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Great Performances Season 53
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Great Performances Season 52
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Great Performances Season 51
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Great Performances Season 50
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Great Performances Season 49
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Great Performances Season 48
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Great Performances Season 47
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Great Performances Season 46
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Great Performances Season 45
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Great Performances Season 44
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Great Performances Season 43
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Great Performances Season 42
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Great Performances Season 41
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Great Performances Season 40
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Great Performances Season 39
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Great Performances Season 38
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Great Performances Season 37
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Great Performances Season 36
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Great Performances Season 35
Discover Grace Bumbry’s inspiring rise to global opera fame.
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E1
Director Claus Guth reimagines the biblical tale through Oscar Wilde’s haunting play.
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E24
The beloved annual concert performed by Vienna Philharmonic in Schönbrunn Palace Park.
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E23
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1:25:09
Conductor Joana Mallwitz makes her Met debut leading the cast in Mozart’s comic masterpiece.
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E22
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2:58:47
In her second role of this season of Great Performances at the Met, Lise Davidsen stars as Leonore.
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S52
E21
Angel Blue makes her highly anticipated Met role debut as Aida.
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E20
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2:36:40
Experience this Cole Porter classic musical starring Tony winner Stephanie J. Block.
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E19
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2:24:55
Experience this musical by Conor McPherson featuring the music of Bob Dylan set in 1934 Minnesota.
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E18
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2:13:31
Lise Davidsen stars in the title role and Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
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E17
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2:06:01
Enjoy Tony winner David Henry Hwang’s Broadway comedy starring Daniel Dae Kim.
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E16
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1:45:43
Experience this Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical from London's Donmar Warehouse.
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E15
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2:09:46
Discover Agustin Barrios’ rise from rural Paraguay to becoming a pioneering guitar composer.
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E14
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54:24
Discover Rachmaninoff's reinvention as an American artist after losing everything in Russia.
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E13
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54:23
Explore Boccherini’s love for Madrid through a musical night tour of the city with Scott Yoo.
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E12
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53:54
Benjamin Bernheim performs the title role of the tormented poet.
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E11
Experience Rudolf Nureyev’s legendary production of “Swan Lake” co-starring Margot Fonteyn.
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E10
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53:44
Explore Chopin’s musical evolution from Poland to Paris with Scott Yoo and pianist Jan Lisiecki.
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E9
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53:54
Follow a fighter pilot who operates a drone in a high-tech world battling both war and motherhood.
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E8
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2:00:15
Experience the world-renowned Italian tenor’s 30th anniversary concert.
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E7
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1:23:11
AARP’s Movies for Grownups hosted by Alan Cumming.
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E6
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1:53:17
Experience this annual concert conducted by Riccardo Muti with PBS favorite Hugh Bonneville as host.
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E5
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1:25:09
Celebrate the centennial birthday of composer Henry Mancini with Michael Bublé and more.
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E4
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1:15:56
Experience the music of Patsy Cline in a star-studded tribute concert featuring Wynonna and more.
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E3
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1:23:11
Explore Peter Sellars' San Francisco Opera production of John Adams' "Girls of the Golden West."
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E2
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1:13:53
Enjoy this semi-staged oratorio following the story of Jewish refugees in World War II Shanghai.
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E1
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1:44:55
Soprano Asmik Grigorian stars as Cio-Cio-San in her Met Opera debut.
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E28
Puccini’s love story stars soprano Angel Blue as the French courtesan Magda.
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E27
Enjoy this annual concert featuring Andris Nelsons as guest conductor with Lise Davidsen as soloist.
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E26
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1:18:16
Soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Benjamin Bernheim portray Shakespeare’s famed star-crossed lovers.
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S51
E25
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s grand tale of love, deadly vendetta, and family strife.
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S51
E24
Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut.
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S51
E23
Features an all-star cast at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
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E22
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1:55:25
The comedic play tells the story of a Black preacher’s scheme to reclaim his inheritance.
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E21
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1:45:24
Audra McDonald performs a repertoire of classic Broadway songs at the London Palladium.
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E20
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1:22:24
Experience this Shakespearean classic directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon.
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E19
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2:33:19
Ancient Babylon comes to life in this production of Verdi’s early masterpiece.
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S51
E18
Follow host Scott Yoo’s journey to compose a piece of music for the first time.
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E17
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54:24
Explore how virtuosos become maestros, featuring Yo-Yo Ma, Lynn Chang and more.
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E16
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53:54
Explore the work of two legendary virtuosos, Niccolò Paganini and Robert Johnson.
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E15
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53:24
Visit Julliard Pre-College with Scott Yoo to play with some of tomorrow’s virtuosos.
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S51
E14
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53:54
Extras
David Lee Brewer, Beyoncé's former vocal instructor, on Beyoncé's love of Grace Bumbry.
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E1
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2:15
Director Claus Guth reimagines the biblical tale through Oscar Wilde’s haunting play.
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E24
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0:30
Salome (Elza van den Heever) and Herod (Gerhard Siegel) sing an excerpt from the opera.
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S52
E24
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1:10
The Vienna Boys Choir performs "The Elves Song" from "The Rhine Nixies."
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S52
E23
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2:31
From the Schönbrunn Palace Park, Piotr Beczała performs "Nessun Dorma."
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S52
E23
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2:23
The beloved annual concert performed by Vienna Philharmonic in Schönbrunn Palace Park.
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S52
E23
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0:30
Joshua Hopkins, Federica Lombardi, and Olga Kulchynska sing an excerpt from the Act II trio.
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S52
E22
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1:53
Conductor Joana Mallwitz makes her Met debut leading the cast in Mozart’s comic masterpiece.
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E22
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0:30
What happens when a RuPaul’s Drag Race-winner takes on Broadway—on her own terms?
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12:00
Lise Davidsen sings an excerpt from Leonore’s Act I aria in the final dress rehearsal.
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E21
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2:02