TV Series1971–present · 54 seasons · 723 episodes · Returning
Great Performances
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Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
Quality rating
6.1 /10
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Seasons
Season 1
· 1971 · 5 episodesEpisodes (5)
- 1Episode 128 Jan 1971
- 2Episode 24 Feb 1971
- 3Episode 325 Feb 1971
- 7Paradise Lost25 Feb 1971
- 18Hogan's Goat18 Oct 1971
Season 2
· 1972 · 3 episodesEpisodes (3)
- 1Episode 14 Nov 1972
- 2Episode 230 Dec 1972
- 10Cyrano de Bergerac6 Feb 1974
Season 3
· 1974 · 10 episodesEpisodes (10)
- 1Episode 123 Jan 1974
- 2June Moon30 Jan 1974
- 3The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd8 May 1974
- 4Antigone13 Feb 1974
- 5King Lear20 Feb 1974
- 6Episode 620 Mar 1974
- 7Episode 727 Mar 1974
- 8Episode 88 May 1974
- 9Episode 922 May 1974
- 10Episode 1025 Dec 1974
Season 4
· 1975 · 7 episodesEpisodes (7)
- 1The Seagull5 Jan 1975
- 2Episode 219 Feb 1975
- 3Episode 312 Mar 1975
- 4Episode 42 Apr 1975
- 5Episode 530 Apr 1975
- 6Episode 67 May 1975
- 7Episode 717 Jul 1975
Season 5
· 1976 · 9 episodesEpisodes (9)
- 1Episode 11 Jan 1976
- 2Episode 28 Jan 1976
- 3Episode 328 Jan 1976
- 4Episode 428 Apr 1976
- 5Episode 526 May 1976
- 6Episode 616 Jun 1976
- 7Sarah6 Oct 1976
- 8Episode 813 Oct 1976
- 9Episode 915 Dec 1976
Season 6
· 1977 · 4 episodesEpisodes (4)
- 1Episode 112 Jan 1977
- 2Episode 226 Jan 1977
- 3Episode 327 Apr 1977
- 4Abide with Me12 Jul 1977
Season 7
· 1978 · 4 episodesEpisodes (4)
- 1Episode 125 Jan 1978
- 2Episode 21 Mar 1978
- 3Episode 32 Aug 1978
- 4Episode 48 Nov 1978
Season 8
· 1979 · 1 episodeEpisodes (1)
- 1Episode 120 Jun 1979
Season 9
· 1980 · 3 episodesEpisodes (3)
- 1The Most Happy Fella1 Jan 1980
- 2Episode 225 Jun 1980
- 3Episode 324 Nov 1980
Season 10
· 1981 · 6 episodesEpisodes (6)
- 1Episode 15 Jan 1981
- 2Episode 21 Jun 1981
- 3Episode 320 Sep 1981
- 4Episode 419 Oct 1981
- 5Episode 59 Nov 1981
- 6Episode 616 Nov 1981
Season 11
· 1982 · 2 episodesEpisodes (2)
- 1Great Performances' 10th Anniversary Celebration6 Dec 1982
- 11Episode 119 May 1983
Season 12
· 1983 · 9 episodesEpisodes (9)
- 1Ellington: The Music Lives On7 Mar 1983
- 2Episode 29 May 1983
- 3Alice in Wonderland3 Oct 1983
- 4Laurence Olivier: A Life7 Dec 1983
- 10Taking My Turn10 May 1985
- 11The Best of Broadway24 May 1985
- 12Orpheus7 Jun 1985
- 13Ulysses14 Jun 1985
- 14The Coronation of Poppea21 Jun 1985
Season 13
· 1984 · 7 episodesEpisodes (7)
- 1Doctor Fischer of Geneva11 Oct 1985
- 2Three by Three18 Oct 1985
- 3Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music7 Dec 1984
- 4The Importance of Being Ernest29 Nov 1985
- 13Heartbreak House24 Apr 1985
- 23Early Days18 Apr 1986
- 24Grown-Ups25 Nov 1986
Season 14
· 1985 · 7 episodesEpisodes (7)
- 1Episode 122 Mar 1985
- 2Episode 224 Apr 1985
- 3Episode 324 May 1985
- 4The Gospel at Colonus (Episode 4)8 Nov 1985
- 5Episode 525 Nov 1985
- 6Episode 629 Nov 1985
- 7Episode 77 Dec 1985
Season 15
· 1986 · 6 episodesEpisodes (6)
- 1The Cotton Club Remenbered7 Feb 1986
- 2Episode 27 Mar 1986
- 3Episode 314 Mar 1986
- 4Episode 417 Oct 1986
- 5Episode 528 Nov 1986
- 6Early Days18 Apr 1986
Season 16
· 1987 · 11 episodesEpisodes (11)
- 1Episode 11 Jan 1987
- 2Episode 28 Jan 1987
- 3Monsignor Quixote13 Feb 1987
- 4Celebrating Gershwin: The Jazz Age13 Mar 1987
- 5Broadway Sings: The Music of Jule Styne15 Mar 1987
- 6Episode 61 Apr 1987
- 7Episode 730 Sep 1987
- 8The Music Makers: An ASCAP Celebration of American Music at Wolf Trap16 Oct 1987
- 9Episode 96 Nov 1987
- 10Episode 1027 Nov 1987
- 11Episode 114 Dec 1987
Season 17
· 1988 · 6 episodesEpisodes (6)
- 1Episode 11 Jan 1988
- 2Episode 28 Jan 1988
- 3Episode 32 Feb 1988
- 4Episode 48 Apr 1988
- 5Richard Burton: In from the Cold20 Sep 1988
- 6Episode 64 Nov 1988
Season 18
· 1989 · 9 episodesEpisodes (9)
- 1San Francisco Opera: Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito1 Jan 1989
- 2Episode 28 Jan 1989
- 3Episode 33 Mar 1989
- 4Episode 48 Apr 1989
- 5Episode 59 Sep 1989
- 6Episode 627 Oct 1989
- 7Episode 73 Nov 1989
- 8An Evening with Alan Jay Lerner24 Nov 1989
- 9Episode 91 Dec 1989
Season 19
· 1990 · 6 episodesEpisodes (6)
- 1Episode 11 Jan 1990
- 2Episode 28 Jan 1990
- 3Episode 315 Jan 1990
- 4Music by Richard Rodgers1 Mar 1990
- 5Episode 518 Mar 1990
- 6Episode 610 May 1990
Season 20
· 1991 · 7 episodesEpisodes (7)
- 1Episode 125 Jan 1991
- 2Episode 21 Feb 1991
- 3Episode 38 Mar 1991
- 4Episode 42 Oct 1991
- 5Episode 530 Oct 1991
- 6Episode 620 Dec 1991
- 7Episode 723 Dec 1991
Season 21
· 1992 · 9 episodesEpisodes (9)
- 1A Bowl of Beings1 Jan 1992
- 2Episode 29 Feb 1992
- 3Episode 36 Mar 1992
- 4Episode 48 May 1992
- 5Episode 59 Oct 1992
- 6Episode 62 Nov 1992
- 7Episode 720 Nov 1992
- 8Episode 87 Dec 1992
- 9Episode 916 Dec 1992
Season 22
· 1993 · 18 episodesEpisodes (18)
- 1Episode 18 Sep 1993
- 2The Maestros of Philadelphia22 Sep 1993
- 3The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess6 Oct 1993
- 4The Sorceress8 Oct 1993
- 5Passing the Baton20 Oct 1993
- 6Pete Townshend's Psychoderelict1 Dec 1993
- 7On the Town in Concert22 Dec 1993
- 8Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music29 Dec 1993
- 9Turandot1 Jan 1994
- 10Jerry Herman: Broadway at the Bowl4 Mar 1994
- 11Vladimir Horowitz: A Reminiscence11 Mar 1994
- 12Episode 1216 Mar 1994
- 13The Songs of Six Families1 Apr 1994
- 14Carnegie Hall Salutes the Jazz Masters: Verve Records at 5018 May 1994
- 15La bohème8 Jun 1994
- 16Episode 1610 Jul 1994
- 17Episode 1711 Sep 1994
- 18El Gato Montés5 Oct 1994
Season 23
· 1993 · 15 episodesEpisodes (15)
- 1Suddenly, Last Summer6 Jan 1993
- 2Episode 217 Feb 1993
- 3Episode 319 Feb 1993
- 4Episode 43 Mar 1993
- 5Episode 511 Mar 1993
- 6Episode 629 Mar 1993
- 7Episode 71 May 1993
- 8Episode 826 May 1993
- 9Episode 99 Aug 1993
- 10Episode 1022 Sep 1993
- 11Episode 118 Oct 1993
- 12Episode 1220 Oct 1993
- 13Episode 131 Dec 1993
- 14Episode 1422 Dec 1993
- 15Episode 1529 Dec 1993
Season 25
· 1994 · 9 episodesEpisodes (9)
- 1Turandot1 Jan 1994
- 2Episode 21 Apr 1994
- 3Episode 318 May 1994
- 4Episode 48 Jun 1994
- 5Episode 55 Oct 1994
- 6Episode 617 Oct 1994
- 7Episode 724 Oct 1994
- 8Episode 822 Nov 1994
- 9The World of Jim Henson23 Nov 1994
Season 26
· 1995 · 11 episodesEpisodes (11)
- 1Episode 11 Jan 1995
- 2Episode 26 Mar 1995
- 3Episode 319 Apr 1995
- 4Episode 424 May 1995
- 5Episode 51 Sep 1995
- 6Episode 618 Oct 1995
- 7Episode 725 Oct 1995
- 8Episode 88 Nov 1995
- 9Episode 927 Nov 1995
- 10Episode 104 Dec 1995
- 11Episode 1115 Dec 1995
Season 27
· 1996 · 5 episodesEpisodes (5)
- 1Episode 11 Jan 1996
- 2Les Misérables in Concert1 Mar 1996
- 3Episode 33 Apr 1996
- 4Episode 42 Dec 1996
- 5Episode 510 Dec 1996
Season 28
· 1997 · 10 episodes28th season of a TV series dedicated to the Arts featuring live performances
Episodes (10)
- 1From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 19971 Jan 1997
- 2Episode 28 Jan 1997
- 3Robert Altman's Jazz '3429 Jan 1997
- 4Episode 45 Feb 1997
- 5Episode 57 Mar 1997
- 6Episode 615 Oct 1997
- 7Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe5 Nov 1997
- 8Episode 83 Dec 1997
- 9Episode 95 Dec 1997
- 10Episode 1031 Dec 1997
Season 29
· 1998 · 13 episodesEpisodes (13)
- 1From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 19981 Jan 1998
- 2Episode 221 Jan 1998
- 3Episode 34 Feb 1998
- 4Episode 413 Feb 1998
- 5Frank Sinatra: The Very Good Years11 Mar 1998
- 6Episode 625 Mar 1998
- 7Episode 710 Jun 1998
- 8Episode 88 Jul 1998
- 9Episode 912 Aug 1998
- 10Episode 1030 Sep 1998
- 11Episode 1114 Oct 1998
- 12Episode 122 Dec 1998
- 13Episode 1330 Dec 1998
Season 30
· 1999 · 12 episodesEpisodes (12)
- 1From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 19991 Jan 1999
- 2The Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty6 Jan 1999
- 3Episode 35 Mar 1999
- 4Episode 412 May 1999
- 5Episode 56 Jun 1999
- 6Episode 69 Jun 1999
- 7Episode 78 Jul 1999
- 8Episode 820 Oct 1999
- 9Episode 927 Nov 1999
- 10Episode 1030 Nov 1999
- 11My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies1 Dec 1999
- 12Episode 123 Dec 1999
Season 31
· 2000 · 7 episodesTV series dedicated to the Arts featuring live performances
Episodes (7)
- 1From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 20001 Jan 2000
- 2Episode 219 Jan 2000
- 3Episode 316 Feb 2000
- 4Episode 421 Jun 2000
- 5Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation22 Nov 2000
- 6Episode 62 Dec 2000
- 11The Great American Songbook11 Mar 2003
Season 32
· 2001 · 14 episodesEpisodes (14)
- 1Episode 11 Jan 2001
- 2Episode 221 Jan 2001
- 3Episode 328 Feb 2001
- 4My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs6 Mar 2001
- 5Episode 56 Apr 2001
- 6Episode 624 Jun 2001
- 7Episode 728 Jul 2001
- 8Episode 815 Aug 2001
- 9Episode 929 Aug 2001
- 10Episode 1010 Oct 2001
- 11Shaolin: Wheel of Life1 Dec 2001
- 12Episode 122 Dec 2001
- 13Episode 1311 Dec 2001
- 14Keeping Score: MTT on Music25 Dec 2001
Season 33
· 2002 · 9 episodesEpisodes (9)
- 1Episode 11 Jan 2002
- 2Episode 21 Jul 2002
- 3Episode 322 Sep 2002
- 4Episode 42 Oct 2002
- 5Episode 516 Oct 2002
- 6Episode 630 Nov 2002
- 7Episode 730 Nov 2002
- 8Episode 824 Dec 2002
- 9The Merry Widow25 Dec 2002
Season 34
· 2003 · 12 episodesEpisodes (12)
- 1From Shtetl to Swing5 Oct 2005
- 2Episode 226 Feb 2003
- 3Episode 31 Mar 2003
- 4Episode 411 Mar 2003
- 5Episode 57 May 2003
- 6Episode 614 Jun 2003
- 7Episode 728 Jul 2003
- 8Episode 81 Aug 2003
- 9Episode 910 Aug 2003
- 10Episode 1027 Aug 2003
- 11Episode 1129 Oct 2003
- 15Garrison Keillor’s Independence Day Special: A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood2 Jul 2006
Season 35
· 2004 · 15 episodesEpisodes (15)
- 1Episode 11 Jan 2004
- 2Degas and the Dance7 Jan 2004
- 3Episode 31 Mar 2004
- 4Episode 416 Jun 2004
- 5Episode 51 Aug 2004
- 6Episode 64 Aug 2004
- 7Episode 79 Aug 2004
- 8Episode 88 Sep 2004
- 9Episode 927 Oct 2004
- 10Episode 101 Dec 2004
- 11Episode 115 Dec 2004
- 12James Taylor: One Man Band17 Dec 2007
- 13Episode 1313 Dec 2004
- 14Bill Irwin: Clown Prince15 Dec 2004
- 22We Love Ella: A Tribute to the First Lady of Song6 Jun 2007
Season 36
· 2005 · 12 episodesEpisodes (12)
- 1Pavarotti: A Life in Seven Arias10 Sep 2008
- 2Hitman: David Foster & Friends29 Nov 2008
- 3Domingo, Netrebko & Villazón: Three Stars in Vienna5 Dec 2008
- 4Cyrano de Bergerac7 Jan 2009
- 5King Lear25 Mar 2009
- 6Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood: Live From Madison Square Garden28 May 2009
- 7Stevie Wonder: Live at Last1 Jun 2009
- 8Chess in Concert17 Jun 2009
- 9Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Celebration: Live from Madison Square Garden30 Jul 2009
- 10Episode 1027 Nov 2005
- 11Episode 1130 Nov 2005
- 12Episode 1221 Dec 2005
Season 37
· 2006 · 14 episodesEpisodes (14)
- 1Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic21 Oct 2009
- 2Andrea Bocelli & David Foster: My Christmas2 Dec 2009
- 3Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden5 Mar 2010
- 4Hamlet28 Apr 2010
- 5Renee Fleming & Dmitri Hvorostovsky1 Sep 2010
- 6Sting: A Winter's Night26 Nov 2009
- 7Episode 712 Jul 2006
- 8Episode 830 Jul 2006
- 9Episode 91 Aug 2006
- 10Episode 1011 Oct 2006
- 11Dance in America NY Export Opus Jazz24 Mar 2010
- 12Episode 1223 Nov 2006
- 13Episode 1329 Nov 2006
- 14Episode 1431 Dec 2006
Season 38
· 2010 · 22 episodesEpisodes (22)
- 1Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Pierre Boulez Conducts Mahler27 Oct 2010
- 2Sondheim! The Birthday Concert24 Nov 2010
- 3Celebracion! Dudamel, Florez, and the L.A. Philharmonic29 Dec 2010
- 4From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 20111 Jan 2011
- 5Great Performances at the Met: Don Pasquale5 Jan 2011
- 6Great Performances at the Met: Boris Godunov13 Feb 2011
- 7Hitman Returns: David Foster & Friends2 Mar 2011
- 8Harry Connick in Concert on Broadway2 Mar 2011
- 9Billy Joel: Live at Shea Stadium7 Mar 2011
- 10Great Performances at the Met: Don Carlo3 Apr 2011
- 11Great Performances at the Met: La Fanciulla Del West24 Apr 2011
- 12Great Performances at the Met: Iphigenie En Tauride29 May 2011
- 13Carnegie Hall 120th Anniversary Concert31 May 2011
- 14Great Performances at the Met: Nixon in China1 Jun 2011
- 15Crossroads Guitar Festival 36 Jun 2011
- 16Jackie Evancho Dream With Me In Concert6 Jun 2011
- 17Great Performances at the Met: Lucia di Lammermoor23 Jun 2011
- 18Rigoletto from Mantua15 Jul 2011
- 19Great Performances at the Met: Le Cornte Ory24 Jul 2011
- 20Great Performances at the Met: Capriccio14 Aug 2011
- 21Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night 201119 Aug 2011
- 22Placido Domingo: My Favorite Roles23 Sep 2011
Season 39
· 2011 · 24 episodesEpisodes (24)
- 1Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues30 Sep 2011
- 2Andrea Bocelli: Live in Central Park2 Dec 2011
- 3The Little Mermaid from San Francisco Ballet16 Dec 2011
- 4From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 20121 Jan 2012
- 5Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel and the LA PHIL Celebrate6 Jan 2012
- 6Let Me Down Easy13 Jan 2012
- 7Great Performances at the Met: Anna Bolena20 Jan 2012
- 8Tony Bennett: Duets II27 Jan 2012
- 9Memphis24 Feb 2012
- 10Great Performances at the Met: Don Giovanni26 Feb 2012
- 11The Thomashefskys29 Mar 2012
- 12The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall29 Mar 2012
- 13Great Performances at the Met: Satyagraha25 Mar 2012
- 14San Francisco Symphony at 10030 Mar 2012
- 15Great Performances at the Met: Rodelinda22 Apr 2012
- 16Great Performances at the Met: Faust13 May 2012
- 17Great Performances at the Met: The Enchanted Island18 May 2012
- 18Great Performances at the Met: Ernani17 Jun 2012
- 19Great Performances at the Met: Manon5 Aug 2012
- 20Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration10 Aug 2012
- 21Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies11 Aug 2012
- 22Great Performances at the Met: La Traviata26 Aug 2012
- 23Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 201231 Aug 2012
- 24Great Performances at the Met: Wagner's Dream10 Sep 2012
Season 40
· 2012 · 18 episodesEpisodes (18)
- 1Paul McCartney's Live Kisses7 Sep 2012
- 2Rod Stewart: Merry Christmas, Baby26 Nov 2012
- 3Magical Mystery Tour Revisited14 Dec 2012
- 4From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 20131 Jan 2013
- 5Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy1 Jan 2013
- 6Paul Simon's Graceland Journey: Under African Skies4 Jan 2013
- 7Great Performances at the Met: L'Elisir d'Amore18 Jan 2013
- 8Great Performances at the Met: The Tempest17 Mar 2013
- 9Great Performances at the Met: La Clemenza di Tito14 Apr 2013
- 10Great Performances at the Met: Un Ballo in Maschera5 May 2013
- 11Great Performances at the Met: Rigoletto17 May 2013
- 12Great Performances at the Met: Aida9 Jun 2013
- 13Great Performances at the Met: Les Troyens30 Jun 2013
- 14Dancing at Jacob’s Pillow: Never Stand Still26 Jul 2013
- 15Great Performances at the Met: Parsifal28 Jul 2013
- 16Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 20132 Aug 2013
- 17Great Performances at the Met: Francesca di Rimini18 Aug 2013
- 18Great Performances at the Met: Giulio Cesare1 Sep 2013
Season 41
· 2013 · 32 episodesEpisodes (32)
- 1Richard II20 Sep 2013
- 2Henry IV Part 127 Sep 2013
- 3Henry IV Part 24 Oct 2013
- 4Henry V11 Oct 2013
- 5Great Performances 40th Anniversary Celebration18 Oct 2013
- 6San Francisco Opera's Moby Dick1 Nov 2013
- 7Company with the New York Philharmonic8 Nov 2013
- 8Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!"15 Nov 2013
- 9Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn29 Nov 2013
- 10Pavarotti: A Voice for the Ages30 Nov 2013
- 11From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 20141 Jan 2014
- 12Great Performanes at the Met: Eugene Onegin17 Jan 2014
- 13Barrymore31 Jan 2014
- 14National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage14 Feb 2014
- 15Sting: The Last Ship21 Feb 2014
- 16Great Performances at the Met: The Nose23 Feb 2014
- 17Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs as Dukes of Sept.1 Mar 2014
- 18Steve Martin and The Sheep Canyon Rangers ft Edie Brickell1 Mar 2014
- 19Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Celebration Concert1 Mar 2014
- 20Great Performances at the Met: Tosca9 Mar 2014
- 21The Dave Clark Five and Beyond - Glad All Over8 Apr 2014
- 22Great Performances at the Met: Falstaff13 Apr 2014
- 23Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty25 Apr 2014
- 24Great Performances at the Met: Rusalka18 May 2014
- 25Great Performances at the Met: Prince Igor22 Jun 2014
- 26Great Performances at the Met: La Boheme27 Jun 2014
- 27Great Performances at the Met: Werther20 Jul 2014
- 28Dudamel Conducts Verdi Requiem at the Hollywood Bowl1 Aug 2014
- 29Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 201422 Aug 2014
- 30Great Performances at the Met: Cosi Fan Tutte24 Aug 2014
- 31Rejoice with Itzhak Perlman & Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot28 Aug 2014
- 32Great Performances at the Met: La Cenerentola7 Sep 2014
Season 42
· 2014 · 23 episodesEpisodes (23)
- 1Star-Spangled Spectacular13 Sep 2014
- 2Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek LIVE!24 Oct 2014
- 3Cats: The Musical21 Nov 2014
- 4From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 20151 Jan 2015
- 5American Voices with Renée Fleming9 Jan 2015
- 6GP at the Met: Le Nozze di Figaro16 Jan 2015
- 7Macbeth1 Feb 2015
- 8Great Performances at the Met: Carmen22 Feb 2015
- 9La Dolce Vita: The Music of Italian Cinema27 Feb 2015
- 10Bryan Adams in Concert1 Mar 2015
- 11Great Performances at the Met: Il Barbiere di Siviglia22 Mar 2015
- 12Mark Morris Dance Group: L'Allegro27 Mar 2015
- 13Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live in Concert3 Apr 2015
- 14Great Performances at the Met: Meistersinger12 Apr 2015
- 15Great Performances at the Met: Les Contes d'Hoffmann17 Apr 2015
- 16Boston Symphony Orchestra: Andris Nelsons' Concert29 May 2015
- 17Great Performances at the Met: The Merry Widow19 Jun 2015
- 18Great Performances at the Met: Iolanta and Bluebeard’s Castle12 Jul 2015
- 19Driving Miss Daisy17 Jul 2015
- 20Dudamel Conducts a John Williams Celebration With the LA Phil24 Jul 2015
- 21Great Performances at the Met: La Donna Del Lago2 Aug 2015
- 22Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 201528 Aug 2015
- 23Great Performances at the Met: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci6 Sep 2015
Season 43
· 2015 · 16 episodesEpisodes (16)
- 1Billy Elliot: The Musical23 Oct 2015
- 2Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin’ to Do6 Nov 2015
- 3Andrea Bocelli: Cinema27 Nov 2015
- 4From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 20161 Jan 2016
- 5Great Performances at the Met: Il Trovatore22 Jan 2016
- 6Great Performances at the Met: Otello21 Feb 2016
- 7Great Performances at the Met: Tannhäuser13 Mar 2016
- 8Great Performances at the Met: Lulu10 Apr 2016
- 9Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration28 Apr 2016
- 10Great Performances at the Met: The Pearl Fishers21 May 2016
- 11Great Performances at the Met: Turandot12 Jun 2016
- 12Great Performances at the Met: Manon Lescaut13 Aug 2016
- 13Great Performances at the Met: Madama Butterfly19 Aug 2016
- 14Great Performances at the Met: Roberto Devereux28 Aug 2016
- 15Great Performances at the Met: Elektra18 Sep 2016
- 16Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 201630 Sep 2016
Season 44
· 2016 · 27 episodesEpisodes (27)
- 1GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends 201614 Oct 2016
- 2Hamilton's America20 Oct 2016
- 3Gypsy11 Nov 2016
- 4The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses | Henry VI, Part 111 Dec 2016
- 5The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses | Henry VI, Part 218 Dec 2016
- 6Shakespeare Live! From the Royal Shakespeare Company23 Dec 2016
- 7The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses | Richard III25 Dec 2016
- 8From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 20171 Jan 2017
- 9Bel Canto the Opera From Lyric Opera of Chicago13 Jan 2017
- 10Alicia Keys - Landmarks Live in Concert20 Jan 2017
- 11Brad Paisley – Landmarks Live in Concert27 Jan 2017
- 12Great Performances at the Met: Tristan und Isolde29 Jan 2017
- 13New York City Ballet in Paris17 Feb 2017
- 14Great Performances at the Met: Don Giovanni19 Feb 2017
- 15New York City Ballet Symphony in C24 Feb 2017
- 16Dudamel Conducts Tangos Under the Stars30 Mar 2017
- 17Great Performances at the Met: L'Amour de Loin1 Apr 2017
- 18Young Men6 Apr 2017
- 19Great Performances at The Met: Romeo et Juliette13 Apr 2017
- 20Great Performances at the Met: Nabucco7 May 2017
- 21Great Performances at the Met: Rusalka18 Jun 2017
- 22Andrea Bocelli – Landmarks Live in Concert30 Jun 2017
- 23Great Performances at the Met: Idomeneo16 Jul 2017
- 24Great Performances at The Met: Eugene Onegin13 Aug 2017
- 25Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 201718 Aug 2017
- 26Great Performances at the Met: La Traviata25 Aug 2017
- 27Great Performances at the Met: Der Rosenkavalier3 Sep 2017
Season 45
· 2017 · 28 episodesEpisodes (28)
- 1Havana Time Machine6 Oct 2017
- 2GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends® 201713 Oct 2017
- 3She Loves Me20 Oct 2017
- 4Noël Coward’s Present Laughter3 Nov 2017
- 5In The Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams10 Nov 2017
- 6Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert10 Nov 2017
- 7Indecent17 Nov 2017
- 8Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn24 Nov 2017
- 9The Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed Live25 Nov 2017
- 10Hitman: David Foster & Friends25 Nov 2017
- 11From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 20181 Jan 2018
- 12Great Performances at the Met: Norma26 Jan 2018
- 13Nas Live From the Kennedy Center: Classical Hip-Hop2 Feb 2018
- 14Movies for Grownups® Awards with AARP the Magazine23 Feb 2018
- 15Great Performances at the Met: Exterminating Angel25 Mar 2018
- 16will.i.am and Friends Featuring the Black Eyed Peas20 Apr 2018
- 17Great Performances at the Met: L’Elisir d’Amore29 Apr 2018
- 18Great Performances at the Met: La Boheme20 May 2018
- 19The Opera House25 May 2018
- 20Great Performances at the Met: Tosca15 Jun 2018
- 21Ellis Island: The Dream of America with Pacific Symphony29 Jun 2018
- 22Great Performances at the Met: Semiramide8 Jul 2018
- 23Great Performances at the Met: Così fan tutte29 Jul 2018
- 24Chicago Voices10 Aug 2018
- 25Great Performances at the Met: Luisa Miller12 Aug 2018
- 26Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 201817 Aug 2018
- 27The Chris Botti Band in Concert18 Aug 2018
- 28Great Performances at the Met: Cendrillon9 Sep 2018
Season 46
· 2018 · 29 episodesEpisodes (29)
- 1GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends® 20185 Oct 2018
- 2An American In Paris The Musical2 Nov 2018
- 3Sound of Music9 Nov 2018
- 4John Leguizamo’s Road to Broadway16 Nov 2018
- 5Harold Prince: The Director’s Life23 Nov 2018
- 6Tony Bennett & Diana Krall – Love Is Here to Stay24 Nov 2018
- 7Michael Bublé: Tour Stop 14824 Nov 2018
- 8k.d. lang – Landmarks Live in Concert14 Dec 2018
- 9Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood28 Dec 2018
- 10Great Performances at the Met: Aida20 Jan 2019
- 11From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 20191 Jan 2019
- 12The Cleveland Orchestra Centennial Celebration11 Jan 2019
- 13Orphée et Eurydice from Lyric Opera of Chicago18 Jan 2019
- 14Doubt from the Minnesota Opera25 Jan 2019
- 15Great Performances at the Met: Marnie1 Feb 2019
- 16Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP The Magazine 201915 Feb 2019
- 17Great Performances at the Met: La Fanciulla del West24 Feb 2019
- 18Andrea Bocelli @ 602 Mar 2019
- 19Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration2 Mar 2019
- 20Birgit Nilsson: A League of Her Own22 Mar 2019
- 21Great Performances at the Met: Samson et Dalila24 Mar 2019
- 22Julius Caesar from Donmar29 Mar 2019
- 23Great Performances at the Met: La Traviata5 Apr 2019
- 24Great Performances at the Met: Adriana Lecouvreur12 May 2019
- 25Great Performances at the Met: Carmen16 Jun 2019
- 26Great Performances at the Met: La Fille du Régiment7 Jul 2019
- 27Great Performances at the Met: Die Walküre11 Aug 2019
- 29Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 20199 Aug 2019
- 30Great Performances at the Met: Dialogues Des Carmélites1 Sep 2019
Season 47
· 2019 · 30 episodesEpisodes (30)
- 1Now Hear This “Vivaldi: Something Completely Different”20 Sep 2019
- 2Now Hear This “The Riddle of Bach”27 Sep 2019
- 3Now Hear This “Scarlatti: Man Out of Time”4 Oct 2019
- 4Now Hear This “Handel: Italian Style”11 Oct 2019
- 5GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends® 201918 Oct 2019
- 642nd Street1 Nov 2019
- 7Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I8 Nov 2019
- 8Red15 Nov 2019
- 9Much Ado About Nothing22 Nov 2019
- 10Kinky Boots29 Nov 2019
- 11Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert30 Nov 2019
- 12An Intimate Evening with David Foster30 Nov 2019
- 13From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 20201 Jan 2020
- 14Great Performances at the Met: Manon5 Jan 2020
- 15Movies for Grownups Awards 2020 with AARP The Magazine19 Jan 2020
- 16Great Performances at the Met: Madama Butterfly2 Feb 2020
- 17Great Performances at the Met: Turandot20 Mar 2020
- 18Great Performances at the Met: Akhnaten5 Apr 2020
- 19Andrea Bocelli: Music for Hope, A Great Performances Special14 Apr 2020
- 20Great Performances at the Met: Wozzeck3 May 2020
- 21LA Phil 1008 May 2020
- 22Leonard Bernstein's Mass15 May 2020
- 23Great Performances at the Met: Agrippina7 Jun 2020
- 24Ann19 Jun 2020
- 25Gloria: A Life26 Jun 2020
- 26Great Performances at the Met: Der Fliegende Holländer5 Jul 2020
- 27Great Performances at the Met: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess17 Jul 2020
- 28Great Performances at the Met: Tosca2 Aug 2020
- 29Great Performances at the Met: Maria Stuarda6 Sep 2020
- 30Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 202025 Jun 2021
Season 48
· 2020 · 31 episodesEpisodes (31)
- 1Romeo and Juliet11 Sep 2020
- 2Now Hear This “Haydn: King of Strings”18 Sep 2020
- 3Now Hear This “The Schubert Generation”25 Sep 2020
- 4Now Hear This “Becoming Mozart”2 Oct 2020
- 5GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends® 202016 Oct 2020
- 6One Man, Two Guvnors6 Nov 2020
- 7Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles13 Nov 2020
- 8Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn24 Nov 2020
- 9Lea Salonga in Concert27 Nov 2020
- 10From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 20211 Jan 2021
- 11The Magic of Callas15 Jan 2021
- 12The Magic of Horowitz22 Jan 2021
- 13Great Performances at the Met: Renée Fleming in Concert19 Mar 2021
- 14Movies for Grownups® Awards 2021 with AARP The Magazine28 Mar 2021
- 15Great Performances at the Met: Jonas Kaufmann in Concert2 Apr 2021
- 16Beethoven in Beijing16 Apr 2021
- 17Romeo & Juliet23 Apr 2021
- 18Uncle Vanya7 May 2021
- 19Great Performances at the Met: Lise Davidsen in Concert7 May 2021
- 20The Arts Interrupted14 May 2021
- 21Great Performances at the Met: Aleksandra Kurzak & Roberto Alagna in Concert4 Jun 2021
- 22Andrea Bocelli: Believe5 Jun 2021
- 23Mick Fleetwood & Friends5 Jun 2021
- 24Great Performances at the Met: Anna Netrebko in Concert18 Jun 2021
- 25Great Performances at the Met: Joyce DiDonato in Concert2 Jul 2021
- 26Gloria Estefan: Sangre Yoruba9 Jul 2021
- 27Roots of Latin Jazz16 Jul 2021
- 28Great Performances at the Met: Diana Damrau & Joseph Calleja in Concert6 Aug 2021
- 29Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age14 Aug 2021
- 30Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 202127 Aug 2021
- 31Great Performances at the Met: Sonya Yoncheva in Concert3 Sep 2021
Season 49
· 2021 · 33 episodesEpisodes (33)
- 1Yannick – An Artist’s Journey3 Sep 2021
- 2Verdi’s Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/1111 Sep 2021
- 3The Red Shoes17 Sep 2021
- 4Great Performances at the Met: Sondra Radvanovsky & Piotr Beczala in Concert1 Oct 2021
- 5Great Performances at the Met: Three Divas at Versailles8 Oct 2021
- 6Now Hear This "Beethoven's Ghost"29 Oct 2021
- 7Great Performances at the Met: Wagnerians in Concert5 Nov 2021
- 8A John Williams Premiere at Tanglewood12 Nov 2021
- 9San Francisco Symphony Reopening Night19 Nov 2021
- 10Coppelia26 Nov 2021
- 12Unforgettable With Love - Natalie Cole27 Nov 2021
- 13Great Performances at the Met: Bryn Terfel & Friends in Concert3 Dec 2021
- 14Great Performances at the Met: New Year's Eve Gala31 Dec 2021
- 15From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 20221 Jan 2022
- 16Reopening: The Broadway Revival18 Jan 2022
- 17Great Performances at the Met: Boris Godunov6 Feb 2022
- 18Great Performances at the Met: Eurydice6 Mar 2022
- 19Movies for Grownups® Awards 2022 with AARP The Magazine18 Mar 2022
- 20The Conductor25 Mar 2022
- 21Great Performances at the Met: Fire Shut Up In My Bones1 Apr 2022
- 22Now Hear This "Amy Beach - American Romantic"8 Apr 2022
- 23Now Hear This "Florence Price and the American Migration"15 Apr 2022
- 24Now Hear This "Aaron Copland - Dean of American Music"22 Apr 2022
- 25Now Hear This "New American Voices"29 Apr 2022
- 26Great Performances at the Met: Cinderella8 May 2022
- 27Anything Goes13 May 2022
- 28Merry Wives20 May 2022
- 29Keeping Company with Sondheim27 May 2022
- 30Great Performances at the Met: Rigoletto17 Jun 2022
- 31Great Performances at the Met: Ariadne Auf Naxos3 Jul 2022
- 32Great Performances at the Met: Don Carlos7 Aug 2022
- 33Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 202226 Aug 2022
- 34Great Performances at the Met: Turandot4 Sep 2022
Season 50
· 2022 · 24 episodesEpisodes (24)
- 1Black Lucy and The Bard16 Sep 2022
- 2Intimate Apparel23 Sep 2022
- 3Great Performances at the Met: Lucia Di Lammermoor2 Oct 2022
- 4Great Performances at the Met: Hamlet6 Nov 2022
- 5NY Phil Reopening of David Geffen Hall4 Nov 2022
- 6Josh Groban's Great Big Radio City Show25 Nov 2022
- 7From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 20231 Jan 2023
- 8Movies for Grownups® Awards 2023 with AARP The Magazine17 Feb 2023
- 9The Magic of Spirituals24 Feb 2023
- 10Remember This13 Mar 2023
- 11Great Performances at the Met: The Hours17 Mar 2023
- 12Great Performances at the Met: La Traviata2 Apr 2023
- 13Now Hear This “Piazzolla’s History with Tango”7 Apr 2023
- 14Now Hear This “Schumann - Genius and Madness”14 Apr 2023
- 15Now Hear This “Andy Akiho Found (his) Sound”21 Apr 2023
- 16Now Hear This “Albéniz - Portraits of Spain”28 Apr 2023
- 17Great Performances at the Met: Fedora7 May 2023
- 18Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best12 May 2023
- 19Richard III19 May 2023
- 20Great Performances at the Met: Medea16 Jun 2023
- 21Great Performances at the Met: Lohengrin9 Jul 2023
- 22Great Performances at the Met: Falstaff6 Aug 2023
- 23Leonard Bernstein's Kaddish Symphony21 Aug 2023
- 24Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 202325 Aug 2023
Season 51
· 2023 · 22 episodesEpisodes (22)
- 1Great Performances at the Met: Der Rosenkavalier10 Sep 2023
- 2Great Performances at the Met: Don Giovanni1 Oct 2023
- 3New York City Ballet in Madrid27 Oct 2023
- 4Message In A Bottle3 Nov 2023
- 5Great Performances at the Met: Champion5 Nov 2023
- 6Making Shakespeare: The First Folio17 Nov 2023
- 7Great Performances at the Met: Die Zauberflöte10 Dec 2023
- 8From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 20241 Jan 2024
- 9Great Performances at the Met: The Life and Times of Malcolm X4 Feb 2024
- 10The LA Phil Celebrates Frank Gehry16 Feb 2024
- 11George Jones: Still Playin’ Possum23 Feb 2024
- 12Great Performances at the Met: Dead Man Walking15 Mar 2024
- 13Great Performances at the Met: Florencia en el Amazonas7 Apr 2024
- 14Now Hear This12 Apr 2024
- 15Now Hear This19 Apr 2024
- 16Now Hear This26 Apr 2024
- 17Now Hear This3 May 2024
- 18Great Performances at the Met: Nabucco5 May 2024
- 19Hamlet10 May 2024
- 20Audra McDonald at the London Palladium17 May 2024
- 21Purlie Victorious24 May 2024
- 22Rodgers & Hammerstein's 80th Anniversary31 May 2024
Season 52
· 2024 · 24 episodesEpisodes (24)
- 1Émigré: A Musical Drama with the NY Phil25 Oct 2024
- 2Land of Gold1 Nov 2024
- 3Patsy Cline: Walkin' After Midnight22 Nov 2024
- 4Henry Mancini 100 at the Hollywood Bowl29 Nov 2024
- 5From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 20251 Jan 2025
- 6Movies for Grownups® Awards 2025 with AARP The Magazine23 Feb 2025
- 7Andrea Bocelli 30th – The Celebration28 Feb 2025
- 8Great Performances at the Met: Grounded21 Mar 2025
- 9Now Hear This “Chopin’s Polish Heart”11 Apr 2025
- 10The Magic of Nureyev11 Apr 2025
- 11Great Performances at the Met: Les Contes d’Hoffmann13 Apr 2025
- 12Now Hear This "Boccherini: Night Music"18 Apr 2025
- 13Now Hear This: Rachmaninoff Reborn25 Apr 2025
- 14Now Hear This "Barrios: Chopin of the Guitar"2 May 2025
- 15Next to Normal9 May 2025
- 16Yellow Face16 May 2025
- 17Great Performances at the Met: Tosca18 May 2025
- 18Girl from the North Country23 May 2025
- 19Kiss Me, Kate30 May 2025
- 20Great Performances at the Met: Aida13 Jun 2025
- 21Great Performances at the Met: Fidelio13 Jul 2025
- 22Great Performances at the Met: Le Nozze di Figaro17 Aug 2025
- 23Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 202529 Aug 2025
- 24Great Performances at the Met: Salome14 Sep 2025
Season 53
· 2025 · 24 episodesEpisodes (24)
- 1The Magic of Grace Bumbry3 Oct 2025
- 2Great Performances at the Met: Il Barbiere di Siviglia19 Oct 2025
- 3Tiler Peck: Suspending Time7 Nov 2025
- 4Twelfth Night14 Nov 2025
- 5Nutcracker from English National Ballet16 Dec 2025
- 6From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 20261 Jan 2026
- 7Movies for Grownups® Awards 2026 with AARP The Magazine22 Feb 2026
- 8Samara Joy at Royal Albert Hall27 Feb 2026
- 9Great Performances at the Met: La Bohème20 Mar 2026
- 10Great Performances at the Met: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay1 Apr 2026
- 11Now Hear This – “Brahms: Free But Alone”10 Apr 2026
- 12Great Performances at the Met: La Sonnambula12 Apr 2026
- 13Now Hear This – “Everyone Loves Joplin”17 Apr 2026
- 15Now Hear This – “The Call of Istanbul”24 Apr 2026
- 16Now Hear This – “The Iceland Sound”1 May 2026
- 17Josh Groban: An Intimate Evening at The Union Chapel8 May 2026
- 18Suffs8 May 2026
- 19Irving Berlin’s Top Hat15 May 2026
- 20Great Performances at the Met: Arabella17 May 2026
- 21An Evening with Nicole Scherzinger22 May 2026
- 22Great Performances at the Met: Andrea Chénier14 Jun 2026
- 23Great Performances at the Met: I Puritani12 Jul 2026
- 24Great Performances at the Met: Eugene Onegin21 Aug 2026
- 25Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 202628 Aug 2026
Season 54
· 2026 · 6 episodes · 1 comingEpisodes (6)
- 1Great Performances at the Met: Tristan Und Isolde13 Sep 2026
- 2Great Performances at the Met: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego18 Oct 2026
- 3Tammy Wynette: Forever Yours23 Oct 2026
- 4Jimmy Webb: American Songwriter30 Oct 2026
- 5Romeo & JulietComing 13 Nov 2026
- 6Episode 6
Season 55
· 2026 · 6 episodes · 2 comingEpisodes (6)
- 1Great Performances at the Met: Tristan Und Isolde13 Sep 2026
- 2El Ultimo Sueno de Frida y Diego18 Oct 2026
- 3Tammy Wynette: Forever Yours23 Oct 2026
- 4Jimmy Webb: American Songwriter30 Oct 2026
- 5Romeo & JulietComing 13 Nov 2026
- 6Dudamel's Inaugural Season With NY PhilComing 20 Nov 2026
Specials
· 2017 · 1 episodeEpisodes (1)
- 1Alicia Keys - Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special20 Jan 2017
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The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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