Still of people dancing in a performance of Fiddler the musical.

Great Performances

Arts and Music Series / 5 Seasons

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.

Watch Latest: S50 E24

1h 26m / TV-G

Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best Preview

30s

Enjoy a revue of milestone Broadway shows and songs from 1973 to 2023 hosted by two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster. Features performances by André De Shields, Chita Rivera, Vanessa Williams and more from Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater.

Great Performances at the Met: Fedora Preview

30s

Back at the Met for the first time in 25 years, Umberto Giordano’s drama stars soprano Sonya Yoncheva in the title role, a 19th-century Russian princess who falls in love with her fiancé’s murderer, Count Loris, sung by star tenor Piotr Beczała. Soprano Rosa Feola is the Countess Olga, Fedora’s confidant, and baritone Lucas Meachem is the diplomat De Siriex.

Now Hear This “Albéniz: Portraits of Spain” Preview

30s

Discover the inspirations Spain provided composer Isaac Albéniz with host Scott Yoo along with musicians from Albéniz’s birthplace in the Pyrenees mountains as well as Sevilla, Mallorca and more.

Ballet Flameco de Andalucia Performs Albéniz's "El Puerto"

2m 43s

Úrsula López, artistic director of Ballet Flamenco de Andalucia, exlplains why Albéniz is important to the history of flamenco. Then, the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucia performs a piece choreographed for Albéniz's "El Puerto."

Now Hear This "Andy Akiho Found (his) Sound" Preview

30s

Experience the creation of music from this Japanese American composer with host Scott Yoo using “found” instruments. To develop a music video, the two visit New York City and explore the creative process with an interactive light show and more.

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