Great Performances

  • Premiered: Nov 1972
  • Episodes: 590
  • Followers: 11
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Season 51
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Great Performances at the Met: Der Rosenkavalier
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Sep 10, 2023
Strauss’s grand Viennese comedy includes soprano Lise Davidsen as the aging Marschallin, opposite mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as her lover Octavian and soprano Erin Morley as Sophie, .. show full overview
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Great Performances at the Met: Don Giovanni
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Oct 01, 2023
Tony Award–winning director Ivo van Hove makes his Met debut with a new take on Mozart’s tragicomedy. Maestro Nathalie Stutzmann also makes her Met debut, conducting the cast led by .. show full overview
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New York City Ballet in Madrid
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Oct 27, 2023
Captured in peak performance at Madrid’s Teatro Real, New York City Ballet performs two masterpieces choreographed by NYCB co-founder and original Artistic Director George Balanchine, .. show full overview
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Message In A Bottle
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Nov 03, 2023
Experience five-time Olivier Award nominee Kate Prince’s dance and theater show set to the songs of 17-time Grammy winner Sting. Telling the story of a migrant family, the show from London’s Sadler's Wells Theatre features a mix of dance styles.
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Champion
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Nov 05, 2023
Six-time Grammy Award–winning composer Terence Blanchard returns to the Met with an opera based on the true story of boxer Emile Griffith, who rose from obscurity to become a world champion despite being a closeted bisexual.
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Making Shakespeare: The First Folio
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Nov 17, 2023
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From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2024
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Jan 01, 2024
Celebrate the New Year with waltzes by Strauss and more performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra led by guest conductor Christian Thielemann. PBS favorite Hugh Bonneville returns to host.
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GP at the Met - X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
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Feb 04, 2024
Experience Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking opera directed by Tony nominee Robert O’Hara. The new staging portrays Malcolm as an Everyman whose story transcends time and space. Supported by a cast of young Met stars, Will Liverman sings Malcolm X.
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The LA Phil Celebrates Frank Gehry
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Feb 16, 2024
Celebrate 20 years at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the LA Phil in a tribute to its architect. Led by Gustavo Dudamel, the concert includes a piece composed and conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, performances by Herbie Hancock and H.E.R., and more.
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George Jones: Still Playin’ Possum
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Feb 23, 2024
Honor one of the most beloved stars in country music history with this all-star tribute concert featuring Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Wynonna, Jelly Roll, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, Lorrie Morgan, Justin Moore, Trace Adkins and more.

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