Great Performances

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

Episodes

  • Now Hear This: Beethoven's Ghost

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

    Isabel Leonard joins Nadine Sierra and Ailyn Pérez to perform timeless selections.
  • GP at the Met: Sondra Radvanovsky & Piotr Beczala in Concert

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

    Experience this dark fairytale from Matthew Bourne with this acclaimed stage adaptation.
  • Great Performances - Verdi’s Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11

    The Met Opera presents a special performance of Verdi Requiem to commemorate 9/11.
  • GP at the Met: Sonya Yoncheva in Concert

    Enjoy the talent of the Bulgarian soprano as she performs arias by Puccini and more.
  • Yannick – An Artist’s Journey

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

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

Specials

  • 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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