September 20, 2013
Witness Ben Whishaw’s performance as Richard in this television adaptation of Shakespeare’s play.
September 27, 2013
Jeremy Irons and Tom Hiddleston star in the Shakespeare's history play.
October 4, 2013
Jeremy Irons and Tom Hiddleston star in Shakespeare's history play.
October 11, 2013
Henry V has settled onto the throne and has the makings of a fine King. The French Ambassador brings a challenge from the French D...Read more
October 18, 2013
In celebration of the series’ 40th anniversary on PBS, a stellar roster of diverse alumni gather to share their stories of what th...Read more
November 1, 2013
Composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer’s award-winning opera Moby-Dick will be broadcast on THIRTEEN’s Great Performances...Read more
November 8, 2013
The New York Philharmonic’s concert staging of Stephen Sondheim’s award-winning musical Company includes the all-star cast of Crai...Read more
November 15, 2013
Directed by Sir Trevor Nunn, and choreographed by Susan Stroman, the acclaimed Royal National Theatre production starring Hugh Jac...Read more
November 29, 2013
The legendary Barbra Streisand makes a historic homecoming to Brooklyn at the new Barclays Center arena, marking the superstar’s f...Read more
November 30, 2013
This one-hour program airing in late November and December is dedicated to the great tenor, Luciano Pavarotti. It includes his per...Read more
January 1, 2014
Julie Andrews hosts this annual New Year's Day celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic. Daniel Barenboim conducts a program of me...Read more
January 17, 2014
Tchaikovsky’s romantic tragedy Eugene Onegin, starring Anna Netrebko, Mariusz Kwiecien, and Piotr Beczala, is the season premiere ...Read more
January 31, 2014
John Barrymore (Christopher Plummer) banters with his line prompter Frank before beginning a rehearsal of "Richard III," in which ...Read more
February 14, 2014
The National Theatre in London celebrates its 50th anniversary with a cast of theater legends, including Maggie Smith, Ralph Fienn...Read more
February 21, 2014
Watch highlights from Sting's live performance of "The Last Ship" at the Public Theater in New York City. The 16-time Grammy Award...Read more
February 23, 2014
William Kentridge‘s dazzlingly innovative production of Shostakovich’s shocking, unconventional opera about a beleaguered Russian ...Read more
March 1, 2014
Rock & roll royalty Donald Fagen (Steely Dan), Michael McDonald (The Doobie Brothers) and Boz Scaggs join forces as their own new ...Read more
March 1, 2014
See Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers, featuring Edie Brickell, in their first-ever live concert performance to be broadca...Read more
March 1, 2014
Great Performances presents a special encore of highlights from 1992’s star-studded concert tribute to Bob Dylan, the American pop...Read more
March 9, 2014
Tosca, Puccini’s favorite opera, stars an exceptional trio of singing actors. Acclaimed American soprano Patricia Racette plays th...Read more
April 8, 2014
In the 1960s, the British band The Dave Clark Five achieved a record-breaking 15 consecutive Top 20 U.S. hit singles within two-ye...Read more
April 13, 2014
Verdi’s brilliant final opera, "Falstaff," is conducted by Metropolitan Opera Music Director James Levine in his first Great Perfo...Read more
April 25, 2014
Leo's kiss of true love breaks the curse that has held Princess Aurora (Hannah Vassallo) under its spell. After 100 years of sleep...Read more
May 18, 2014
Renée Fleming sings one of her signature roles, the title character in Dvořák's Rusalka, an opera about a water spirit's tragic ro...Read more
June 22, 2014
Borodin's Russian epic Prince Igor, performed by the Met for the first time in nearly 100 years. The acclaimed new production by d...Read more
June 27, 2014
Franco Zeffirelli’s production of La Bohème, the most-performed opera in Met history, starring Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo and ...Read more
July 20, 2014
Tenor Jonas Kaufmann stars as the tortured poet in the Met’s new production of Jules Massenet’s Werther on Great Performances at t...Read more
August 1, 2014
The acclaimed outdoor performance celebrating the 200th anniversary of Verdi’s birth is interspersed with archival footage and fea...Read more
August 22, 2014
Led for the first time by a guest conductor Christoph Eschenbach, the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic returns for their 11th op...Read more
August 24, 2014
James Levine conducts Mozart’s romance Così fan tutte, a comic opera about the complications that ensue when two friends decide to...Read more
August 28, 2014
Legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman and celebrated cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot join forces for a musical exploration of liturgical...Read more
September 7, 2014
Joyce DiDonato sings the title role in Rossini’s Cinderella story, La Cenerentola, with bel canto master Juan Diego Flórez as her ...Read more