Name: Great Performances: Next to Normal
Uploaded: 2025-05-06T19:02:40+00:00
Duration: 7786 s
Description: Experience this Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical directed by Michael Longhurst from London's Donmar Warehouse. Grammy nominee Caissie Levy stars in the story of a suburban family struggling with the effects of mental illness.

Next to Normal

2h 9m

Experience this Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical directed by Michael Longhurst from London's Donmar Warehouse. Grammy nominee Caissie Levy stars in the story of a suburban family struggling with the effects of mental illness.

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Ann

S47 E24 - 1h 53m

Enjoy a powerful and revealing look at legendary, larger-than-life Texas governor Ann Richards who enriched the lives of her followers, friends and family in this critically acclaimed play written by and starring Emmy Award-winner Holland Taylor.

Jonas Kaufmann's "Nessun dorma"

S47 E30 - 3m 9s

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann, accompanied by the Vienna Philharmonic, sings Calàf's aria from the final act of Puccini's opera "Turandot."
The Suite from Dr. Zhivago

S47 E30 - 4m 1s

Watch Valery Gergiev effortless conduct the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra through French composer, Maurice Jarre's "Suite from Dr. Zhivago."
Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2020 Preview

S47 E30 - 31s

Enjoy the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s performance of selections by Strauss, Wagner, Offenbach, Puccini and more from the Schönbrunn Palace Gardens under the baton of conductor Valery Gergiev featuring Metropolitan Opera tenor Jonas Kaufmann.
GP at the Met: Maria Stuarda

S47 E29 - 30s

The first-ever Met production of Donizetti’s opera stars Joyce DiDonato as Mary, Queen of Scots with South African soprano Elza van den Heever as Elizabeth I, Mary’s formidable rival, and Matthew Polenzani as the Earl of Leicester.
Elza van den Heever Sings "Ah! Dal ciel discenda un raggio"

S47 E29 - 1m 56s

Elisabetta (Elza van den Heever) sings of the revenge she will take on Maria Stuarda.
"Figlia impura di Bolena"

S47 E29 - 3m 42s

Joyce DiDonato (Mary), Elza van den Heever (Elizabeth), and Matthew Polenzani (Leciester) perform the Act I finale.
Joyce DiDonato Sings "Deh! Tu di un'umile preghiera"

S47 E29 - 1m 56s

Joyce DiDonato emotionally performs Mary's prayers from Act II of Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda."
Sonya Yoncheva Sings Tosca's Act I Aria

S47 E28 - 1m 55s

In the beginning of Puccini's classic, Tosca (Sonya Yoncheva) seduces her artist lover Cavaradossi (Vittorio Grigolo).
GP at the Met: Tosca

S47 E28 - 30s

Sir David McVicar’s new production of Puccini’s classic stars Sonya Yoncheva, Vittorio Grigolo and Željko Lučić. Opera diva Tosca must rescue her revolutionary lover Cavaradossi from the depraved police chief Scarpia. Isabel Leonard hosts.
Tosca's "Vissi d'arte"

S47 E28 - 3m 28s

Watch Sonya Yoncheva sing the title character’s Act II aria, the classic "Vissi d'arte," as she thinks of her lover and their fate.
Excerpts from Porgy and Bess

S47 E27 - 3m 32s

Watch a selection of clips from the Gershwins' classic American folk opera with Eric Owens and Angel Blue in the title roles.
Golda Schultz Sings "Summertime"

S47 E27 - 2m 25s

Golda Schultz sings Clara’s Act I aria, the Gershwin classic "Summertime."

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Great Performances

Yellow Face

Friday
May 16

9:00 pm

2 Hours

Daniel Dae Kim portrays a playwright in "Yellow Face," a farce that deals with the complexities of race.
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Great Performances

Yellow Face

Friday
May 16

9:00 pm

2 Hours

Daniel Dae Kim portrays a playwright in "Yellow Face," a farce that deals with the complexities of race.
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Great Performances

Yellow Face

Saturday
May 17

2:00 am

2 Hours

Daniel Dae Kim portrays a playwright in "Yellow Face," a farce that deals with the complexities of race.
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Great Performances

Yellow Face

Saturday
May 17

3:00 am

2 Hours

Daniel Dae Kim portrays a playwright in "Yellow Face," a farce that deals with the complexities of race.
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Great Performances

Yellow Face

Monday
May 19

4:00 am

2 Hours

Daniel Dae Kim portrays a playwright in "Yellow Face," a farce that deals with the complexities of race.
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Great Performances

Yellow Face

Monday
May 19

4:00 am

2 Hours

Daniel Dae Kim portrays a playwright in "Yellow Face," a farce that deals with the complexities of race.
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Great Performances

Yellow Face

Monday
May 19

2:00 pm

2 Hours

Daniel Dae Kim portrays a playwright in "Yellow Face," a farce that deals with the complexities of race.
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Great Performances

Girl From the North Country

Friday
May 23

9:00 pm

2 Hours 30 Minutes

Wayward travelers intersect in a guesthouse filled with music, life, and hope in 1934 Duluth, Minn.; directed by Conor McPherson, the show features 20 reimagined Bob Dylan songs.
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Great Performances

Girl From the North Country

Friday
May 23

9:00 pm

2 Hours 30 Minutes

Wayward travelers intersect in a guesthouse filled with music, life, and hope in 1934 Duluth, Minn.; directed by Conor McPherson, the show features 20 reimagined Bob Dylan songs.
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Great Performances

Girl From the North Country

Saturday
May 24

2:00 am

2 Hours 30 Minutes

Wayward travelers intersect in a guesthouse filled with music, life, and hope in 1934 Duluth, Minn.; directed by Conor McPherson, the show features 20 reimagined Bob Dylan songs.
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Great Performances

Girl From the North Country

Monday
May 26

3:30 am

2 Hours 30 Minutes

Wayward travelers intersect in a guesthouse filled with music, life, and hope in 1934 Duluth, Minn.; directed by Conor McPherson, the show features 20 reimagined Bob Dylan songs.

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