What it is
Great Performances is a television series devoted to the performing arts, has been telecast on PBS since 1972. The show is produced by WNET in New York City. It is one of the longest running performing arts anthologies on television, second only to Hallmark Hall of Fame. Great Performances presents concerts, ballet, opera, an occasional documentary, and plays. The series has also won many television awards, including an Emmy Award, a Peabody Award, and an Image Award, with nods from the Directors Guild of America and the Cinema Audio Society.
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Season 1
s37e09
Great Performances at the Met: Salome
2008-01-18
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2008-01-18 ·
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Pavarotti: A Life in Seven Arias
2008-09-11
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2008-09-11 ·
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Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2008: A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein
2008-10-30
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2008-10-30 ·
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Dance in America: San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker
2008-11-19
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2008-11-19 ·
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Hit Man: David Foster and Friends
2008-11-30
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2008-11-30 ·
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Domingo, Netrebko & Villazón: Three Stars in Vienna
2008-12-06
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2008-12-06 ·
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Great Performances at the Met: Doctor Atomic
2008-12-30
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2008-12-30 ·
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From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2009
2009-01-02
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2009-01-02 ·
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Cyrano de Bergerac
2009-01-08
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2009-01-08 ·
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Great Performances at the Met: La Damnation de Faust
2009-03-01
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2009-03-01 ·
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The Police Certifiable
2009-03-02
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2009-03-02 ·
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Great Performances at the Met: Opening Night Gala Starring Renée Fleming
2009-03-16
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2009-03-16 ·
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King Lear
2009-03-26
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King Lear
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2009-03-26 ·
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Great Performances at the Met: Thaïs
2009-03-29
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2009-03-29 ·
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Great Performances at the Met: Lucia di Lammermoor
2009-04-16
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Great Performances at the Met: Lucia di Lammermoor
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2009-04-16 ·
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Great Performances at the Met: La Rondine
2009-04-26
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2009-04-26 ·
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Great Performances at the Met: Orfeo ed Euridice
2009-05-17
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2009-05-17 ·
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In the Heights - Chasing Broadway Dreams
2009-05-28
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2009-05-28 ·
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Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood: Live from Madison Square Garden
2009-05-29
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Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood: Live from Madison Square Garden
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2009-05-29 ·
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Stevie Wonder: Live at Last
2009-06-02
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2009-06-02 ·
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Chess in Concert
2009-06-18
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Chess in Concert
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2009-06-18 ·
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Great Performances at the Met: Madama Butterfly
2009-06-21
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2009-06-21 ·
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Great Performances at the Met: La Sonnambula
2009-07-12
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2009-07-12 ·
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Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Celebration from Madison Square Garden
2009-07-31
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2009-07-31 ·
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Great Performances at the Met: La Cenerentola
2009-08-16
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2009-08-16 ·
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Harlem in Montmartre
2009-08-27
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2009-08-27 ·
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Karajan, or Beauty as I See It
2009-09-01
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Karajan, or Beauty as I See It
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2009-09-01 ·
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The Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2009
2009-09-17
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2009-09-17 ·
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