Great Performances - Season 40

Great Performances - Season 40

Season 40

Network
DatesJul 15, 2011 - Oct 28, 2011
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Episodes

Rigoletto from Mantua
Season 40Episode 1120 min

Rigoletto from Mantua

Jul 15, 2011
Great Performances at the Met: Le Comte Ory
Season 40Episode 2120 min

Great Performances at the Met: Le Comte Ory

Jul 24, 2011
Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2011
Season 40Episode 3120 min

Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2011

Aug 19, 2011
Great Performances at the Met: Capriccio
Season 40Episode 4120 min

Great Performances at the Met: Capriccio

Aug 21, 2011
Great Performances at the Met: Il Trovatore
Season 40Episode 5120 min

Great Performances at the Met: Il Trovatore

Aug 28, 2011
A Concert for New York
Season 40Episode 6120 min

A Concert for New York

Sep 11, 2011
Plácido Domingo: My Favorite Roles
Season 40Episode 7120 min

Plácido Domingo: My Favorite Roles

Sep 23, 2011
Hugh Laurie: Let Them Talk - A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
Season 40Episode 8120 min

Hugh Laurie: Let Them Talk - A Celebration of New Orleans Blues

Sep 29, 2011
From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2012
Season 40Episode 9120 min

From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2012

Jan 1, 2012
Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil Celebrate Gershwin
Season 40Episode 10120 min

Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil Celebrate Gershwin

Jan 6, 2012
Let Me Down Easy
Season 40Episode 11120 min

Let Me Down Easy

Meet a range of individuals who are confronting the price and politics of health, all portrayed by Anna Deavere Smith.

Jan 13, 2012
Great Performances at the Met: Anna Bolena
Season 40Episode 12120 min

Great Performances at the Met: Anna Bolena

Jan 20, 2012
Tony Bennett: Duets II
Season 40Episode 13120 min

Tony Bennett: Duets II

Featuring his greatest hits, performed by today's biggest stars, Duets II was recorded live in studios from Los Angeles to London, New York to Italy, with Nashville in between. The stunning musical segments are highlighted by insights on the process from the performers, making for an entertaining and fascinating profile of one of the year's most celebrated recordings.

Jan 27, 2012
Memphis
Season 40Episode 14120 min

Memphis

Turn back the dial to the 1950s in this Tony Award-winning musical about an interracial couple whose love for music, and each other, is put to the test.

Feb 24, 2012
Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
Season 40Episode 15120 min

Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

Mar 3, 2012
Great Performances at the Met: Satyagraha
Season 40Episode 16120 min

Great Performances at the Met: Satyagraha

Mar 22, 2012
The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater
Season 40Episode 17120 min

The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater

Mar 29, 2012
San Francisco Symphony at 100
Season 40Episode 18120 min

San Francisco Symphony at 100

Celebrate the San Francisco Symphony's centennial with music director Michael Tilson Thomas and Itzhak Perlman and Lang Lang performing works by Copland, Mendelssohn and Britten.

Mar 30, 2012
Great Performances at the Met: Don Giovanni
Season 40Episode 19120 min

Great Performances at the Met: Don Giovanni

Mar 30, 2012
Great Performances at the Met: Rodelinda
Season 40Episode 20120 min

Great Performances at the Met: Rodelinda

Apr 22, 2012
Great Performances at the Met: Faust
Season 40Episode 21120 min

Great Performances at the Met: Faust

May 13, 2012
Great Performances at the Met: The Enchanted Island
Season 40Episode 22120 min

Great Performances at the Met: The Enchanted Island

May 18, 2012
Great Performances at the Met: Ernani
Season 40Episode 23120 min

Great Performances at the Met: Ernani

Jun 17, 2012
Twilight: Los Angeles
Season 40Episode 24120 min

Twilight: Los Angeles

Jun 29, 2012
Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies
Season 40Episode 25120 min

Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies

Aug 3, 2012
Great Performances at the Met: Manon
Season 40Episode 26120 min

Great Performances at the Met: Manon

Aug 5, 2012
Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration
Season 40Episode 27120 min

Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration

The PBS Arts Summer Festival expands the scope and diversity of the arts on television, with a multi-part weekly series and new original online content that takes viewers across the country and around the world. Award-winning television, film and stage star Anna Deavere Smith ("Nurse Jackie") hosts.

Aug 10, 2012
Great Performances at the Met: La Traviata
Season 40Episode 28120 min

Great Performances at the Met: La Traviata

Aug 26, 2012
Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2012
Season 40Episode 29120 min

Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2012

Join Gustavo Dudamel and the Vienna Philharmonic in the magnificent gardens of Schönbrunn Palace.

Aug 31, 2012
Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park
Season 40Episode 30120 min

Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park

Dec 2, 2011
The Little Mermaid from San Francisco Ballet
Season 40Episode 31120 min

The Little Mermaid from San Francisco Ballet

Dec 15, 2011
Miami City Ballet Dances Balanchine and Tharp
Season 40Episode 32120 min

Miami City Ballet Dances Balanchine and Tharp

Oct 28, 2011

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