On September 13th at 8 pm, John Lithgow will host a two-hour program live from Baltimore's harbor. He'll be joined by Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award winners, and co-host Jordin Sparks, in a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the national…

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga presented an evening of classic jazz standards, performed live in concert. The program featured both vocal duets and solo renditions, and was filmed at the Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center. An audience of invi…

A special encore showing of the original 1998 Great Performances broadcast of "Cats." Relive the magic of "Memory," now presented in stunning high definition and with immersive digital sound.

Julie Andrews, a celebrated figure of stage and screen, graces the annual New Year's celebration for the sixth time as host. The Vienna Philharmonic, led by Zubin Mehta, performs from the Musikverein in Vienna. The Vienna State Ballet prese…

Acclaimed American opera singer Renée Fleming is hosting a festival dedicated to showcasing the breadth of vocal talent in the United States. The event brings together established artists to mentor emerging singers, including Ben Folds, Dia…

The ninth installment of *Great Performances at the Met* opens with Mozart's exquisite opera of marital turmoil, *Le Nozze di Figaro*, conducted by James Levine and brought to the stage by Richard Eyre. Ildar Abdrazakov performs the role of…

Rupert Goold's intense production of *Macbeth*, staged within a stark, unnamed 20th-century military world and featuring Sir Patrick Stewart as the ambitious general – a performance garnering Tony Award recognition – and Kate Fleetwood as h…

Richard Eyre's celebrated production of Carmen features Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili as the captivating gypsy, a role she has performed to widespread acclaim at opera houses around the globe. Opposite her sings Aleksandrs Ant…

Alan Gilbert led the orchestra in a program of film scores by Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone, and Luis Bacalov, performed by the New York Philharmonic. The concert featured the acclaimed violinist Joshua Bell, the celebrated soprano Renée Flemi…

Bryan Adams, a singer-songwriter hailing from Canada, has enjoyed a remarkably successful career in contemporary rock, amassing over sixty-five million records sold across more than thirty years. This concert, captured in July 2014 at Toron…

Gioachino Rossini’s celebrated comedy, *Il Barbiere di Siviglia* (The Barber of Seville), boasts some of opera’s most familiar and beloved melodies. The current production features a vibrant young cast, including Lawrence Brownlee, Isabel L…

For the first time, choreographer Mark Morris’s celebrated work appears on television, introduced by Mikhail Baryshnikov. Morris achieved international recognition with this piece, set to George Frideric Handel’s *L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed…

Her Grammy-nominated album's concert showcases Lennox's interpretations of classic American pieces by legends like Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Billie Holiday, and Screamin' Jay Hawkins—a heartfelt tribute to some of t…

James Levine conducts the Metropolitan Opera’s first Great Performances broadcast of Wagner’s *Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg*. Michael Volle stars as Hans Sachs, the cobbler-poet, alongside Johan Botha as Walther, Annette Dasch as Eva, Joh…

Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo takes on the role of a lovesick poet haunted by sorrow in Offenbach’s *Les Contes d’Hoffmann*, presented as part of Great Performances at the Metropolitan Opera. The opera draws inspiration from three tales by…

The opening of Andris Nelsons' time as Music Director with the orchestra showcases two figures from his inner circle: his wife, the celebrated Latvian soprano Kristine Opolais, and the distinguished German tenor Jonas Kaufmann. Both will pe…

Susan Stroman, known for her work on Broadway, makes her Metropolitan Opera debut with a spectacularly staged production of Lehár's lively operetta, *The Merry Widow*. Soprano Renée Fleming expands her repertoire with the role of Hanna, the…

Director Mariusz Treliński marks his Metropolitan Opera debut with a new production steeped in the atmosphere of 1940s film noir. Valery Gergiev will conduct two rarely performed one-act operas: Tchaikovsky’s graceful fairy tale, *Iolanta*,…

Alfred Uhry’s celebrated play offers a sharp, humorous, and ultimately optimistic exploration of race in America, unfolding through the intricate bond between two figures deeply familiar to popular culture. Daisy Werthan (Angela Lansbury) i…

Natalie Portman presents *Dudamel Conducts a John Williams Celebration*, broadcast on *Great Performances*. The special guest for this gala opening night concert, a tribute to the celebrated film composer, is Itzhak Perlman. Gustavo Dudame…

Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez star in Rossini's magnificent bel canto masterpiece, "La Donna del Lago," presented as part of the Great Performances at the Metropolitan Opera (see local listings for availability). Adapted from the nov…

Under the direction of guest conductor Zubin Mehta, the celebrated Vienna Philharmonic presents its twelfth open-air summer concert in the gardens of Austria’s Schönbrunn Palace. This year’s program features a distinctly Scandinavian select…

Sir David McVicar helms the Metropolitan Opera's first new production in four and a half decades of this beloved double bill: *Cavalleria Rusticana* and *Pagliacci*, both featuring Marcelo Álvarez as the leading tenor. Eva-Maria Westbroek a…