Great Performances

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Episodes

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    S52 Ep15 |
    Experience this Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical from London's Donmar Warehouse.
  • Now Hear This “Albéniz: Portraits of Spain”: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Now Hear This “Albéniz: Portraits of Spain”

    S50 Ep16 |
    Discover the inspirations Spain provided composer Isaac Albéniz with host Scott Yoo.
  • Now Hear This “Andy Akiho Found (his) Sound”: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Now Hear This “Andy Akiho Found (his) Sound”

    S50 Ep15 |
    Experience the creation of music from this Japanese American composer with host Scott Yoo.
  • Now Hear This “Schumann: Genius and Madness”: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Now Hear This “Schumann: Genius and Madness”

    S50 Ep14 |
    Visit Scotland, Germany and France with host Scott Yoo.
  • Now Hear This “Piazzolla’s History with Tango”: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Now Hear This “Piazzolla’s History with Tango”

    S50 Ep13 |
    Tango to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with host Scott Yoo.
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    Great Performances at the Met: La Traviata

    S50 Ep12 |
    Nadine Sierra stars as the opera’s heroine, the self-sacrificing courtesan Violetta.
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    Great Performances at the Met: The Hours

    S50 Ep11 |
    Renée Fleming makes her return to the Met in this new opera.
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    Remember This

    S50 Ep10 |
    Experience David Strathairn as reluctant Holocaust witness, Jan Karski.
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    The Magic of Spirituals

    S50 Ep9 |
    Glimpse behind the curtain at Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman’s famed concert.

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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Extras

  • Aigul Akhmetshina Performs "Habanera" from Carmen at the Met: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Aigul Akhmetshina Performs "Habanera" from Carmen at the Met

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    Great Performances at the Met: Carmen Preview

  • A Star-Studded Performance of "Edelweiss": asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    A Star-Studded Performance of "Edelweiss"

  • Aaron Tveit performs "Soliloquy" from "Carousel": asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Aaron Tveit performs "Soliloquy" from "Carousel"

  • Audra McDonald Performs "Climb Ev'ry Mountain": asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Audra McDonald Performs "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"

  • Broadway Stars' Earliest Memory of Rodgers & Hammerstein: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Broadway Stars' Earliest Memory of Rodgers & Hammerstein

  • Patrick Wilson Performs "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin": asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Patrick Wilson Performs "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin"

  • Patrick Wilson Performs "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin": asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Patrick Wilson Performs "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin"

  • Patrick Wilson performs "Surrey with the Fringe on the Top": asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Patrick Wilson performs "Surrey with the Fringe on the Top"

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

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

  • In Memoriam: Jac Venza: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    In Memoriam: Jac Venza