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Great Performances: Season 39

24 episodes · first aired Sep 30, 2011

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  1. 1 Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues Sep 30, 2011 · 53m An American favorite for his award-winning role in the hit TV series House, the versatile British actor Hugh Laurie showcases his musical side in an atmospheric personal odyssey filmed on…
  2. 2 Andrea Bocelli: Live in Central Park Dec 2, 2011 · 2h 26m Beloved tenor Andrea Bocelli performs a free concert on Central Park's Great Lawn, with the New York Philharmonic conducted by its music director Alan Gilbert. Joining Bocelli on stage on…
  3. 3 The Little Mermaid from San Francisco Ballet Dec 16, 2011 John Neumeier -- director and chief choreographer for Hamburg Ballet -- blends dance, dramatic storytelling and spectacle into a unique interpretation of a classic Hans Christian…
  4. 4 From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2012 Jan 1, 2012
  5. 5 Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel and the LA PHIL Celebrate Jan 6, 2012 Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil Celebrate Gershwin, featuring that classic piece as well as "An American in Paris" and Hancock's unique improvisation on the great standard…
  6. 6 Let Me Down Easy Jan 13, 2012 Anna Deavere Smith's latest production, Let Me Down Easy. The Great Performances production was recorded in February 2011 in the Kreeger Theater at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for…
  7. 7 Great Performances at the Met: Anna Bolena Jan 20, 2012 The Metropolitan Opera premiere of Donizetti's Anna Bolena, starring soprano Anna Netrebko in her highly anticipated first North American performances of the tour-de-force title role, will…
  8. 8 Tony Bennett: Duets II Jan 27, 2012 Tony Bennett: Duets II features the singer's greatest hits, performed by Bennett and today's biggest stars, including John Mayer, Michael Buble, k.d. lang, Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson…
  9. 9 Memphis Feb 24, 2012 Broadway's smash hit musical Memphis, winner of four Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book and Best Orchestrations, comes to Great Performances. Memphis is the first…
  10. 10 Great Performances at the Met: Don Giovanni Feb 26, 2012 Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads his first Met performances of Mozart's Don Giovanni in a new production directed by Tony Award winner Michael Grandage in his Met debut.
  11. 11 The Thomashefskys Mar 29, 2012 The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater, a celebration of Yiddish theater pioneers Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky by their grandson, Michael Tilson Thomas…
  12. 12 The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall Mar 29, 2012 The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall, a fully-staged, lavish 25th anniversary mounting of Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running Broadway and West End extravaganza. Ramin Karimloo…
  13. 13 Great Performances at the Met: Satyagraha Mar 25, 2012 Philip Glass's inspirational opera Satyagraha (Sanskrit for "truth force"), in the first revival of Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch's innovative 2008 production.
  14. 14 San Francisco Symphony at 100 Mar 30, 2012 San Francisco Symphony's Centennial Season opening night gala, conducted by Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas. The two-hour broadcast is hosted by author Amy Tan and features Tilson…
  15. 15 Great Performances at the Met: Rodelinda Apr 22, 2012 Renee Fleming reprises one of her most popular interpretations: the title role in Handel's Rodelinda, under the baton of Baroque specialist Harry Bicket in the revival of Stephen…
  16. 16 Great Performances at the Met: Faust May 13, 2012 Three of the opera world’s leading stars—Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Poplavskaya, and René Pape—sing the principal roles in a new production of Gounod’s Faust, directed by Tony Award winner Des…
  17. 17 Great Performances at the Met: The Enchanted Island May 18, 2012 The Enchanted Island is a world premiere work that combines Baroque music with a new, English-language libretto featuring characters from Shakespeare, and a starry cast including Danielle…
  18. 18 Great Performances at the Met: Ernani Jun 17, 2012 Angela Meade, Marcello Giodani, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and Ferruccio Furlanetto star in Verdi’s Ernani.
  19. 19 Great Performances at the Met: Manon Aug 5, 2012 Star soprano Anna Netrebko sings her first Met performances of the title role in Manon, Massenet’s opera about a country girl with conflicting desires for love and luxury who is drawn into…
  20. 20 Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration Aug 10, 2012 The concert features the BSO, Boston Pops Orchestra and Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, under the direction of conductors John Williams, Keith Lockhart and Andris Nelsons. Performances…
  21. 21 Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies Aug 11, 2012 THIRTEEN’s Great Performances will present 12-year-old classical crossover prodigy Jackie Evancho’s second television special Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies.
  22. 22 Great Performances at the Met: La Traviata Aug 26, 2012 Acclaimed French soprano Natalie Dessay makes her Met role debut as Violetta, the fallen woman who sacrifices her last chance for love, in Verdi’s La Traviata.
  23. 23 Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2012 Aug 31, 2012 Under the baton of the dynamic and electric guest maestro, Gustavo Dudamel, the Vienna Philharmonic performs the finale of Amilcare Ponchielli’s “Dance of the Hours” from the opera “La…
  24. 24 Great Performances at the Met: Wagner's Dream Sep 10, 2012 Robert Lepage’s acclaimed new production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen.