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Great Performances at the Met: The Pearl Fishers
Great Performances - S43 - E10
Conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and directed by Penny Woolcock, Bizet’s sweeping romance tells the story of a beautiful Hindu priestess pursued by rival pearl divers competing for her hand. Diana Damrau leads the cast as the priestess Leïla, opposite Matthew Polenzani as Nadir, Mariusz Kwiecien as Zurga, and Nicolas Testé as the high priest Nourabad.
Great Performances: Season 43 - 16 Episode s
43x1 - Billy Elliot: The Musical
October 23, 2015
The hit musical both on Broadway and in London’s West End was recorded for broadcast at the show's West End home, the Victoria Palace Theatre, where it is still playing. Billy Elliot the Musical Live features Liam Mower as Older Billy (he was the first boy ever to play Billy Elliot on stage in 2005). Also, 25 current and former Billy Elliots unite on stage for a number. With a score by Elton John.
43x2 - Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin’ to Do
November 6, 2015
A retrospective of Broadway legend Chita Rivera. Luminaries Dick Van Dyke, John Kander, Carol Lawrence, Ben Vereen, and others pay tribute to the dynamic singer, dancer, and actress. Anita in “West Side Story,” Rosie in “Bye Bye Birdie,” Velma in “Chicago,” — these are just some of the iconic roles created by Rivera. Also see newly filmed songs from Rivera’s concert repertoire.
43x3 - Andrea Bocelli: Cinema
November 27, 2015
The international superstar tenor Andrea Bocelli lends his unique voice to a lush symphonic salute to the movies, celebrating some of the greatest celluloid songs and scores of all time written by Italian and Hollywood composers. Hollywood luminaries John Travolta, Ryan O’Neal, Ali MacGraw, and Andy Garcia join Bocelli onstage to speak about the films from which the songs derive.
43x4 - From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2016
January 1, 2016
Julie Andrews hosts the annual New Year’s Day celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic from Vienna’s Musikverein, a beloved annual tradition. Maestro Mariss Jansons will conduct the popular concert of melodies by the Strauss Family and their contemporaries. The the Vienna Boys’ Choir and soloists of the Vienna State Ballet also perform.
43x5 - Great Performances at the Met: Il Trovatore
January 22, 2016
Soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Yonghoon Lee make their Met role debuts in Verdi's Il Trovatore. Netrebko sings Leonora, the tortured heroine who sacrifices her own life for the love of the Gypsy troubadour, Manrico, played by Yonghoon Lee. Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings Count di Luna, Dolora Zajick sings her signature role of the gypsy Azucena, and Štefan Kocán is Ferrando. Marco Armiliato conducts.
43x6 - Great Performances at the Met: Otello
February 21, 2016
Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher’s acclaimed new Met Opera production is led by conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin with Aleksandrs Antonenko in his first Met performance as Otello, the tormented Moor of Venice, with Sonya Yoncheva in her role debut as his innocent wife, Desdemona. Željko Lučić is Otello’s sinister rival, Iago. Great Performances at the Met is now in its 10th season.
43x7 - Great Performances at the Met: Tannhäuser
March 13, 2016
Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser comes to Great Performances at the Met for the first time and is conducted by James Levine. The Otto Schenk production gets its first Met revival in more than a decade. Johan Botha makes his Met role debut in the titular role; Eva-Maria Westbroek is Elisabeth; Michelle DeYoung is the goddess Venus; Peter Mattei is Wolfram; and Günther Groissböck is the Landgraf.
43x8 - Great Performances at the Met: Lulu
April 10, 2016
Artist William Kentridge directs Alban Berg’s opera Lulu, starring German soprano Marlis Petersen as the irresistible femme fatale. One of the most important and notorious stage works of the 20th century, Lulu is the drama of a young woman who sexually and emotionally dominates a wide range of willing victims, both male and female. Welsh National Opera music director Lothar Koenigs conducts.
43x9 - Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration
April 28, 2016
A concert with folk music legend Joan Baez and others, celebrating her birthday at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. Baez is joined on stage by stars including David Bromberg, Jackson Browne, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Judy Collins, David Crosby, Emmylou Harris, Indigo Girls, Damien Rice, Paul Simon, Mavis Staples, Nano Stern, and Richard Thompson.
43x10 - Great Performances at the Met: The Pearl Fishers
May 21, 2016
Conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and directed by Penny Woolcock, Bizet’s sweeping romance tells the story of a beautiful Hindu priestess pursued by rival pearl divers competing for her hand. Diana Damrau leads the cast as the priestess Leïla, opposite Matthew Polenzani as Nadir, Mariusz Kwiecien as Zurga, and Nicolas Testé as the high priest Nourabad.
43x11 - Great Performances at the Met: Turandot
June 12, 2016
Hear Swedish soprano Nina Stemme sing the demanding title role of Puccini’s Chinese ice princess, with Anita Hartig as the angelic slave girl Liù and Marco Berti as Calàf. Paolo Carignani conducts Franco Zeffirelli’s spectacular 1987 production.
43x12 - Great Performances at the Met: Manon Lescaut
August 13, 2016
Hear Kristine Opolais and Roberto Alagna as the ill-fated lovers in Puccini’s passionate adaptation of the classic novel about a free-spirited country girl. Sir Richard Eyre’s new production, conducted by Fabio Luisi, is set in the 1940s.
43x13 - Great Performances at the Met: Madama Butterfly
August 19, 2016
Kristine Opolais brings her heartbreaking interpretation of the title role to the series for the first time. Roberto Alagna sings Lieutenant Pinkerton, the callous officer who crushes Butterfly's dreams of love. Debuting conductor Karel Mark Chichon leads a cast that includes Maria Zifchak as Suzuki and Dwayne Croft as Sharpless.
43x14 - Great Performances at the Met: Roberto Devereux
August 28, 2016
The last opera in Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy, directed by Sir David McVicar, stars Sondra Radvanovsky as Elizabeth I and features Matthew Polenzani, Elina Garanca and Mariusz Kwiecien. Maurizio Benini conducts.
43x15 - Great Performances at the Met: Elektra
September 18, 2016
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts patrice Chéreau’s acclaimed staging of Elektra, with Nina Stemme in the title role on Great Performances at the Met
43x16 - Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2016
September 30, 2016
Led by guest conductor Semyon Bychkov for the very first time, the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic returns for its 13th open-air concert, with a program of French orchestral classics, in the magnificent gardens of Austria’s Imperial Schönbrunn Palace.
Great Performances: All seasons
S0: Specials
1 Episode
S1: Season 1
4 Episode s
S2: Season 2
3 Episode s
S3: Season 3
10 Episode s
S4: Season 4
7 Episode s
S5: Season 5
8 Episode s
S6: Season 6
4 Episode s
S7: Season 7
4 Episode s
S8: Season 8
1 Episode
S9: Season 9
3 Episode s
S10: Season 10
6 Episode s
S11: Season 11
1 Episode
S12: Season 12
9 Episode s
S13: Season 13
3 Episode s
S14: Season 14
7 Episode s
S15: Season 15
5 Episode s
S16: Season 16
11 Episode s
S17: Season 17
6 Episode s
S18: Season 18
9 Episode s
S19: Season 19
6 Episode s
S20: Season 20
7 Episode s
S21: Season 21
9 Episode s
S23: Season 23
15 Episode s
S25: Season 25
9 Episode s
S26: Season 26
11 Episode s
S27: Season 27
5 Episode s
S28: Season 28
10 Episode s
S29: Season 29
13 Episode s
S30: Season 30
12 Episode s
S31: Season 31
6 Episode s
S32: Season 32
14 Episode s
S33: Season 33
9 Episode s
S34: Season 34
12 Episode s
S35: Season 35
15 Episode s
S36: Season 36
12 Episode s
S37: Season 37
14 Episode s
S38: Season 38
22 Episode s
S39: Season 39
24 Episode s
S40: Season 40
18 Episode s
S41: Season 41
32 Episode s
S42: Season 42
23 Episode s
S43: Season 43
16 Episode s
S44: Season 44
27 Episode s
S45: Season 45
28 Episode s
S46: Season 46
29 Episode s
S47: Season 47
30 Episode s
S48: Season 48
31 Episode s
S49: Season 49
33 Episode s
S50: Season 50
24 Episode s
S51: Season 51
22 Episode s