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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 E3

1h 23m / TV-PG

Nas Performs "One Love" with the National Symphony Orchestra

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Critically acclaimed hip-hop artist Nas performs "One Love" alongside the National Symphony Orchestra. Two decades after its release, Nas teams up with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C. to stage a symphonic rendition of "Illmatic." Great Performances — Nas Live From the Kennedy Center: Classical Hip-Hop premieres nationwide Friday, February 2 at 9PM on PBS (check local listings).

Meet the cast of Great Performances at the Met: Norma

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Meet the talented cast of Great Performances at the Met: Norma and take a look at the new production of Bellini’s masterpiece about a woman scorned. This opening performance of Great Performances at the Met Season 12 premieres nationwide Friday, January 26 at 9PM on PBS, with an encore on Sunday, January 28 at 12PM (check local listings).

Great Performances at the Met: Norma | Preview

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Great Performances at the Met Season 12 begins with a new production of Bellini’s masterpiece about a woman scorned, conducted by Carlo Rizzi. Norma stars Sondra Radvanovsky as the titlular druid high priestess, opposite Joyce DiDonato and Joseph Calleja. Great Performances at the Met: Norma premieres nationwide Friday, January 26 at 9PM on PBS (check local listings).

From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2018 | Preview

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Great Performances continues the cherished tradition of ringing in the new year with the Vienna Philharmonic with Chicago Symphony Orchestra Music Director Riccardo Muti. This year’s program welcomes new host Hugh Bonneville, best known as Robert, Earl of Grantham, in Downton Abbey. From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2018 premieres Monday, January 1, 2018 at 2:30PM EST(check local listings).

Michael Bublé and Blake Shelton Sing "Home"

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Michael Bublé and Blake Shelton sing "Home" in an all-star concert honoring songwriter and producer David Foster. This special encore presentation celebrates Foster’s remarkable career achievements - including 14 Grammy Awards and a host of other accolades.

Celine Dion sings "Because You Loved Me"

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Celine Dion performs "Because You Loved Me" accompanied by David Foster on the piano. David Foster has generated some of the biggest hits in popular music, and collaborated with a veritable “Who’s Who” of superstars in a career spanning more than three decades. In this special encore presentation, Foster’s achievements, including 14 Grammy Awards, are celebrated in an all-star concert.

Hitman: David Foster & Friends | Preview

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David Foster has generated some of the biggest hits in popular music, and collaborated with a veritable “Who’s Who” of superstars in a career spanning more than three decades. In this special encore presentation, Foster’s achievements, including 14 Grammy Awards, are celebrated in an all-star concert.

Andrea Bocelli and Katharine McPhee sing "The Prayer"

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Andrea Bocelli and Katharine McPhee sing "The Prayer" in an all-star concert honoring songwriter and producer David Foster. This special encore presentation celebrates Foster’s remarkable career achievements - including 14 Grammy Awards and a host of other accolades.

Moody Blues Perform "Tuesday Afternoon"

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The Moody Blues perform "Tuesday Afternoon" at Toronto’s Sony Centre during their 2017 “Days of Future Passed” tour. The Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed Live from Great Performances premieres nationwide beginning November 25 on PBS (check local listings).

Moody Blues Perform "Nights in White Satin"

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The Moody Blues perform "Nights in White Satin" at at Toronto’s Sony Centre during their 2017 “Days of Future Passed” tour. The Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed Live from Great Performances premieres nationwide beginning November 25 on PBS (check local listings).

The Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed Live | Preview

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The Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed Live from Great Performances premieres nationwide beginning November 25 on PBS (check local listings). Celebrating the 50th anniversary of their landmark album, The Moody Blues took to the road to perform the entire LP live.

Corbin Bleu Performs "Let's Say It With Firecrackers"

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Corbin Bleu and Lora Lee Gayer tap dance and sing in the energetic "Let's Say It With Firecrackers" in Holiday Inn. Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn - The Broadway Musical comes to PBS, continuing the Great Performances marathon within the Broadway’s Best lineup on PBS.

Jump Rope and Tap Dance Routine in "Shaking the Blues Away"

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The Holiday Inn cast jump rope and tap dance in the high-energy song, "Shaking the Blues Away." Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn - The Broadway Musical comes to PBS, continuing the Great Performances marathon within the Broadway’s Best lineup on PBS.

Behind the Curtain: Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn

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Go behind the curtain of "Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn" with actors Megan Sikora, Corbin Bleu, Danny Rutigliano and Lora Lee Gayer. "Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn" comes to PBS, continuing the Great Performances marathon within the Broadway’s Best lineup on PBS.

Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn Preview

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The festive Roundabout Theatre Company production of Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn - The Broadway Musical comes to PBS. The musical continues the Great Performances marathon within the Broadway’s Best lineup on PBS.

Backstage Pass: Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn

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Get your backstage pass to Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn with Production Stage Manager Michael Passaro. Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn - The Broadway Musical comes to PBS, continuing the Great Performances marathon within the Broadway’s Best lineup on PBS.

Max Gordon Moore as Playwright Sholem Asch in Indecent

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Playwright Sholem Asch (Max Gordon Moore) defends his controversial play, God of Vengeance, in this scene from Indecent. The Tony Award-winning play Indecent comes to Great Performances on Friday, November 17 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) as part of the fall Broadway’s Best lineup.

Behind the Curtain: Indecent

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Go behind the curtain of the Tony Award-winning play Indecent with Writer Paula Vogel, Director Rebecca Taichman, Producer Daryl Roth, and various cast members. Indecent comes to Great Performances on Friday, November 17 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) as part of the fall Broadway’s Best lineup.

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