Great Performances

The world of classical performing arts is brought to the comfort of your living room.

Episodes

  • Rodgers & Hammerstein's 80th Anniversary: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Rodgers & Hammerstein's 80th Anniversary

    S51 Ep22 |
    Features an all-star cast at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
  • Great Performances at the Met: Florencia en el Amazonas: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Great Performances at the Met: Florencia en el Amazonas

    S51 Ep13 |
    A diva returns to South America to perform at Manaus—and to search for her lost lover.
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    Great Performances at the Met: Dead Man Walking

    S51 Ep12 |
    Experience Ivo van Hove’s production of composer Jake Heggie’s opera.
  • George Jones: Still Playin’ Possum: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    George Jones: Still Playin’ Possum

    S51 Ep11 |
    Honor one of the most beloved stars in country music history.
  • The LA Phil Celebrates Frank Gehry: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The LA Phil Celebrates Frank Gehry

    S51 Ep10 |
    Celebrate 20 years at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the LA Phil.
  • GP at the Met - X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    GP at the Met - X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

    S51 Ep9 |
    Experience Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking opera directed by Tony nominee Robert O’Hara.
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    From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2024

    S51 Ep8 |
    Celebrate the New Year with waltzes by Strauss and more.
  • Great Performances at the Met: Die Zauberflöte: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Great Performances at the Met: Die Zauberflöte

    S51 Ep6 |
    Experience director Simon McBurney’s Met debut of Mozart’s opera.
  • Making Shakespeare: The First Folio: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Making Shakespeare: The First Folio

    S51 Ep7 |
    Celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio.

About Great Performances

Great Performances brings the best in the performing arts from across America and around the world to a US television audience. It presents a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

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