Episode guide
Great Performances: Season 53
24 episodes · first aired Oct 3, 2025
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- 1 The Magic of Grace Bumbry Oct 3, 2025 · 54m Discover Grace Bumbry’s inspiring rise to global opera fame. Spotlighting her historic performances, the film explores the racial barriers she overcame to triumph in her 1966 performance…
- 2 Great Performances at the Met: Il Barbiere di Siviglia Oct 19, 2025 · 2h 43m Rossini’s effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher’s madcap production. Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside Jack Swanson…
- 3 Tiler Peck: Suspending Time Nov 7, 2025 · 55m Follow acclaimed ballerina Tiler Peck as she overcomes injury to reclaim her place on stage and debut her own choreography with New York City Ballet, revealing the resilience and artistry…
- 4 Twelfth Night Nov 14, 2025 · 1h 53m The Shakespearean comedy of mistaken identity tells the romantic misadventures of twins Sebastian and Viola after they survive a shipwreck, including revenge plots and tricks of love…
- 5 Nutcracker from English National Ballet Dec 16, 2025 · 1h 23m Experience the holiday classic in a new light, featuring over 100 dancers and musicians performing at the London Coliseum.
- 6 From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2026 Jan 1, 2026 · 2h 6m The famed Vienna Philharmonic rings in the New Year with its annual concert from Vienna's Musikverein conducted for the first time by Yannick Nézet-Séguin with performances by the Vienna…
- 7 Movies for Grownups® Awards 2026 with AARP The Magazine Feb 22, 2026 · 1h 45m Iconic and beloved screen and stage performer Alan Cumming returns as host for this awards show in which Adam Sandler receives the Career Achievement Award.
- 8 Samara Joy at Royal Albert Hall Feb 27, 2026 · 55m A number one album and a double Grammy-win in 2023 put jazz vocalist Samara Joy on the map, officially establishing the Bronx native as the next jazz sensation and a legend in the making…
- 9 Great Performances at the Met: La Bohème Mar 20, 2026 · 2h 23m Experience Zeffirelli’s beloved production set in 19th-century Paris telling the story of Puccini’s young artists and lovers that share joy, passion, and heartbreak featuring Juliana…
- 10 Great Performances at the Met: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Apr 1, 2026 · 2h 49m In this new adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel set shortly before the outbreak of World War II, two Jewish cousins invent an anti-fascist superhero and launch…
- 11 Now Hear This – “Brahms: Free But Alone” Apr 10, 2026 · 54m Johannes Brahms was a quiet, private person, but he lived a full life, bearing a responsibility he didn’t want, a woman he couldn’t be with, and a legacy he couldn’t live up to. Scott Yoo…
- 12 Great Performances at the Met: La Sonnambula Apr 12, 2026 · 2h 45m Nadine Sierra stars as Amina in Bellini’s tale of love lost and found. This new production by Rolando Villazón—the tenor who has embarked on a second career as a director—retains the…
- 13 Now Hear This – “Everyone Loves Joplin” Apr 17, 2026 · 54m Scott Joplin was the king of ragtime, a new kind music for the turn of the 20th century. Rick Benjamin’s Paragon Ragtime Orchestra takes Scott Yoo back in time to experience the music…
- 15 Now Hear This – “The Call of Istanbul” Apr 24, 2026 · 54m Istanbul sits at the crossroads of Asia and Europe, a melting pot of diverse peoples, languages and ideas. With star Turkish pianist Fazil Say, conductor Çem Mansur, and a host of…
- 16 Now Hear This – “The Iceland Sound” May 1, 2026 · 54m Fewer people live in Iceland than in Wichita, Kansas, yet it produces some of the best musicians in the world. To find out how, Scott Yoo crosses this sunlit, rainy, volcanic land of…
- 17 Josh Groban: An Intimate Evening at The Union Chapel May 8, 2026 · 1h 17m Josh Groban returns to PBS in a special, personal concert staged in the intimate and historic setting of London’s Union Chapel. Recorded in October 2025, the concert captures the acclaimed…
- 18 Suffs May 8, 2026 · 2h 15m Created by Tony Award winner Shaina Taub, this musical recorded from Broadway tells the story of the American suffragist movement and the remarkable friendships, heartbreak, and action…
- 19 Irving Berlin’s Top Hat May 15, 2026 · 2h 11m Inspired by the iconic 1935 movie musical starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, this acclaimed Chichester Festival Theatre revival recorded from the West End in January 2026 is directed…
- 20 Great Performances at the Met: Arabella May 17, 2026 · 2h 43m Strauss’ romance brings the glamour of 19th-century Vienna to the Met stage in a production by legendary Otto Schenk. Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen makes her role debut as Arabella, a…
- 21 An Evening with Nicole Scherzinger May 22, 2026 · 1h 24m Recorded in October 2025, Nicole Scherzinger performs at London’s Royal Albert Hall for the first time in her first major UK solo show in 13 years. Accompanied by a full orchestra…
- 22 Great Performances at the Met: Andrea Chénier Jun 14, 2026 · 2h 23m Giordano’s tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva stars as Chénier’s…
- 23 Great Performances at the Met: I Puritani Jul 12, 2026 · 2h 56m Charles Edwards makes his company directorial debut after many successes as a set designer, while soprano Lisette Oropesa and tenor Lawrence Brownlee star as Elvira and Arturo, brought…
- 24 Great Performances at the Met: Eugene Onegin Aug 21, 2026 Soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in Tchaikovsky’s opera adaptation of Pushkin’s novel. Baritone Igor Golovatenko reprises his portrayal…
- 25 Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2026 Aug 28, 2026 Enjoy the famed orchestra's beloved annual concert conducted by Lorenzo Viotti featuring bass-baritone Bryn Terfel as guest soloist performing arias from Verdi’s "Falstaff" as well as…