Episode guide
Great Performances: Season 36
12 episodes · premiered Sep 10, 2008
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- Episode 1: Pavarotti: A Life in Seven Arias Sep 10, 2008 From soccer-playing son of a Modena, Italy, baker to onstage partner of "La Stupenda," world-renowned soprano Joan Sutherland, from media darling to truly one-of-a-kind superstar, it is a…
- Episode 2: Hitman: David Foster & Friends Nov 29, 2008 Hitman: David Foster & Friends features Foster himself presiding center stage at the keyboard. The evening is a virtual jukebox worth of songs written by and/or produced by him. Kenneth…
- Episode 3: Domingo, Netrebko & Villazón: Three Stars in Vienna Dec 5, 2008 From its opening vocal salvo, Domingo’s thrilling account of Lehar’s “Gern hab ich die Frau’n gekuesst” from Paganini, through Netrebko’s swirling Gypsy rendition of “Heia in den Bergen”…
- Episode 4: Cyrano de Bergerac Jan 7, 2009 David Leveaux’s stylish production, with sumptuous costumes and sets by Gregory Gale and Tom Pye respectively, remains true to Rostand’s 1897 heartbreaker of a play, bursting with…
- Episode 5: King Lear Mar 25, 2009 2009 Emmy Nominee Ian McKellen recreates his recent stage performance of Shakespeare's tragic monarch in a special television adaptation. Directed by Trevor Nunn, the telecast includes…
- Episode 6: Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood: Live From Madison Square Garden May 28, 2009 Long-time friends and former band mates Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood team up for a once-in-a-lifetime reunion concert in Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood: Live From Madison Square Garden…
- Episode 7: Stevie Wonder: Live at Last Jun 1, 2009 Wonder rocketed to stardom at age 12 when he was signed to Motown Records as “Little Stevie Wonder”. Over nearly four decades, Wonder has reinvigorated the music scene with his unique…
- Episode 8: Chess in Concert Jun 17, 2009 Wicked’s Idina Menzel and Rent’s Adam Pascal join Great Performances favorite, internationally renowned vocalist Josh Groban in a spectacular London concert revival of Benny Andersson and…
- Episode 9: Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Celebration: Live from Madison Square Garden Jul 30, 2009 With a career spanning more than half a century, renowned folk artist, political activist, and avid environmentalist, Pete Seeger, turned 90 in May of 2009. In honor of the milestone…
- Episode 10: Episode 10 Nov 27, 2005
- Episode 11: Episode 11 Nov 30, 2005
- Episode 12: Episode 12 Dec 21, 2005