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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From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2014 2014-01-02
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From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2014
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2014-01-02 ·
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Great Performances at the Met: Eugene Onegin 2014-01-18
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2014-01-18 ·
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Barrymore 2014-02-01
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Barrymore
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2014-02-01 ·
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Enjoy Christopher Plummer's portrayal of theater and film titan John Barrymore.
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National Theatre 50 Years on Stage 2014-02-15
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National Theatre 50 Years on Stage
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2014-02-15 ·
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Celebrate the Royal National Theatre's 50th year with performances by alumni and archival excerpts.
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Sting: The Last Ship 2014-02-22
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Sting: The Last Ship
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2014-02-22 ·
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Hear Sting perform highlights from his Broadway-bound show about the demise of ship-building.
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Great Performances at the Met: The Nose 2014-02-24
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2014-02-24 ·
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Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration 2014-03-02
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Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
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2014-03-02 ·
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Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs: The Dukes of September 2014-03-02
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2014-03-02 ·
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Great Performances at the Met: Tosca 2014-03-10
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2014-03-10 ·
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The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over 2014-04-09
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The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over
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2014-04-09 ·
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Great Performances at the Met: Falstaff 2014-04-14
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2014-04-14 ·
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Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty 2014-04-26
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Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty
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2014-04-26 ·
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Watch this highly theatrical production choreographed by Matthew Bourne to Tchaikovsky's music.
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Great Performances at the Met: Rusalka 2014-05-14
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2014-05-14 ·
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Great Performances at the Met: Prince Igor 2014-06-23
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2014-06-23 ·
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Great Performances at the Met: La Boheme 2014-06-28
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2014-06-28 ·
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Great Performances at the Met: Werther 2014-07-21
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2014-07-21 ·
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Dudamel Conducts the Verdi Requiem at the Hollywood Bowl 2014-08-02
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Dudamel Conducts the Verdi Requiem at the Hollywood Bowl
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2014-08-02 ·
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Thrill to a concert presentation of the towering Requiem in commemoration of Verdi's bicentennial.
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Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night 2014 2014-08-23
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Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night 2014
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2014-08-23 ·
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Great Performances at the Met: Cosi Fan Tutte 2014-08-25
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2014-08-25 ·
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Rejoice with Itzhak Perlman and Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot 2014-08-29
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Rejoice with Itzhak Perlman and Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot
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2014-08-29 ·
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