Great Performances

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Great Performances brings the best in the performing arts from across America and around the world to a US television audience. It presents a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries. (official site)

Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Jody and John Arnhold, the Abra Prentice Foundation, The Starr Foundation, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, the Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, Seton J. Melvin, the Estate of Worthington Mayo-Smith, the Jack Lawrence Charitable Remainder Trust Worchell Lawrence, and Ellen and James S. Marcus.

Featured Videos

• Richard III

  S50 Ep19 | 2h 19m 49s

• Translating Shakespeare into ASL

  Clip: S50 Ep19 | 2m 1s

• Highlights from Richard III

  Clip: S50 Ep19 | 3m 11s

Episodes

• Richard III

  S50 Ep19 | 2h 19m 49s

• Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best

  S50 Ep18 | 1h 25m 25s

• Now Hear This “Albéniz: Portraits of Spain”

  S50 Ep16 | 54m 25s | WETA Passport

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Extras

• Piotr Beczała and Tamara Wilson in Lohengrin

  Clip: S50 Ep21 | 1m 56s

• Great Performances at the Met: Medea Preview

  Preview: S50 Ep20 | 30s

• “Dei tuoi figli”

  Clip: S50 Ep20 | 2m 25s

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Collections

• Broadway on PBS Find your front row seat at home and watch acclaimed Broadway productions.
• Everything Streaming Now See everything streaming on Great Performances in one convenient location.
• #PBSForTheArts Explore all of Great Performances' offerings for the new campaign spurred by COVID-19.
• GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends® The Recording Academy™ and Great Performances presents GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends®.
• Movies for Grownups® Awards AARP’s Movies for Grownups advocates for the 50-plus audience by fighting ageism.
• Now Hear This Journey across Europe with Scott Yoo to discover how four composers created masterworks.

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