Great Performances - Season 42

Season 42

Episodes

From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2014

Great Performances at the Met: Eugene Onegin

Barrymore
Enjoy Christopher Plummer's portrayal of theater and film titan John Barrymore.

National Theatre 50 Years on Stage
Celebrate the Royal National Theatre's 50th year with performances by alumni and archival excerpts.

Sting: The Last Ship
Hear Sting perform highlights from his Broadway-bound show about the demise of ship-building.

Great Performances at the Met: The Nose

Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration

Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs: The Dukes of September

Great Performances at the Met: Tosca

Great Performances at the Met: Falstaff

Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty
Watch this highly theatrical production choreographed by Matthew Bourne to Tchaikovsky's music.

Great Performances at the Met: Rusalka

The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over

Great Performances at the Met: Prince Igor

Great Performances at the Met: La Boheme

Great Performances at the Met: Werther

Dudamel Conducts the Verdi Requiem at the Hollywood Bowl
Thrill to a concert presentation of the towering Requiem in commemoration of Verdi's bicentennial.

Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night 2014

Rejoice with Itzhak Perlman and Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot

Great Performances at the Met: Cosi Fan Tutte
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