Great Performances at the Met: Turandot

September 4, 2022

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Great Performances - S49 - E34

Enjoy opera superstar Liudmyla Monastyrska in the title role of the legendary cold-hearted princess. Marco Armiliato conducts Puccini’s score with tenor Yonghoon Lee as Calàf, the bold prince determined to win the princess' love. Nadine Sierra hosts.

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Great Performances: Season 49 - 33 Episode s

49x1 - Yannick – An Artist’s Journey
September 3, 2021
Experience the music director of the Metropolitan Opera’s meteoric rise to become one of the most acclaimed and sought-after music directors of his generation in this documentary from cinema verité filmmaker Susan Froemke.
49x2 - Verdi’s Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11
September 11, 2021
Honor the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with this special performance hosted by Misty Copeland and led by Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin featuring soloists Ailyn Pérez, Michelle DeYoung, Matthew Polenzani and Eric Owens.
49x3 - The Red Shoes
September 17, 2021
Experience Hans Christian Andersen’s dark fairytale from acclaimed director-choreographer Matthew Bourne with this Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation starring Ashley Shaw, Adam Cooper, Dominic North and Michaela Meazza.
49x4 - Great Performances at the Met: Sondra Radvanovsky & Piotr Beczala in Concert
October 1, 2021
From the historic Stadthalle in Wuppertal, Germany, recorded in January, this world-famous soprano-tenor pair perform arias and duets from some of their many performances at the Met including Giordano’s “Andrea Chénier,” Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino,” “Luisa Miller” and Dvořák’s “Rusalka," accompanied by Vincenzo Scalera on piano.
49x5 - Great Performances at the Met: Three Divas at Versailles
October 8, 2021
Three-time GRAMMY winner Isabel Leonard joins Nadine Sierra and Ailyn Pérez to perform timeless selections by Mozart, Offenbach and Bizet including “Voi che sapete” and “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” along with beloved songs like “Bésame Mucho” and “Cielito Lindo.” The concert was recorded in May at the Royal Opera of Versailles in France and Met Opera soprano Christine Goerke hosts.
49x6 - Now Hear This "Beethoven's Ghost"
October 29, 2021
Go inside the mind of a genius as host Scott Yoo and fellow musicians undertake a recording of Beethoven's most personal music at a historic Berkshires manor to explore the composer’s brilliant career—where they are visited by some unexpected guests.
49x7 - Great Performances at the Met: Wagnerians in Concert
November 5, 2021
Recorded in May, a quartet of some of opera’s most powerful and dramatic singers comes together at the Hessisches Staatstheater in Wiesbaden, Germany. Sopranos Christine Goerke and Elza van den Heever, tenor Andreas Schager, and baritone Michael Volle perform a program of selections by Wagner and Strauss.
49x8 - A John Williams Premiere at Tanglewood
November 12, 2021
Experience a concert of works by legendary composer John Williams from Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home at Tanglewood including Williams’ new violin concerto performed by virtuoso Anne-Sophie Mutter and other works conducted by Andris Nelsons.
49x9 - San Francisco Symphony Reopening Night
November 19, 2021
Celebrate opening night of San Francisco Symphony’s 110th season as it welcomes its new GRAMMY-winning music director Esa-Pekka Salonen, featuring music by John Adams, esperanza spalding & Wayne Shorter and performances by Alonzo King LINES Ballet.
49x10 - Coppelia
November 26, 2021
Enjoy this contemporary reboot of the 1870 ballet favorite that blends live-action ballet with CGI and features ballet stars Michaela DePrince and Daniel Camargo.
49x12 - Unforgettable With Love - Natalie Cole
November 27, 2021
Enjoy this special encore of Natalie Cole’s Emmy-winning concert of her GRAMMY-winning album in Great Performances: Unforgettable With Love - Natalie Cole. Featuring classics such as “Mona Lisa,” “The Very Thought of You” and “For Sentimental Reasons,” the concert also features a special performance of Nat King Cole’s signature song “Unforgettable” sung as a duet by Natalie Cole and her father.
49x13 - Great Performances at the Met: Bryn Terfel & Friends in Concert
December 3, 2021
Recorded December 2020, the legendary bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel performs a holiday program accompanied by Jeff Howard on piano and the Welsh traditional folk group Calan from Brecon Cathedral in the singer’s native Wales.
49x14 - Great Performances at the Met: New Year's Eve Gala
December 31, 2021
The Met rings in the new year with a gala performance featuring stars Angel Blue, Pretty Yende, Javier Camarena and Matthew Polenzani. Performing from the Parktheater in Kurhaus Göggingen in Augsburg, Germany, the program features arias, duets and ensembles from Donizetti to Puccini, as well as arrangements of operetta and Neapolitan songs.
49x15 - From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2022
January 1, 2022
Ring in the new year in Austria at the Musikverein with the Vienna Philharmonic and host Hugh Bonneville in this annual concert of waltzes by Strauss and more under the baton of guest conductor Daniel Barenboim.
49x16 - Reopening: The Broadway Revival
January 18, 2022
Go behind the scenes of Broadway as shows reunite, rehearse and re-stage for their long-awaited reopening nights while the theater industry learns how to turn the lights back on after its longest hiatus in history due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
49x17 - Great Performances at the Met: Boris Godunov
February 6, 2022
Bass René Pape, the world’s reigning Boris, reprises his portrayal of the tortured tsar caught between ambition and paranoia. Conductor Sebastian Weigle leads Mussorgsky’s Russian masterwork in its original 1869 version. Stephen Wadsworth’s production captures the hope and suffering of the Russian people as well as the tsar himself. Met Opera soprano Angel Blue hosts.
49x18 - Great Performances at the Met: Eurydice
March 6, 2022
The ancient Greek myth of Orpheus, who attempts to harness the power of music to rescue his beloved Eurydice from the Underworld, has inspired composers since opera’s earliest days. With a libretto by Sarah Ruhl adapted from her acclaimed 2003 play, the opera reimagines the familiar tale from Eurydice’s point of view.
49x19 - Movies for Grownups® Awards 2022 with AARP The Magazine
March 18, 2022
First broadcast on PBS in 2018, Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine returns for a fifth year to celebrate and encourage filmmaking with unique appeal to movie-lovers with a grownup state of mind—and recognize the inspiring artists who make them. Each year the centerpiece honor is the Career Achievement Award, celebrating the contributions cinema legends.
49x20 - The Conductor
March 25, 2022
Follow Marin Alsop’s journey to become the first female music director of a major American symphony despite repeated rejection by the classical music industry. Features archival footage with her mentor Leonard Bernstein and is set to a soundtrack of her performances.
49x21 - Great Performances at the Met: Fire Shut Up In My Bones
April 1, 2022
Experience Grammy-winning composer Terence Blanchard and librettist Kasi Lemmon’s adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s memoir. James Robinson and Camille A. Brown co-direct with Brown also choreographing. Baritone Will Liverman stars with soprano Angel Blue.
49x22 - Now Hear This "Amy Beach - American Romantic"
April 8, 2022
Host Scott Yoo and his wife, flutist Alice Dade, perform the work of Romantic era classical composer Amy Beach at Festival Mosaic and uncover Beach’s many musical influences. Featuring performances of Beach’s works, the duo visits places Beach took inspiration from throughout her life, including an artist residency at MacDowell in New Hampshire.
49x23 - Now Hear This "Florence Price and the American Migration"
April 15, 2022
From Little Rock to Chicago, host Scott Yoo follows the trail of the great African American composer Florence Price.
49x24 - Now Hear This "Aaron Copland - Dean of American Music"
April 22, 2022
Scott Yoo explores the life and work of Aaron Copland, and how he created the American sound.
49x25 - Now Hear This "New American Voices"
April 29, 2022
Scott Yoo discovers how American composers are inspired by their immigrant roots today through two composers: Brazilian-born Sergio Assad and Indian American Reena Esmail.
49x26 - Great Performances at the Met: Cinderella
May 8, 2022
Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard stars as the rags-to-riches princess in Laurent Pelly’s storybook staging of Massenet’s “Cendrillon.” Featuring an all-new English translation by Kelley Rourke and conducted by Maestro Emmanuel Villaume, the cast also includes mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo as Cinderella’s Prince Charming, soprano Jessica Pratt as her Fairy Godmother, and more.
49x27 - Anything Goes
May 13, 2022
Enjoy this London production of Cole Porter’s classic musical led by Sutton Foster who reprises her Tony-winning role as Reno Sweeney directed by Kathleen Marshall with favorite songs like “I Get A Kick Out of You” and “You’re the Top.”
49x28 - Merry Wives
May 20, 2022
Experience Shakespeare’s comedic masterpiece from the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park. Set in South Harlem, the play tells the story of the trickster Falstaff and the wily wives who outwit him in a celebration of Black joy, laughter and vitality.
49x29 - Keeping Company with Sondheim
May 27, 2022
Take an inside look at the reimagined gender-swapped production as it returns to Broadway during the COVID-19 pandemic. Features new interviews with Tony and Grammy-winning cast members Katrina Lenk, Patti LuPone, Sondheim and more.
49x30 - Great Performances at the Met: Rigoletto
June 17, 2022
Baritone Quinn Kelsey portrays the title role at the Met for the first time, starring alongside soprano Rosa Feola as Gilda and tenor Piotr Beczała as the Duke of Mantua. Maestro Daniele Rustioni leads Verdi’s timeless tragedy reset in 1920s Europe by Tony-winning director Bartlett Sher. Varduhi Abrahamyan plays Maddalena and Andrea Mastroni plays Sparafucile.
49x31 - Great Performances at the Met: Ariadne Auf Naxos
July 3, 2022
Soprano Lise Davidsen brings one of her signature roles to the Met for the first time as the mythological Greek heroine of Strauss’ masterpiece.
49x32 - Great Performances at the Met: Don Carlos
August 7, 2022
For the first time in its history, the Met presents the original five-act French version of Verdi’s epic opera of doomed love among royalty, set against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition. Watch this starry cast including tenor Matthew Polenzani in the title role, soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Élisabeth de Valois and Jamie Barton as Eboli.
49x33 - Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2022
August 26, 2022
Enjoy the Vienna Philharmonic’s annual summer night concert with cellist Gautier Capuçon under the direction of guest conductor Andris Nelsons at Austria’s Schönbrunn Palace.
49x34 - Great Performances at the Met: Turandot
September 4, 2022
Enjoy opera superstar Liudmyla Monastyrska in the title role of the legendary cold-hearted princess. Marco Armiliato conducts Puccini’s score with tenor Yonghoon Lee as Calàf, the bold prince determined to win the princess' love. Nadine Sierra hosts.

49x1 - Yannick – An Artist’s Journey

49x2 - Verdi’s Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11

49x3 - The Red Shoes

49x4 - Great Performances at the Met: Sondra Radvanovsky & Piotr Beczala in Concert

49x5 - Great Performances at the Met: Three Divas at Versailles

49x6 - Now Hear This "Beethoven's Ghost"

49x7 - Great Performances at the Met: Wagnerians in Concert

49x8 - A John Williams Premiere at Tanglewood

49x9 - San Francisco Symphony Reopening Night

49x10 - Coppelia

49x12 - Unforgettable With Love - Natalie Cole

49x13 - Great Performances at the Met: Bryn Terfel & Friends in Concert

49x14 - Great Performances at the Met: New Year's Eve Gala

49x15 - From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2022

49x16 - Reopening: The Broadway Revival

49x17 - Great Performances at the Met: Boris Godunov

49x18 - Great Performances at the Met: Eurydice

49x19 - Movies for Grownups® Awards 2022 with AARP The Magazine

49x20 - The Conductor

49x21 - Great Performances at the Met: Fire Shut Up In My Bones

49x22 - Now Hear This "Amy Beach - American Romantic"

49x23 - Now Hear This "Florence Price and the American Migration"

49x24 - Now Hear This "Aaron Copland - Dean of American Music"

49x25 - Now Hear This "New American Voices"

49x26 - Great Performances at the Met: Cinderella

49x27 - Anything Goes

49x28 - Merry Wives

49x29 - Keeping Company with Sondheim

49x30 - Great Performances at the Met: Rigoletto

49x31 - Great Performances at the Met: Ariadne Auf Naxos

49x32 - Great Performances at the Met: Don Carlos

49x33 - Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2022

49x34 - Great Performances at the Met: Turandot

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