin’s life, his Polish roots, and his j...

Episode 10: The Magic of Nureyev
Experience Rudolf Nureyev’s revolutionary 1964 production of "Swan Lake" with ballerina Margot Fonte...

Episode 11: Great Performances at the Met: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Benjamin Bernheim performs the title role of the tormented poet for Offenbach’s final work. Hoffmann...

Episode 12: Now Hear This "Boccherini: Night Music"
Join Scott Yoo and musicians on a night tour of Madrid to uncover Boccherini’s deep love for the cit...

Episode 13: Now Hear This: Rachmaninoff Reborn
Follow Rachmaninoff’s journey from a Russian aristocrat to an American artist after the Bolshevik re...

Episode 14: Now Hear This "Barrios: Chopin of the Guitar"
Explore Agustin Barrios’ journey from rural Paraguay to global recognition as a guitar composer. Des...

Episode 15: Next to Normal
Experience this Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical directed by Michael Longhurst from...

Episode 16: Yellow Face
Enjoy Tony winner David Henry Hwang’s comedy starring Daniel Dae Kim as an Asian American playwright...

Episode 17: Great Performances at the Met: Tosca
Lise Davidsen stars in the title role alongside Freddie De Tommaso in his company debut as her lover...

Episode 18: Girl from the North Country
Experience 20 reimagined, legendary Bob Dylan songs including “Forever Young,” “Hurricane,” and “Lik...

Episode 19: Kiss Me, Kate
Enjoy this Cole Porter classic musical featuring iconic songs like “Another Op'nin', Another Show,"...

Episode 20: Great Performances at the Met: Aida
Angel Blue makes her highly anticipated Met role debut as Aida, the Ethiopian princess torn between...

Episode 21: Great Performances at the Met: Fidelio
In her second role of this season of Great Performances at the Met, Lise Davidsen stars as Leonore,...

Episode 22: Great Performances at the Met: Le Nozze di Figaro Coming Soon
Conductor Joana Mallwitz makes her Met debut leading the cast in Mozart’s comic masterpiece. Michael...
Episode 23: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2025 Coming Soon
The beloved annual concert performed by Vienna Philharmonic takes place in Schönbrunn Palace Park an...
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