Episodes
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Great Performances: Keeping Company with Sondheim
S49 E29 - 1h 13m
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.
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Great Performances: Merry Wives
S49 E28 - 1h 49m
Experience Shakespeare’s comedic masterpiece from the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park set in South Harlem telling the story of the trickster Falstaff and the wily wives who outwit him in a celebration of Black joy, laughter and vitality.
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Great Performances: Anything Goes
S49 E27 - 2h 20m
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.”
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Now Hear This "New American Voices"
S49 E25 - 54m 25s
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.
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Now Hear This "Aaron Copland: Dean of American Music"
S49 E24 - 54m 55s
Scott Yoo explores the life and work of Aaron Copland, and how he created the American sound.
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Now Hear This "Florence Price and the American Migration"
S49 E23 - 54m 25s
From Little Rock to Chicago, host Scott Yoo follows the trail of the great African American composer Florence Price.
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Now Hear This "Amy Beach: American Romantic"
S49 E22 - 53m 54s
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.
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Great Performances: The Conductor
S49 E20 - 1h 24m
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.
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Great Performances – Reopening: The Broadway Revival
S49 E16 - 54m
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.
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Coppelia
S49 E10 - 1h 16m
Enjoy this contemporary reboot of the 1870 classical ballet favorite. Blending live action ballet with CGI, the film features ballet stars Michaela DePrince and Daniel Camargo.
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Great Performances: San Francisco Symphony Reopening Night
S49 E9 - 1h 22m
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.
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Great Performances: A John Williams Premiere at Tanglewood
S49 E8 - 1h 24m
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.
Extras + Features
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Great Performances – Verdi’s Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11
S49 E2 - 30s
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.
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Dies Irae
S49 E2 - 2m 10s
The Met Orchestra and Chorus perform "Dies Irae" in Great Performances - Verdi's Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11. Stream this program in its entirety until September 26.
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Yannick Reminisces About His Musical Childhood
S49 E1 - 1m 34s
Yannick Nézet-Séguin reminisces about his artistic upbringing and how he fell in love with music. Showing an affinity towards art of all kinds at a young age, Yannick began to become fascinated by music and conducting through his involvement in the choir at his local church.
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Yannick - An Artist’s Journey Preview
S49 E1 - 30s
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.
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Musical Rehearsal for "Dialogues des Carmélites"
S49 E1 - 1m 28s
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts an early rehearsal for the Met Opera's production "Dialogues des Carmélites." Working with the cast, Yannick explores the meaning of the song "Ave Maria" and what the prayer means to the characters in that moment of the opera.
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Highlights from Radvanovsky & Beczala in Concert
S49 E4 - 3m 41s
Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky and tenor Piotr Beczała perform a wode array of dramatic arias and duets from Germany's Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal.
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The Party Audition
S49 E3 - 1m 34s
Aspiring dancer Victoria Page auditions for impresario Boris Lermontov at a party. As Page and aspiring pianist Julian Caster vie for the impresario's attention, they soon find that their talents are best used when combined, resulting in this awe inspiring piece.
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