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.
s50e03Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 20222022-08-2701:00⌄
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Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2022
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2022-08-27 ·
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s50e04Turandot2022-09-0501:00⌄
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Turandot
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2022-09-05 ·
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s50e05Black Lucy and the Bard2022-09-1701:00⌄
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Black Lucy and the Bard
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2022-09-17 ·
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s50e06Intimate Apparel2022-09-2401:00⌄
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2022-09-24 ·
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s50e07Josh Groban's Great Big Radio City Show2022-11-2602:00⌄
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Josh Groban's Great Big Radio City Show
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2022-11-26 ·
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s50e08From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 20232023-01-0201:00⌄
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From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2023
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2023-01-02 ·
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Ring in the new year with Vienna Philharmonic's annual concert from the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna. Guest conducted for the third time by Cleveland Orchestra Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, the program features many selections never before played at these traditional concerts, including works by Josef Strauss, Joseph Hellmesberger Jr., Johann Strauss Jr., and more. PBS favorite Hugh Bonneville returns as host for a sixth year. The broadcast also features performances by Vienna Boys and Girls Choirs and the Vienna State Ballet, with choreography by Ashley Page.
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s50e09Movies for Grownups with AARP the Magazine2023-02-1802:00⌄
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Movies for Grownups with AARP the Magazine
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2023-02-18 ·
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Iconic and beloved screen and stage performer Alan Cumming returns as host for this awards show in which two-time Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Jamie Lee Curtis receives the Career Achievement Award.
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s50e10The Magic of Spirituals2023-02-2502:00⌄
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The Magic of Spirituals
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2023-02-25 ·
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Glimpse behind the curtain at opera legends Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman's famed concert at Carnegie Hall on March 18, 1990, featuring performance clips and new interviews with opera star Angel Blue, Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb and more.
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s50e11Remember This2023-03-1401:00⌄
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Remember This
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2023-03-14 ·
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Experience Academy Award nominee David Strathairn as reluctant World War II hero and Holocaust witness, Jan Karski, in this one-man true story of moral courage and individual responsibility.
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s50e12Great Performances at the Met - The Hours2023-03-1801:00⌄
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Great Performances at the Met - The Hours
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2023-03-18 ·
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Renée Fleming makes her return to the Met with Kelli O'Hara and Joyce DiDonato in this new opera from a Pulitzer Prize–winning composer inspired by Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway."
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s50e13Now Hear This: Piazzolla's History With Tango2023-04-0801:00⌄
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Now Hear This: Piazzolla's History With Tango
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2023-04-08 ·
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Exploring the evolution of the tango music genre and composer Astor Piazzolla's work in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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s50e14Now Hear This: Schumann: Genius and Madness2023-04-1501:00⌄
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Now Hear This: Schumann: Genius and Madness
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2023-04-15 ·
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Visit Scotland, Germany and France with host Scott Yoo as he investigates the connection between Robert Schumann's bipolar disorder and creative genius via experts, musical performances and examining the work of other artists outside world of music.
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s50e15Now Hear This: Andy Akiho Found (his) Sound2023-04-2201:00⌄
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Now Hear This: Andy Akiho Found (his) Sound
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2023-04-22 ·
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Japanese American composer Andy Akiho creates music using found instruments; developing a music video.
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s50e16Now Hear This : Albeniz: Portraits of Spain2023-04-2901:00⌄
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Now Hear This : Albeniz: Portraits of Spain
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2023-04-29 ·
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A look at the musical inspirations that Spain provided composer Isaac Albéniz with Scottish guitarist David Russell, along with musicians from Albéniz's birthplace in the Pyrenees mountains.
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s50e17Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best2023-05-1301:00⌄
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Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
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2023-05-13 ·
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s50e18Richard III2023-05-2001:00⌄
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Richard III
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2023-05-20 ·
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s50e19at the Met - Medea2023-06-1701:00⌄
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at the Met - Medea
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2023-06-17 ·
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