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.
s44e01Grammy Salute to Music Legends2016-10-1501:00⌄
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Grammy Salute to Music Legends
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2016-10-15 ·
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A concert pays tribute to the 2016 Grammy special merit award recipients Ruth Brown, Celia Cruz, Earth, Wind & Fire, Jefferson Airplane, Herbie Hancock, Linda Ronstadt and Run-DMC.
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s44e02The Hollow Crown: Henry VI, Part I2016-12-1202:00⌄
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The Hollow Crown: Henry VI, Part I
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2016-12-12 ·
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War rages and divisions within the English court threaten the crown; the scene is set for civil war.
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s44e03The Hollow Crown: Henry VI, Part II2016-12-1902:00⌄
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The Hollow Crown: Henry VI, Part II
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2016-12-19 ·
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Queen Margaret overshadows King Henry; Edward IV takes the throne, but Richard eyes the crown.
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s44e04The Hollow Crown: Richard III2016-12-2602:00⌄
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The Hollow Crown: Richard III
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2016-12-26 ·
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Edward IV takes the throne, but youngest brother Richard has his eyes on the crown.
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s44e05From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 20172017-01-0200:30⌄
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From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2017
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2017-01-02 ·
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The Vienna Philharmonic celebrates the New Year with Strauss Family waltzes, accompanied by the Vienna City Ballet; host Julie Andrews.
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s44e06Bel Canto The Opera2017-01-1402:00⌄
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Bel Canto The Opera
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2017-01-14 ·
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Experience composer Jimmy Lopez and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz' operatic adaptation of Ann Patchett's best-selling novel inspired by a true-life hostage crisis in the 1990s in Lima, Peru, with soprano Danielle de Niese.
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s44e07New York City Ballet in Paris2017-02-1802:00⌄
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New York City Ballet in Paris
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2017-02-18 ·
02:00
The New York City Ballet performs an all-Balanchine program that includes the Walpurgisnacht Ballet and La valse, set to music by Charles Gounod and Maurice Ravel.
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s44e08New York City Ballet Symphony in C2017-02-2502:00⌄
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New York City Ballet Symphony in C
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2017-02-25 ·
02:00
Enjoy two Balanchine gems: Bizet's Symphony in C, and Sonatine to Ravel music, recorded in Paris.
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s44e09Dudamel Conducts Tangos Under the Stars with the LA Phil2017-04-0101:00⌄
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Dudamel Conducts Tangos Under the Stars with the LA Phil
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2017-04-01 ·
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Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a program featuring Latin tangos.
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s44e10Young Men2017-04-0801:00⌄
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Young Men
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2017-04-08 ·
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A film about the World War I experience features dancers from the BalletBoyz company.
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s44e11Alicia Keys - Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special2017-06-2402:00⌄
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Alicia Keys - Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special
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2017-06-24 ·
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Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Alicia Keys performs in various locations around New York, including the Circle Line harbor tour, the Unisphere in Queens and Harlem's Apollo Theater.
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s44e12La Traviata2017-08-2601:00⌄
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La Traviata
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2017-08-26 ·
01:00
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s44e13Fifty Years - Ninety Miles: Havana Time Machine2017-10-0701:00⌄
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Fifty Years - Ninety Miles: Havana Time Machine
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2017-10-07 ·
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Take a musical journey to Cuba with evocative performances hosted by Raul Malo of the Mavericks.
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s44e14Grammy Salute to Music Legends 22017-10-1401:00⌄
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Grammy Salute to Music Legends 2
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2017-10-14 ·
01:00
Salute Shirley Caesar, Charley Pride, Jimmie Rodgers, Nina Simone, the Velvet Underground and more.
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s44e15She Loves Me2017-10-2101:00⌄
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She Loves Me
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2017-10-21 ·
01:00
Enjoy the musical about feuding clerks who are romantic pen pals; with Laura Benanti & Zachary Levi.
s44e20In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams2017-11-1102:00⌄
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In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams
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2017-11-11 ·
02:00
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s44e21Foo Fighters - Landmarks Live in Concert2017-11-1102:00⌄
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Foo Fighters - Landmarks Live in Concert
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2017-11-11 ·
02:00
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s44e22Indecent2017-11-1802:00⌄
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Indecent
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2017-11-18 ·
02:00
See Paula Vogel's Tony Award winner that looks at an explosive moment in theatrical history.
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s44e23Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn - The Broadway Musical2017-11-2502:00⌄
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Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn - The Broadway Musical
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2017-11-25 ·
02:00
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s44e19Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed Live2017-12-0303:00⌄
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Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed Live
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2017-12-03 ·
03:00
Experience the 50th anniversary live performance of the band's seminal album, with full orchestra.
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s44e27From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 20182018-01-0202:00⌄
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From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2018
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2018-01-02 ·
02:00
GREAT PERFORMANCES continues the cherished tradition of ringing in the new year with the Vienna Philharmonic at the opulent Musikverein, under the baton of Italian conductor and Chicago Symphony Orchestra Music Director Riccardo Muti, featuring favorite Strauss Family waltzes accompanied by the dancing of the Vienna State Ballet. This year's program welcomes new host Hugh Bonneville, best known as the Earl of Grantham, Robert Crawley in Masterpiece's global phenomenon, Downton Abbey, for which he received a Golden Globe Award and two Emmy nominations.
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s44e24At the Met - Norma2018-01-2702:00⌄
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At the Met - Norma
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2018-01-27 ·
02:00
Hear Sondra Radvanovsky, Joyce DiDonato and Joseph Calleja in Bellini's masterpiece.
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s44e25Nas Live from The Kennedy Center: Classical Hip-Hop2018-02-0302:00⌄
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Nas Live from The Kennedy Center: Classical Hip-Hop
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2018-02-03 ·
02:00
Witness a symphonic rendition of Nas' debut album Illmatic with the National Symphony Orchestra.
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s44e26Movies for Grownups Awards with Aarp The Magazine2018-02-2402:00⌄
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Movies for Grownups Awards with Aarp The Magazine
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2018-02-24 ·
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s44e28The Opera House2018-05-2601:00⌄
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The Opera House
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2018-05-26 ·
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Explore the history of the Met Opera's Lincoln Center home and life in 1950s-60s New York City.
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s44e29Ellis Island: The Dream of America with Pacific Symphony2018-06-3001:00⌄
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Ellis Island: The Dream of America with Pacific Symphony
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2018-06-30 ·
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THIRTEEN's Great Performances and Pacific Symphony, led by music director Carl St.Clair, pay tribute to America's history with a performance of composer Peter Boyer's "Ellis Island: The Dream of America," a Grammy-nominated contemporary classical work celebrating the historic American immigrant experience.
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s44e30Chicago Voices2018-08-1102:00⌄
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Chicago Voices
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2018-08-11 ·
02:00
Celebrate the city's vibrant music with Renee Fleming, Jessie Mueller, Michelle Williams and more.
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s44e31Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 20182018-08-1802:00⌄
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Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2018
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2018-08-18 ·
02:00
Enjoy the Vienna Philharmonic's open-air concert led by Valery Gergiev with soprano Anna Netrebko.
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s44e32The Chris Botti Band in Concert2018-08-2101:00⌄
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The Chris Botti Band in Concert
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2018-08-21 ·
01:00
See Grammy Award-winning trumpeter with vocalist Sy Smith, violinist Caroline Campbell and more.
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s44e33Grammy Salute to Music Legends 20182018-10-0601:00⌄
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Grammy Salute to Music Legends 2018
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2018-10-06 ·
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Enjoy an all-star concert honoring Neil Diamond, Tina Turner, Queen, John Williams and more.
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s44e34The Sound of Music2018-11-1002:00⌄
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The Sound of Music
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2018-11-10 ·
02:00
A U.K. production of "The Sound of Music," the long-running musical about the von Trapp Family Singers and their escape from Austria at the height of Nazism.
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s44e39Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood2018-12-2902:00⌄
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Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
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2018-12-29 ·
02:00
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