Great Performances

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Episodes

  • Great Performances at the Met: Tristan Und Isolde: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Great Performances at the Met: Tristan Und Isolde

    S54 Ep1 |
    Soprano Lise Davidsen stars as the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s meditation on love and death.
  • Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2026: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2026

    S53 Ep25 |
    Enjoy the orchestra's annual concert conducted by Lorenzo Viotti featuring Bryn Terfel as soloist.
  • Great Performances at the Met: Eugene Onegin: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Great Performances at the Met: Eugene Onegin

    S53 Ep24 |
    Soprano Asmik Grigorian and baritone Iurii Samoilov star in this production.
  • Great Performances at the Met: I Puritani: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Great Performances at the Met: I Puritani

    S53 Ep23 |
    Soprano Lisette Oropesa and tenor Lawrence Brownlee star as Elvira and Arturo.
  • Great Performances at the Met: Andrea Chénier: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Great Performances at the Met: Andrea Chénier

    S53 Ep22 |
    Giordano’s tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała.
  • Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy

    S40 Ep6 |
    Find out why the Broadway musical has proven to be a fertile territory for Jewish artists.
  • An Evening with Nicole Scherzinger: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    An Evening with Nicole Scherzinger

    S53 Ep21 |
    Nicole Scherzinger performs at London’s Royal Albert Hall for the first time.
  • Great Performances at the Met: Arabella: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Great Performances at the Met: Arabella

    S53 Ep20 |
    Strauss’ romance brings the glamour of 19th-century Vienna
  • Irving Berlin’s Top Hat: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Irving Berlin’s Top Hat

    S53 Ep19 |
    Directed and choreographed by three-time Tony winner Kathleen Marshall.

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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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Extras

  • Michael Spyres and Lise Davidsen as The Met's Tristan Und Isolde: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Michael Spyres and Lise Davidsen as The Met's Tristan Und Isolde

  • Sir Bryn Terfel performs "If I Were a Rich Man": asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Sir Bryn Terfel performs "If I Were a Rich Man"

  • Onegin’s Arioso from "Eugene Onegin": asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Onegin’s Arioso from "Eugene Onegin"

  • "Great Performances at the Met: I Puritani" Preview: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    "Great Performances at the Met: I Puritani" Preview

  • Lisette Oropesa performs “Qui la voce sua soave” in "I Puritani": asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Lisette Oropesa performs “Qui la voce sua soave” in "I Puritani"

  • "Great Performances at the Met: Andrea Chénier" Preview: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    "Great Performances at the Met: Andrea Chénier" Preview

  • Piotr Beczała in Andrea Chénier: “Come un bel dì di maggio”: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Piotr Beczała in Andrea Chénier: “Come un bel dì di maggio”

  • Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy Preview: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy Preview

  • "An Evening with Nicole Scherzinger" Preview: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    "An Evening with Nicole Scherzinger" Preview

  • Nicole Scherzinger performs "Don't Rain on My Parade": asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Nicole Scherzinger performs "Don't Rain on My Parade"

  • Nicole Scherzinger performs "Maybe This Time" from "Cabaret": asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Nicole Scherzinger performs "Maybe This Time" from "Cabaret"

  • "Great Performances at the Met: Arabella" Preview: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    "Great Performances at the Met: Arabella" Preview