Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.
"You Can't Take It With You" is hailed one of the greatest revivals and filmed plays for PBS television. David Woods brought stunning charm, humor, and time to this Moss Hart masterpiece. Jason Robards, Jr. gave the collective performance of his career. Colleen Dewhurst perfection, Elizabeth Wilson superior, a joyous ensemble.
1. GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends® 2018
Aired: Oct 5, 2018Enjoy an all-star concert honoring Neil Diamond, Tina Turner, Queen, film com...
2. Gershwin: An American in Paris
Aired: Nov 2, 2018PBS broadcast of An American in Paris - The Musical (2018) starring Leanne Co...
Aired: Nov 9, 2018 Beloved by generations of audiences worldwide, “The Sound of Music” tells the...
Aired: Nov 16, 2018 American broadcast of The Sound of Music Live (2015) from the UK, starring Ka...
5. Harold Prince: The Director’s Life
Aired: Nov 23, 2018Take a peek into the legendary career of the pioneering Broadway producer and...
6. Harold Prince: The Director's Life
Aired: Nov 24, 2018Directed by Lonny Price, the Great Performances retrospective celebrates the ...
7. Tony Bennett & Diana Krall: Love Is Here to Stay
Aired: Nov 24, 2018Following on their Billboard #1 jazz album, Tony Bennett and Diana Krall hono...
8. k.d. lang - Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special
Aired: Dec 14, 2018Landmarks Live In Concert returns to Great Performances from the magnificent ...
9. Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration
Aired: Dec 28, 2018In honor of Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday, Tanglewood—the famed summer h...
10. Great Performances at the Met: Aida
Aired: Jan 20, 2019Watch Verdi’s grand opera featuring his most celebrated arias. Starring vocal...
11. From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2019
Aired: Jan 1, 2019Great Performances continues the cherished tradition of ringing in the new ye...
Aired: Jan 11, 2019 Celebrate the orchestra’s centennial with a gala concert conducted by Franz W...
13. Orphée et Eurydice from Lyric Opera of Chicago
Aired: Jan 18, 2019Experience Christoph Willibald Gluck’s enduringly popular French-language ope...
14. Doubt from the Minnesota Opera
Aired: Jan 25, 2019A priest comes under suspicion for abusing a boy at his parish school. This o...
15. Great Performances at the Met: Marnie
Aired: Feb 1, 2019Watch composer Nico Muhly’s reimagining of Winston Graham’s novel about a bea...
Aired: Feb 15, 2019 Join Great Performances for an international celebration of Andrea Bocelli's ...
17. Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration
Aired: Feb 24, 2019A celebration of singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's work features performances...
18. Birgit Nilsson: A League of Her Own
Aired: Mar 2, 2019Overview of the career and life of soprano Birgit Nilsson, with brief samples...
19. Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration
Aired: Mar 2, 2019The songs of legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell’s are among the most s...
20. Birgit Nilsson: A League of Her Own
Aired: Mar 22, 2019Celebrate the life of Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson, the face of opera in th...
21. Great Performances at the Met: Samson et Dalila
Aired: Mar 24, 2019Watch Saint-Saëns’s biblical epic based on the tale of Samson and Delilah fro...
Aired: Mar 29, 2019 The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his clo...
23. Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2019
Aired: Apr 5, 2019The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performs an open-air concert from the garde...
24. Great Performances at the Met: Adriana Lecouvreur
Aired: May 12, 2019Watch Cilea’s classic opera starring Anna Netrebko in the title role of the r...
25. Great Performances at the Met: Carmen
Aired: Jun 16, 2019Watch Sir Richard Eyre’s production of Bizet’s masterpiece starring Clémentin...
26. Great Performances at the Met: La Fille du Régiment
Aired: Jul 7, 2019Watch Donizetti’s romantic comedy about a budding military relationship starr...
27. Great Performances at the Met: Die Walküre
Aired: Aug 11, 2019Experience a Wagnerian event for the ages starring Christine Goerke as the wi...
28. Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2019
Aired: Nov 30, -1The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performs an open-air concert from the garde...
29. Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2019
Aired: Aug 9, 2019The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performs an open-air concert from the garde...
30. Great Performances at the Met: Dialogues Des Carmélites
Aired: Sep 1, 2019Watch John Dexter’s production of the Poulenc classic about the power of fait...
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