Sunday, March 13, 2016
Visual artist William Kentridge directs Alban Berg’s opera Lulu, starring Marlis Petersen as the irresistible femme fatale who destroys the lives of everyone around her. Lulu, airs on …
SOURCE: PBS at 07:36PMMonday, February 22, 2016
James Levine conducts Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser with Johan Botha on Great Performances at the Met Sunday, March 13 at 12 p.m. on PBS (check local schedule). Eva-Maria Westbroek, Michell…
SOURCE: PBS at 07:20PMSaturday, February 20, 2016
Carole King sings “(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman” at the piano, in never-before-seen footage from 1982. The intimate solo recording for the camera took place in Austin,…
SOURCE: PBS at 07:03AMCarole King tells her story in the new documentary American Masters – Carole King: Natural Woman that weaves previously unseen and rare performances and home movies with a new, exclusive i…
SOURCE: PBS at 07:03AMThursday, February 18, 2016
Theater-goers might not realize it, but Carole King did not write or produce the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical named after her, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. In fact, she was opp…
SOURCE: PBS at 11:52AMTuesday, February 2, 2016
Željko Lučić, known for his performances of Verdi operas, plays Otello’s sinister rival Iago in GP at the Met: Otello. This excerpt is from Iago’s “Credo” from Act II.…
SOURCE: PBS at 09:10PMSunday, January 31, 2016
Winner of an Oscar, a Grammy, four Emmys, nine Tonys, three BAFTAs and many other awards, director, actor, writer, producer and comedian Mike Nichols (November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014)…
SOURCE: PBS at 09:14PMWednesday, January 27, 2016
In this outtake interview from Mike Nichols: American Masters, Meryl Streep describes working with Mike Nichols, who directed her in the films Silkwood (1983), Heartburn (1986), Postcards Fr…
SOURCE: PBS at 10:34PMWednesday, January 20, 2016
Verdi’s late masterpiece based on Otello, Shakespeare’s tragic drama of jealousy and deceit, airs on THIRTEEN’S Great Performances at the Met Sunday, February 21 at 12 p.m. on PBS (che…
SOURCE: PBS at 10:56PMThursday, January 14, 2016
Director and comedian Mike Nichols was famous for his hearty laugh, which often turned into tears, and is why he always kept a handkerchief nearby. In Mike Nichols: An American Master, theat…
SOURCE: PBS at 09:40PMTuesday, January 5, 2016
Among the many awards Mike Nichols (1931 – 2014) won in his long career are a Grammy for comedy, many Tonys for theater directing, an Oscar for film directing, and several lifetime ach…
SOURCE: PBS at 11:41PMSunday, January 3, 2016
Julie Andrews hosts the annual program with the Vienna Philharmonic, this year conducted by Mariss Jansons, and with the Vienna Boys’ Choir and Vienna State Ballet soloists. The New Year&#…
SOURCE: PBS at 12:49PMSaturday, December 26, 2015
As part of From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2016, host Julie Andrews visits the Lusthaus cafe in Vienna’s Prater park and explains the history of one of Vienna’s most po…
SOURCE: PBS at 12:27PMMonday, December 21, 2015
This article by Peggy Noonan originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal on Nov. 28, 2014, after director Mike Nichols died on November 19. The Pleasure of His Company Mike Nichols was a…
SOURCE: PBS at 09:58PMAnna Netrebko leads a starry cast in Verdi’s Il Trovatore on the season premiere of Great Performances at the Met Friday, January 22 at 9 p.m. on PBS, and repeated Sunday, January 24 at 12…
SOURCE: PBS at 09:58PMSaturday, December 19, 2015
Julie Andrews is the regular host of From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2016. Julie Andrews has been a beloved and much-honored star of stage, screen and television for more than half…
SOURCE: PBS at 01:05PMFriday, December 4, 2015
Andrea Bocelli performs “Sorridi Amore Vai” from the film La vita è bella / Life is Beautiful (1997), accompanied by The Adderley School for the Performing Arts Children’s Cho…
SOURCE: PBS at 12:21AMThursday, November 26, 2015
The star tenor Andrea Bocelli sings “Maria” from the hit Broadway musical and film, West Side Story. Leonard Bernstein composed the music; lyrics are by Bernstein and Stephen Son…
SOURCE: PBS at 01:31PMWednesday, November 25, 2015
Tenor Andrea Bocelli and singer Nicole Scherzinger sing a Spanish-language version of “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina,” a song originally written for the musical Evita by the t…
SOURCE: PBS at 07:37PMMonday, November 9, 2015
Enjoy web-exclusive footage of Chita Rivera’s concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center, where she sang “Carousel” from Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, the mu…
SOURCE: PBS at 05:05PMSaturday, November 7, 2015
The dynamic Broadway singer, dancer, and actress Chita Rivera has created the iconic roles Anita in West Side Story, Rosie in Bye Bye Birdie, and Velma in Chicago— to name a few memora…
SOURCE: PBS at 07:37PMWednesday, November 4, 2015
Chita Rivera’s fiery performance of the role Anita in the original Broadway cast of West Side Story made her a star. In a television interview in the mid-1960s, Rivera said much of th…
SOURCE: PBS at 03:36PMMonday, November 2, 2015
Dancer, singer and actress Chita Rivera has performed in front of millions on Broadway, London’s West End, around the world, on national television and on the silver screen. She̵…
SOURCE: PBS at 10:30PMFriday, October 30, 2015
In the original Broadway cast of Chicago the Musical, Chita Rivera played Velma Kelly and Gwen Verdon played Roxie Hart. The production opened in 1975 and both performers were nominated for …
SOURCE: PBS at 06:44PMWednesday, October 21, 2015
A little Billy Elliot goes a long way. See him flip out in front of his father, pas de chat with his ballet teacher and piano accompanist, and work out his fouette turns. Billy Elliot the Mu…
SOURCE: PBS at 07:10PMTuesday, August 25, 2015
Opera’s most popular double bill, Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, starring Marcelo Álvarez, Eva-Maria Westbroek, and Patricia Racette, comes to Great Performances at the Met Sunday, S…
SOURCE: PBS at 08:54PMSaturday, July 25, 2015
Natalie Portman hosts Dudamel Conducts a John Williams Celebration with the LA Phil on Great Performances Friday, July 24 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). Itzhak Perlman is the spe…
SOURCE: PBS at 08:07AMFriday, July 24, 2015
Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez star in Rossini’s La Donna del Lago, the Met’s first production of the bel canto showcase, on Great Performances at the Met Sunday, August 2 at 12 p…
SOURCE: PBS at 04:06PMWednesday, June 24, 2015
Natalie Portman hosts Dudamel Conducts a John Williams Celebration with the LA Phil on Great Performances Friday, July 24 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). Itzhak Perlman is the spe…
SOURCE: PBS at 09:15PMWednesday, June 17, 2015
Renée Fleming (Hanna) and Nathan Gunn (Danilo) perform an excerpt of their Act II duet “Hello, Here’s a Soldier Bold” from Lehár’s The Merry Widow. Costumes are by…
SOURCE: PBS at 03:45PMBroadway star Kelli O’Hara makes her Met Opera debut as the Baron’s coquettish wife Valencienne in Lehár’s effervescent operetta The Merry Widow. O’Hara and the women’…
SOURCE: PBS at 03:45PM 
