Great Performances

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

Episodes

  • Great Performances at the Met: Wagnerians in Concert: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Great Performances at the Met: Wagnerians in Concert

    S49 Ep7 |
    A quartet of some of opera’s most powerful and dramatic singers comes together in Germany.
  • Now Hear This: Beethoven's Ghost: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Now Hear This: Beethoven's Ghost

    S49 Ep6 |
    Go inside the mind of Beethoven as Scott Yoo seeks to make a recording of his music.
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    GP at the Met: Three Divas at Versailles

    S49 Ep5 |
    Isabel Leonard joins Nadine Sierra and Ailyn Pérez to perform timeless selections.
  • GP at the Met: Sondra Radvanovsky & Piotr Beczala in Concert: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    GP at the Met: Sondra Radvanovsky & Piotr Beczala in Concert

    S49 Ep4 |
    Radvanovsky and Beczala perform a selection of arias and duets from their time at the Met.
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    The Red Shoes

    S49 Ep3 |
    Experience this dark fairytale from Matthew Bourne with this acclaimed stage adaptation.
  • Great Performances - Verdi’s Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Great Performances - Verdi’s Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11

    S49 Ep2 |
    The Met Opera presents a special performance of Verdi Requiem to commemorate 9/11.
  • GP at the Met: Sonya Yoncheva in Concert: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    GP at the Met: Sonya Yoncheva in Concert

    S48 Ep31 |
    Enjoy the talent of the Bulgarian soprano as she performs arias by Puccini and more.
  • Yannick – An Artist’s Journey: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Yannick – An Artist’s Journey

    S49 Ep1 |
    Experience the music director of the Metropolitan Opera’s meteoric rise to prominence.
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    Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2021

    S48 Ep30 |
    Enjoy the VPO’s annual summer night concert under the direction of Daniel Harding.

Specials

  • The Little Mermaid from San Francisco Ballet: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The Little Mermaid from San Francisco Ballet

    Experience Hans Christian Andersen's haunting tale of love in this inventive ballet.
  • Il Postino from LA Opera: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Il Postino from LA Opera

    Daniel Catan's has adapted the popular 1994 film Il Postino as an opera.

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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