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Great Performances

Arts and Music Series / 6 Seasons

Great Performances brings the best in the performing arts from across America and around the world to a US television audience. It presents a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

Watch Latest: S52 E2

1h 13m

Great Performances at the Met: Lucia di Lammermoor Preview

30s

Soprano Nadine Sierra returns to the stage in one of the most formidable and storied roles, the haunted heroine Lucia di Lammermoor, in a production with new staging by Australian theater and film director Simon Stone, conducted by Riccardo Frizza.

Intimate Apparel Preview

30s

Experience the story of seamstress Esther who begins writing to a mysterious suitor laboring on the Panama Canal. Featuring music by Ricky Ian Gordon, a libretto by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, this powerful opera is directed by Tony winner Bartlett Sher.

Black Lucy and the Bard Preview

30s

Explore Shakespeare’s love life through the perspective of the “Dark Lady” in this work from Nashville Ballet based on poetry by Caroline Randall Williams and featuring an original score by GRAMMY winner Rhiannon Giddens.

Behind the Scenes of "Black Lucy and the Bard"

5m 5s

Go behind the scenes of Nashville Ballet's production of "Black Lucy and the Bard" and hear from the creative team who made it including author and performer Caroline Randall Williams choreographer and director Paul Vasterling and composer Rhiannon Giddens.

Great Performances at the Met: Turandot Preview

30s

Enjoy opera superstar Liudmyla Monastyrska in the title role of the legendary cold-hearted princess. Marco Armiliato conducts Puccini’s score with tenor Yonghoon Lee as Calàf, the bold prince determined to win the princess' love. Nadine Sierra hosts.

Viennese Spirit Waltz from Vienna Philharmonic

2m 28s

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performs Johann Strauss Jr.'s "Wiener Blut," also known as Viennese Spirit. This performance marks the 150th anniversary of this waltz, which Strauss debuted with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra at their home at the Musikverein.

Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2022 Preview

30s

Enjoy the Vienna Philharmonic’s annual summer night concert with cellist Gautier Capuçon under the direction of guest conductor Andris Nelsons at Austria’s Schönbrunn Palace.

Great Performances at the Met: Don Carlos Preview

30s

For the first time in its history, the Met presents the original five-act French version of Verdi’s epic opera of doomed love among royalty, set against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition. Watch this starry cast including tenor Matthew Polenzani in the title role, soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Élisabeth de Valois and Jamie Barton as Eboli.

Lise Davidsen Sings "Es gibt ein Reich"

2m 35s

Soprano Lise Davidsen brings one of her signature roles to the Met for the first time as the mythological Greek heroine of Strauss’s enchanting masterpiece. Listen as she sings an excerpt from the aria "Es gibt ein Reich."

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