Episode guide
Great Performances: Season 38
22 episodes · premiered Oct 27, 2010
TMDB has no overview for this season.
- Episode 1: Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Pierre Boulez Conducts Mahler Oct 27, 2010 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conductor Emeritus Pierre Boulez leads the Windy City's internationally renowned orchestra in Gustav Mahler's "Symphony No. 7." The Chicago Symphony Orchestra…
- Episode 2: Sondheim! The Birthday Concert Nov 24, 2010 Performed on Sondheim's 80th birthday in March 2010, Great Performances presents the New York Philharmonic's salute to a true Broadway legend on November 24. Hosted by David Hyde Pierce…
- Episode 3: Celebracion! Dudamel, Florez, and the L.A. Philharmonic Dec 29, 2010 The October 7 opening night concert of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Music Director Gustavo Dudamel featuring renowned Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez at Walt Disney Concert Hall…
- Episode 4: From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2011 Jan 1, 2011 Stage and screen legend Julie Andrews returns to host the annual New Year's celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic, under the direction of Mariss Jansons from Vienna's Musikverein. The…
- Episode 5: Great Performances at the Met: Don Pasquale Jan 5, 2011 Anna Netrebko revives her sensational turn in this sophisticated bel canto comedy, opposite Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, and John Del Carlo in the title role. Met Music Director…
- Episode 6: Great Performances at the Met: Boris Godunov Feb 13, 2011 Adapted from a play by Alexander Pushkin about the extraordinary reign of the 16th-century tsar, Boris Godunov is regarded as one of the masterpieces of the Russian operatic repertoire…
- Episode 7: Hitman Returns: David Foster & Friends Mar 2, 2011 Music “hitman” David Foster returns to Las Vegas with a showstopping show jam packed with special guests including Seal, Donna Summer, Earth, Wind & Fire and more.
- Episode 8: Harry Connick in Concert on Broadway Mar 2, 2011 Taped in July of 2010 at New York's Neil Simon Theater, Harry Connick, Jr. in Concert on Broadway features Connick's big band and a 12-piece string section, with the star on both a…
- Episode 9: Billy Joel: Live at Shea Stadium Mar 7, 2011 Shortly before the demolition of New York City's Shea Stadium in July 2008, Billy Joel electrified audiences with two memorable concerts at the arena. Joel's special guests included Tony…
- Episode 10: Great Performances at the Met: Don Carlo Apr 3, 2011 The production is conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin, directed by Nicholas Hytner, and is starring Roberto Alagna, Marina Poplavskaya, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Simon Keenlyside, and Eric…
- Episode 11: Great Performances at the Met: La Fanciulla Del West Apr 24, 2011 The Metropolitan Opera's production of La Fanciulla del West, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the opera's 1910 world premiere at the Met. Deborah Voigt sings the role of Minnie…
- Episode 12: Great Performances at the Met: Iphigenie En Tauride May 29, 2011 Gluck's rarely performed masterpiece, Iphigenie en Tauride, starring Susan Graham, Placido Domingo and Paul Groves. Patrick Summers conducts the revival of the Metropolitan Opera's…
- Episode 13: Carnegie Hall 120th Anniversary Concert May 31, 2011 On May 5, 2011, Carnegie Hall commemorated its 120th anniversary with a gala concert featuring Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic and special guests Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Gil…
- Episode 14: Great Performances at the Met: Nixon in China Jun 1, 2011 The Metropolitan Opera's premiere production of John Adams' Nixon in China, conducted by the composer and staged by internationally acclaimed director Peter Sellars.
- Episode 15: Crossroads Guitar Festival 3 Jun 6, 2011 In June 2010, Eric Clapton gathered the world's most talented guitar players at the third Crossroads Guitar Festival. All profits benefited The Crossroads Centre in Antigua, a treatment…
- Episode 16: Jackie Evancho Dream With Me In Concert Jun 6, 2011 Jackie is the youngest star in Great Performances' recent Hitman Returns: David Foster & Friends concert, performing virtuoso interpretations of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Pie Jesu" and…
- Episode 17: Great Performances at the Met: Lucia di Lammermoor Jun 23, 2011 Lucia di Lammermoor, with French soprano Natalie Dessay in one of her greatest roles as Donizetti's fragile heroine.
- Episode 18: Rigoletto from Mantua Jul 15, 2011 Directed by Marco Bellocchio, Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto from Mantua stars Placido Domingo as Rigoletto; Julia Novikova as his daughter Gilda; Vittorio Grigolo as the Duke; and Ruggero…
- Episode 19: Great Performances at the Met: Le Cornte Ory Jul 24, 2011 A trio of bel canto stars--Juan Diego Florez, Diana Damrau, and Joyce DiDonato--headline the Met's first-ever production of Le Comte Ory, Rossini's final comic masterpiece.
- Episode 20: Great Performances at the Met: Capriccio Aug 14, 2011 Renee Fleming sings one of her signature roles, the elegant Countess in Richard Strauss's Capriccio. Andrew Davis, who led the Met premiere of the opera in 1998, returned to conduct its…
- Episode 21: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night 2011 Aug 19, 2011 Distinguished conductor Valery Gergiev leads the third annual Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night concert. This year's theme revolves around "Virtuoso Pictures," as exemplified by the works…
- Episode 22: Placido Domingo: My Favorite Roles Sep 23, 2011 The great Spanish tenor Placido Domingo looks back on his illustrious career - one which has been bountifully preserved on film and video. The celebrated tenor as he looks back and…