Episode guide
Great Performances: Season 43
16 episodes · premiered Oct 23, 2015
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- Episode 1: Billy Elliot: The Musical Oct 23, 2015 The hit musical both on Broadway and in London’s West End was recorded for broadcast at the show's West End home, the Victoria Palace Theatre, where it is still playing. Billy Elliot the…
- Episode 2: Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin’ to Do Nov 6, 2015 A retrospective of Broadway legend Chita Rivera. Luminaries Dick Van Dyke, John Kander, Carol Lawrence, Ben Vereen, and others pay tribute to the dynamic singer, dancer, and actress. Anita…
- Episode 3: Andrea Bocelli: Cinema Nov 27, 2015 The international superstar tenor Andrea Bocelli lends his unique voice to a lush symphonic salute to the movies, celebrating some of the greatest celluloid songs and scores of all time…
- Episode 4: From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2016 Jan 1, 2016 Julie Andrews hosts the annual New Year’s Day celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic from Vienna’s Musikverein, a beloved annual tradition. Maestro Mariss Jansons will conduct the…
- Episode 5: Great Performances at the Met: Il Trovatore Jan 22, 2016 Soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Yonghoon Lee make their Met role debuts in Verdi's Il Trovatore. Netrebko sings Leonora, the tortured heroine who sacrifices her own life for the love of…
- Episode 6: Great Performances at the Met: Otello Feb 21, 2016 Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher’s acclaimed new Met Opera production is led by conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin with Aleksandrs Antonenko in his first Met performance as Otello…
- Episode 7: Great Performances at the Met: Tannhäuser Mar 13, 2016 Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser comes to Great Performances at the Met for the first time and is conducted by James Levine. The Otto Schenk production gets its first Met revival in more than a…
- Episode 8: Great Performances at the Met: Lulu Apr 10, 2016 Artist William Kentridge directs Alban Berg’s opera Lulu, starring German soprano Marlis Petersen as the irresistible femme fatale. One of the most important and notorious stage works of…
- Episode 9: Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration Apr 28, 2016 A concert with folk music legend Joan Baez and others, celebrating her birthday at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. Baez is joined on stage by stars including David Bromberg, Jackson…
- Episode 10: Great Performances at the Met: The Pearl Fishers May 21, 2016 Conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and directed by Penny Woolcock, Bizet’s sweeping romance tells the story of a beautiful Hindu priestess pursued by rival pearl divers competing for her hand…
- Episode 11: Great Performances at the Met: Turandot Jun 12, 2016 Hear Swedish soprano Nina Stemme sing the demanding title role of Puccini’s Chinese ice princess, with Anita Hartig as the angelic slave girl Liù and Marco Berti as Calàf. Paolo Carignani…
- Episode 12: Great Performances at the Met: Manon Lescaut Aug 13, 2016 Hear Kristine Opolais and Roberto Alagna as the ill-fated lovers in Puccini’s passionate adaptation of the classic novel about a free-spirited country girl. Sir Richard Eyre’s new…
- Episode 13: Great Performances at the Met: Madama Butterfly Aug 19, 2016 Kristine Opolais brings her heartbreaking interpretation of the title role to the series for the first time. Roberto Alagna sings Lieutenant Pinkerton, the callous officer who crushes…
- Episode 14: Great Performances at the Met: Roberto Devereux Aug 28, 2016 The last opera in Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy, directed by Sir David McVicar, stars Sondra Radvanovsky as Elizabeth I and features Matthew Polenzani, Elina Garanca and Mariusz Kwiecien…
- Episode 15: Great Performances at the Met: Elektra Sep 18, 2016 Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts patrice Chéreau’s acclaimed staging of Elektra, with Nina Stemme in the title role on Great Performances at the Met
- Episode 16: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2016 Sep 30, 2016 Led by guest conductor Semyon Bychkov for the very first time, the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic returns for its 13th open-air concert, with a program of French orchestral classics…