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Great Performances Season 52
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Experience this Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical from London's Donmar Warehouse.
Discover Agustin Barrios’ rise from rural Paraguay to becoming a pioneering guitar composer.
Discover Rachmaninoff's reinvention as an American artist after losing everything in Russia.
Explore Boccherini’s love for Madrid through a musical night tour of the city with Scott Yoo.
Benjamin Bernheim performs the title role of the tormented poet.
Experience Rudolf Nureyev’s legendary production of “Swan Lake” co-starring Margot Fonteyn.
Explore Chopin’s musical evolution from Poland to Paris with Scott Yoo and pianist Jan Lisiecki.
Follow a fighter pilot who operates a drone in a high-tech world battling both war and motherhood.
Experience the world-renowned Italian tenor’s 30th anniversary concert.
AARP’s Movies for Grownups hosted by Alan Cumming.
Experience this annual concert conducted by Riccardo Muti with PBS favorite Hugh Bonneville as host.
Celebrate the centennial birthday of composer Henry Mancini with Michael Bublé and more.
Experience the music of Patsy Cline in a star-studded tribute concert featuring Wynonna and more.
Explore Peter Sellars' San Francisco Opera production of John Adams' "Girls of the Golden West."
Enjoy this semi-staged oratorio following the story of Jewish refugees in World War II Shanghai.
Soprano Asmik Grigorian stars as Cio-Cio-San in her Met Opera debut.
Puccini’s love story stars soprano Angel Blue as the French courtesan Magda.
Enjoy this annual concert featuring Andris Nelsons as guest conductor with Lise Davidsen as soloist.
Soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Benjamin Bernheim portray Shakespeare’s famed star-crossed lovers.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s grand tale of love, deadly vendetta, and family strife.
Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut.
Features an all-star cast at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
The comedic play tells the story of a Black preacher’s scheme to reclaim his inheritance.
Audra McDonald performs a repertoire of classic Broadway songs at the London Palladium.
Experience this Shakespearean classic directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon.
Ancient Babylon comes to life in this production of Verdi’s early masterpiece.
Follow host Scott Yoo’s journey to compose a piece of music for the first time.
Explore how virtuosos become maestros, featuring Yo-Yo Ma, Lynn Chang and more.
Specials
A profile of violinist Julian Rhee, winner of a 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant Award.
A profile of Balourdet Quartet, winner of a 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant Award.
A profile of violinist Njioma Chinyere Grevious, winner of a 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant Award.
A profile of Sandbox Percussion, winner of a 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant Award.
A profile of pianist Clayton Stephenson, winner of a 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant Award.
A series of profiles on the Avery Fisher Career Grant Award recipients.
Features an all-star cast at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Experience Hans Christian Andersen's haunting tale of love in this inventive ballet.
Daniel Catan's has adapted the popular 1994 film Il Postino as an opera.
Extras
Joe Scott (Austin Scott) performs Bob Dylan's "Hurricane."
The cast of Girl From The North Country performs "Like A Rolling Stone."
Go behind the curtain of the Tony-winning "Girl from the North Country."
David Henry Hwang (Daniel Dae Kim) shares a phone call with his father.
David Henry Hwang (Daniel Dae Kim) brings Marcus G. (Ryan Eggold) to a talkback.
Go behind the curtain of "Yellow Face" with the cast and creative.
The Goodman family prepares to head off to work and school.
Dan (Jamie Parker) tries to connect to his wife (Caissie Levy).
Experience this Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical from London's Donmar Warehouse.
Go behind the curtain of Donmar Warehouse's "Next to Normal."
Cyro Delvizio and Scott Yoo discuss the Spanish repertoire that influenced Agustín Barrios.
Scott Yoo visits Juanjo Corbalán to learn about the folk music that inspired Agustín Barrios.
How did Agustín Barrios transform into Nitsuga Mangoré?
Discover Agustin Barrios’ rise from rural Paraguay to becoming a pioneering guitar composer.
Yevgeny Sudbin and Scott Yoo explain Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on Paganini."
Discover Rachmaninoff's reinvention as an American artist after losing everything in Russia.
Using an Ampico piano scroll, Scott Yoo watches Rachmaninoff play the piano.
Explore Boccherini’s love for Madrid through a musical night tour of the city with Scott Yoo.
The story behind "Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid."
Boccherini played around with the cello's range with these experimental compositions.
Benjamin Bernheim performs the title role of the tormented poet.
Erin Morley performs "Les oiseaux dans la charmille," Olympia’s Act I aria.
Rudolf Nureyev performs a solo in Swan Lake.
The relationship between Rudolf Nureyev and legendary ballerina Margot Fonteyn.
Explore Chopin’s musical evolution from Poland to Paris with Scott Yoo and pianist Jan Lisiecki.
Enjoy this sneak preview of Now Hear This "Chopin."
Journey to Poland, Spain and more in this season of Now Hear This.
Experience Rudolf Nureyev’s legendary production of “Swan Lake” co-starring Margot Fonteyn.