Great Performances - Season 45

Season 45
Episodes

From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2019
The Vienna Philharmonic presents a festive concert that features Strauss Family waltzes and also celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Vienna State Opera; Hugh Bonneville hosts.

The Cleveland Orchestra Centennial Celebration

Orphée et Eurydice from Lyric Opera of Chicago

Doubt from Minnesota Opera
Watch an adaptation of the play about suspicion leading to a battle of wills at a Catholic school.

Marnie

Bocelli @ 60
Celebrate the world-renowned tenor's career with new performances by Andrea Bocelli and Josh Groban.

Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration
Celebrate singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's singular musical artistry with an all-star line-up.

Birgit Nilsson: A League of Her Own
Celebrate the life of Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson, the face of opera in the 1950s-70s.

Julius Caesar
Experience Shakespeare as never before in an all-female production set in prison.

Great Performances at the Met: La Traviata
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