Overview of the career and life of soprano Birgit Nilsson, with brief samples of her singing.
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, 2018Beloved by generations of audiences worldwide, “The Sound of Music” tells the...
Aired: Nov 16, 2018American 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, 2019Celebrate 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, 2019Join 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, 2019The 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
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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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