Season 51

Episode 3

New York City Ballet in Madrid

October 27, 20231h 25m0.0

Captured in peak performance at Madrid’s Teatro Real, New York City Ballet performs two masterpieces choreographed by NYCB co-founder and original Artistic Director George Balanchine, “Serenade” and “Square Dance" as well as a piece by current resident choreographer Justin Peck.

Episode 4

Message In A Bottle

November 3, 20231h 26m0.0

Experience five-time Olivier Award nominee Kate Prince’s dance and theater show set to the songs of 17-time Grammy winner Sting. Telling the story of a migrant family, the show from London’s Sadler's Wells Theatre features a mix of dance styles.

Episode 5

Great Performances at the Met: Champion

November 5, 20230.0

Six-time Grammy Award–winning composer Terence Blanchard returns to the Met with an opera based on the true story of boxer Emile Griffith, who rose from obscurity to become a world champion despite being a closeted bisexual. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green stars as the young boxer, with bass-baritone Eric Owens as Griffith’s older self, haunted by the ghosts of his past. Soprano Latonia Moore also stars as Emelda Griffith, the boxer’s estranged mother, and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe plays the gay bar owner, Kathy Hagen. The production reunites the creative team from last season’s Great Performances at the Met: Fire Shut Up in My Bones, including conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, director James Robinson, and choreographer Camille A. Brown. Lawrence Brownlee hosts.

Episode 6

Making Shakespeare: The First Folio

November 17, 20231h 54m0.0

Celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio, which saved 18 plays from being lost. Tracing the First Folio’s story, the film also spotlights how New York City’s Public Theater presents Shakespeare’s work for today’s audiences.

Episode 7

Great Performances at the Met: Die Zauberflöte

December 10, 20230.0

Experience director Simon McBurney’s Met debut with a new production of this Mozart favorite. Nathalie Stutzmann conducts with Lawrence Brownlee as Tamino, Erin Morley as Pamina, Thomas Oliemans as Papageno and Kathryn Lewek as the Queen of the Night.

Episode 8

From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2024

January 1, 20240.0

Celebrate the New Year with waltzes by Strauss and more performed from Vienna’s Musikverein by the famed orchestra led by guest conductor Christian Thielemann. PBS favorite Hugh Bonneville returns to host.

Episode 9

Great Performances at the Met: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

February 4, 20240.0

Experience Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking opera directed by Tony nominee Robert O’Hara. The new staging portrays Malcolm as an Everyman whose story transcends time and space. Supported by a cast of young Met stars, Will Liverman sings Malcolm X.

Episode 10

The LA Phil Celebrates Frank Gehry

February 16, 20241h 25m0.0

Celebrate 20 years at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the LA Phil in a tribute to its architect. Led by Gustavo Dudamel, the concert includes a piece composed and conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, performances by Herbie Hancock and H.E.R., and more.

Episode 11

George Jones: Still Playin’ Possum

February 23, 20241h 25m0.0

Honoring one of the most influential, storied and beloved country music icons in history, Great Performances – George Jones: Still Playin’ Possum is an all-star celebration. Jones’ hits including “I Don’t Need Your Rockin’ Chair,” “The Race Is On,” “He Stopped Loving Her Today” and many more are performed by Travis Tritt, Tanya Tucker, Brad Paisley, Jelly Roll, Dierks Bentley, Sam Moore, Wynonna, Jamey Johnson, Uncle Kracker, Trace Adkins, Lorrie Morgan, Joe Nichols and other country stars accompanied by a band of Nashville’s top players. Recorded April 25, 2023, at from the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the tribute marked the 10th anniversary of Jones’ passing.

Episode 12

Great Performances at the Met: Dead Man Walking

March 15, 20240.0

Episode 13

Great Performances at the Met: Florencia en el Amazonas

April 7, 20240.0

Episode 14

Now Hear This

April 12, 20240.0

Episode 15

Now Hear This

April 19, 20240.0

Episode 16

Now Hear This

April 26, 20240.0

Episode 17

Now Hear This

May 3, 20240.0

Episode 18

Great Performances at the Met: Nabucco

May 5, 20240.0

Episode 19

Hamlet

May 10, 20242h 34m0.0

Episode 20

Audra McDonald at the London Palladium

May 17, 20241h 23m0.0

Episode 21

Purlie Victorious

May 24, 20241h 46m0.0

A three-act comedic stage play tells the fictional story of Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson, a dynamic traveling preacher returning to his hometown in rural Georgia, to save his small hometown church. The Performance was filmed at the Music Box Theatre on January 23rd, 2024 with the original 2023 Broadway cast.

Episode 22

Rodgers & Hammerstein's 80th Anniversary

May 31, 20241h 56m0.0