Great Performances (2000 - )

Great Performances

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Release Date: 2000

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PBS's signature performing-arts series showcases dance, drama, comedy and music ranging from orchestral and operatic to Broadway and the blues. The Lanford Wilson drama `The Rimers of Eldritch' was its first presentation and `Brideshead Revisited' was perhaps its most famous. There have been more than 600 `Great Performances' all told. Some might have been only `reasonable performances' (as Robin Williams once quipped), but many others were distinguished, among them some 50 Emmy nominees.

Creators: Paula Vogel, Rebecca Taichman, Ellen Bar, Sean Suozzi, Paul McCartney, Mal Evans, Barbara Brilliant

Starring: Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé, Julie Andrews

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Seasons

Great Performances: Season 47

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2019, PBS, 19 episodes

Great Performances: Season 46

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2018, PBS, 19 episodes

Great Performances: Season 45

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2017, PBS, 22 episodes

Great Performances: Season 44

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2016, PBS, 17 episodes

Great Performances: Season 43

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2015, PBS, 6 episodes

Great Performances: Season 42

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2014, PBS, 17 episodes

Great Performances: Season 41

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2013, PBS, 18 episodes

Great Performances: Season 40

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2012, PBS, 11 episodes

Great Performances: Season 39

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2011, PBS, 15 episodes

Great Performances: Season 38

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2010, PBS, 14 episodes

Great Performances: Season 37

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2009, PBS, 16 episodes

Great Performances: Season 36

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2008, PBS, 14 episodes

Great Performances: Season 35

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2007, PBS, 15 episodes

Great Performances: Season 34

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2006, PBS, 14 episodes

Great Performances: Season 33

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2005, PBS, 16 episodes

Great Performances: Season 32

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2004, PBS, 16 episodes

Great Performances: Season 31

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2003, PBS, 13 episodes

Great Performances: Season 30

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2002, PBS, 16 episodes

Great Performances: Season 29

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2001, PBS, 14 episodes

Great Performances: Season 28

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2000, PBS, 0 episodes

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Cast

Andrea Bocelli

Michael Bublé

Julie Andrews

Renée Fleming

James Taylor

Walter Cronkite

Daniel Barenboim

Gustavo Dudamel

Christine Brewer
as Sister Aloysius

Benedict Cumberbatch

Plácido Domingo

Franz Welser-Möst

Christoph Eschenbach

Harry Connick Jr.

Barbra Streisand

Tom Hiddleston
as Prince Hal

Danielle Brooks
as Beatrice

Matt Henry
as Lola

Plácido Domingo
as Rigoletto

Jeremy Irons
as King Henry IV

Robert Fairchild

Alfred Molina
as Mark Rothko

Bonnie Langford
as Dorothy Brock

Anna Deavere Smith

Sophie Okonedo
as Queen Margaret

Patrick Stewart
as Claudius

Kristin Chenoweth

Adriana Zabala
as Sister James

Jose Manuel Carreno

Leif Ove Andsnes

Vittorio Grigolo

Martina McBride

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Kristi Yamaguchi

Natalie Dessay
as Nightingale

Bruce Springsteen

Juan Diego Florez

Yuan Yuan Tan
as Desdemona

Kevin Kline
as Cyrano de Bergerac

Ian McKellen
as King Lear

David Hyde Pierce
as Host

Hugh Bonneville

Zachary Levi
as Georg

Andriana Chuchman

Tom Lister
as Julian Marsh

Killian Donnelly
as Charlie

Kara Tointon
as Maria

Grantham Coleman
as Benedick

Alfred Enoch
as Ken

Patrick Stewart
as Claudius

Dorothea Röschmann
as Soprano

Roberto Alagna
as Romeo

Desmond Richardson
as Othello

Brent Barrett
as Fred Graham

Harvey Fierstein

Garrison Keillor

Raul Esparza
as Bobby

Danielle de Niese
as Roxanne Coss

Rachel Rutherford

David Tennant
as Hamlet

Anna Netrebko
as Mimi

Stephanie Novacek
as Jo

Matthew Broderick

Chad Kimball
as Huey Calhoun

Marcelo Alvarez

Kristin Chenoweth
as Cunegonde

Christopher Plummer
as John Barrymore

Jay Hunter Morris
as Captain Ahab

Garrison Keillor

Craig Bierko
as Peter

Jerry Lee Lewis

Ben Whishaw
as Richard II

Loreena McKennitt

Raul Esparza
as Robert

Angela Lansbury
as Daisy Werthan

Ken Watanabe
as The King

Renée Fleming
as Soprano

Plácido Domingo

Alessandro Safina

Yvonne Kenny
as Anna Glawari, the Merry Widow

Michael Feinstein

John Lennon
as Himself

Victor Trent Cook

Teddy Tahu Rhodes
as The Pilot

Reba McEntire
as Ens. Nellie Forbush

Hannah Vassallo
as Princess Aurora

Angela Lansbury

Josh Groban
as Anatoly Sergievsky

Jennifer Garner
as Roxane

Elliott Hanna
as Billy Elliot

Dancers with New York City Ballet

Alessandro Safina

Tom Yang
as Emperor

Ramin Karimloo
as The Phantom

Hugh Jackman
as Curly

Gillian Murphy
as Odette/Odile

Luciano Pavarotti

Matthew Worth
as Father Flynn

Michael Tilson Thomas

Caroline Campbell

Denyce Graves
as Mrs. Miller

Christian Thielemann

Patti LuPone
as Old Lady

Simon Russell Beale

Heather Headley

Vanessa L. Williams

Julian Ovenden
as Captain von Trapp

Byron Jennings
as Maraczek

Max Gordon Moore

Lauren Snouffer

Michelle DeYoung

Kenny G
as Sax Soprano

Matthew Broderick

Keeley Hawes
as Queen Elizabeth

Vanessa L. Williams

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Kristine Opolais

Anton Lesser
as Exeter

Tom Sturridge
as Henry VI

Clare Halse
as Peggy Sawyer

Katherine Kelley
as Baroness Schraeder

Gavin Creel
as Kodaly

Danny Rutigliano

James Earl Jones
as Hoke Colburn

Pinchas Zukerman

Adam Pascal
as Freddie Trumper

Melissa Etheridge

Jeongcheol Cha
as Katsumi Hosokawa

Hugh Bonneville
as Gloucester

Georgina Pazcoguin

Rolando Villazòn
as Rodolfo

Dmitri Hvorostovsky
as Baritone

Lucien Barbarin

Montego Glover
as Felicia Farrell

Hayley Westerna

Dominic North
as Leo

Marie-Agnès Gillot

James Earl Jones

Julianna Di Giacomo

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Yitzchak Meir Helfgot

Rudolf Buckbinder

Ruthie Henshall
as Mrs. Wilkinson

Kevin Kline
as Cyrano

Nicolas Le Riche

Kate Fleetwood
as Lady Macbeth

Dorothea Röschmann

Patricia Manterola

Yvonne Kenny
as Anna Glawari

Sierra Boggess
as Christine

Rachel York
as Lilli Vanessi

Steep Canyon Rangers

Romano Musumarra

Barbara Walters

Thomas Quasthoff

Edward Akrout
as Louis, the Dauphin

Kelly Jeanne Grant

Andrea Carrucciu

David Tennant
as Hamlet

Daniel Breaker
as Youth

Michelle DeYoung
as Mezzo-soprano

Chad Shelton
as Laurie

Anthony Dowell
as Drosselmeyer

David Hyde Pierce

Cecil Cheng
as Abbot

Bo Skovhus
as Count Danilo Danilovitch

Salvatore Licitra

Josefina Gabrielle
as Laurey

Catherine Zeta-Jones

John Plumpis
as Frank

Ken Page
as Old Deuteronomy

Barbara Walsh
as Joanne

Romola Garai
as Cordelia

Kate Burton
as Liz Essendine

Kelli O'Hara
as Mrs. Anna

Kathryn Tickell

Julia Novikova
as Gilda

Angela Gheorghiu
as Juliet

Bo Skovhus
as Count Danilo Danilovitch

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Joseph McManners
as The Little Prince

Brian Stokes Mitchell
as Emile de Becque

Stephen Costello
as Greenhorn

Stephen Colbert
as Harry

Hugo Simcic
as Child

Rufus Wainwright

Angelika Kirchschläger
as Valencienne

Herman Cornejo
as Puck

Alun Armstrong
as Northumberland

Michelle Williams

Adrian Dunbar
as Richard of York

Steven Rattazzi

Philip Bertioli
as Billy Lawlor

Tom McGowan
as Sipos

Alexander Armstrong
as Max

Julie Walters
as Mistress Quickly

Matthew Polenzani

Jason Danieley
as Lt. Joseph Cable

Geoffrey Streatfeild
as Edward IV

Joyce DiDonato
as Meg

Jane Krakowski
as Ilona

Maria Friedman
as Mother Abbess

Anthony Dean Griffey

Boyd Gaines
as Boolie Werthan

Deka Walmsley
as Jackie

Frances Barber
as Goneril

Plácido Domingo

Penny Downie
as Gertrude

Ruthie Ann Miles
as Lady Thiang

Marie-Agnès Gillot

De'Adre Aziza
as Edwina/Marianna/Sudabey

Margaret Lloyd
as Amy

Miyako Yoshida
as The Sugar Plum Fairy

Steven Mercurio

Vittorio Grigolo
as Il Duca di Mantova

Lloyd Riggins
as Poet

Shuler Hensley
as Jud Fry

George Harrison

Mairead Carlin
as The Rose

Alec Baldwin
as Luther Billis

Christopher Marney
as Count Lilac

Jonathan Lemalu
as Queequeg

Jon Cryer
as David

Marie McLaughlin
as Cook

James Purefoy
as Thomas Mowbray

John Mills
as Gus the Theatre Cat

Marielle Labeque

Andrew Stenson
as Gen Watanabe

Kristine Nielsen
as Monica Reed

Penny Downie
as Gertrude

Ioan Holender
as Alcindoro

Tito Beltrán
as Tybalt

Jason Ninh Cao
as Bad General

Angelika Kirchschlager
as Valencienne

Parrish Maynard
as Iago

Hadley Fraser
as Raoul

Nicholas Angelich

Steven Spielberg

Georgina Parkinson
as Queen Mother

Paul Groves
as Candide

Sharon Gersten Luckman

Bruce Sabath
as Larry

Chris Botti
as Trumpet

Daniel Sunjata
as Christian

Leslie Odom Jr.

Shirley Verrett

Derrick Baskin
as Gator

Vladimir Malakhov

Nancy Anderson
as Lois Lane

Peter Badger
as Edgar Degas

Okyerema Asante

Samuel L. Jackson

Idina Menzel
as Florence Vassy

Nicole Scherzinger

Sally Hawkins
as Duchess of Gloucester

New York City Ballet

Michael Feast
as Macduff

Ivari Ilja
as Piano

George Harrison
as Himself

Teddy Tahu Rhodes

Howard Lindsay
as The King

Michael McDonald

Mary Chapin Carpenter

Sam Troughton
as Clarence

Stuart McQuarrie
as Vernon

Davit Karapetyan
as Nutcracker Prince

Nicholas Barasch
as Arpad

Kris Kristofferson

Michelle Dockery
as Kate Percy

Peter De Jersey
as Horatio

Peter Bartlett
as Head Waiter

Lang Lang
as Piano

Julie Ann Emery
as Grandma

Cobie Smulders
as Joanna Lyppiatt

Wallace Harrison

Nicole Cabell
as Musetta

Ruggero Raimondi
as Sparafucile

Wang Zhi Gang
as Emperor's Asssitant

Angelika Kirchschlager
as Valencienne

Gregory Turay
as Camille de Rosillon

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Wendy Ferguson
as Carlotta Guidicelli

Martha Argerich

Alessandra Ferri
as Titania

Thomas Allen
as Narrator/Dr. Pangloss/Voltaire

Barry Humphries
as Dame Edna Everage

Willard White
as The King

Patricia Petibon

Katie Finneran
as Amy

Heather Laws
as Amy

Jason Gardiner
as Alonzo

Clarke Peters
as Walter de Courcy

David Weston
as Gentleman

Jonathan Cope
as The Prince

Tiit Helimets
as Prince

Richard Kendall

Maureen Lipman
as Aunt Eller

Morgan Smith
as Starbuck

Elizabeth Stanley

Rafael Davila
as General Alfredo

Martin Turner
as Banquo

Olga Kern
as Piano

Pavel Novak
as Mercutio

Violeta Urmana
as Death

Paterson Joseph
as York

Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano

Joan Sutherland

Oliver Ford Davies
as Polonius

Eisa Davis
as Mother

Stacey Tappan
as Beth

Ileana Cotrubas

J. Bernard Calloway
as Delray

Katita Waldo
as Emilia

Michael Berresse
as Bill Calhoun

Harry Belafonte

Dorothy Stickney
as The Queen

Adam Maskell
as Carabosse/Caradoc

Clairemarie Osta

Lucy Robinson
as Young Cecily

John Mellencamp

Will Attenborough
as Gloucester

Liam Mower
as Fairy

Ben Daniels
as Buckingham

Maxine Peake
as Doll Tearsheet

John Heffernan
as Oswald

Conrad Asquith
as Bracy

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo

Michelle Williams (IV)

Mariah Gale
as Ophelia

Scott Handy
as Malcolm

Vratislav Kríz
as Mercutio

Michael Cerveris

Carlo Hartmann
as Baron Mirko Zeta

Michael Crawford

Gonzalo García
as Cassio

Karriem Riggins

Lillias White
as Bloody Mary

Neil Patrick Harris
as Robert

Kerry Ellis
as Svetlana Sergievsky

Philip Winchester
as Edmund

Michael Cerveris

Carlo Hartmann
as Baron Mirko Zeta

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Teddy Kemper
as First Man

Mal Evans
as Magician

Frederic Franklin
as Wolfgang

Ilka Chase
as The Stepmother

Lesley Garrett
as The Fox

Talise Trevigne
as Pip

Tim Pigott-Smith

Vsevolod Grivnov
as Fisherman

Joe Armstrong
as Hotspur

Tony Timberlake
as Asparagus

Montserrat Caballé

Colman Domingo
as Mr. Franklin/Joop/Mr. Venus

Nino Surguladze
as Maddalena

Sarah Van Patten
as Princess

Barry James
as Monsieur Firmin

Vicki Simon
as Ado Annie

Luciano Pavarotti

Ekaterina Siurina

John Hurt
as The Chorus

Thomas Cleveland

Robert Cunningham
as Paul

Sarah Brightman

Chris Grahamson
as Tony

William Burden
as Rubén Iglesias

Alina Cojocaru
as Clara

Gregory Turay
as Camille de Rosillon

James Monroe Iglehart
as Bobby

Jeff Blumenkrantz
as Maximillian

Edwin Ray
as King Benedict

Marie-Agnès Gillot

Geoffrey Palmer
as The Lord Chief Justice

David Morrissey
as Northumberland

Stanley Townsend
as Warwick

James Fleet
as Hastings

Robert Randolph

Tom Georgeson
as Bardolph

Phoebe Fox
as Lady Anne

Ivan Putrov
as Hans-Peter, the Nutcracker

Jack Chissick
as Second Man

Jessie Robins
as Aunt Jessie

Isaac Stappas
as Von Rothbart

Janine LaManna
as Paquette

Kerry Biggin
as Queen Eleanor

Matthew O'Neill
as Flask

Zach Atkinson
as Michael

Edward Bennett
as Laertes

Jan Svab
as Capulet

Elijah Chester
as Njegus

Michael McGrath
as Mr. Simmons

Ella Fitzgerald

Kaye Ballard
as Stepsister Portia

Tome Randle
as The Snake

Conrad John Schuck
as Capt. George Brackett

Jean-Guillaume Bart

Christina Hendricks
as April

David Suchet
as Duke of York

Sarah Brightman

Marti Pellow
as Arbiter

Smokey Robinson

Anthony Roth Costanzo
as César

Jonathan Hyde
as Earl of Kent

Elizabeth McGorian

Katherine Jenkins

Paul Shelley
as Duncan

Curtis Sullivan
as Vicomte Cascada

Michael Patrick McGrath
as Mr. Simmons

Gareth Snook
as Monsieur André

Louis Armstrong

Matthew O'Neill
as Flask

Magdalena Kozená

Kristin Huffman
as Sarah

Rosemarie Ford
as Bombalurina

Franco Zeffirelli

Stéphane Degout

Chad Goodridge
as Terry/Christophe/Hugo

Gwendolyn Jones
as Alma March

Lorena Feijoo
as Bianca

John Pizzarelli

Brigitte Lefévre

Jimmy Johnston
as Will Parker

Penelope Wilton

Dwana Adiaha Smallwood

Albert Schaguidullin
as Emperor

Tom Brooke
as Corporal Nym

Ian Conningham
as Peto

Leenya Rideout
as Jenny

Ben Miles
as Somerset

Adrianne Pieczonka

Fred Rose
as David

James Laurenson
as Westmoreland

Jacques Imbrailo
as Joachim Messner

Ales Hendrych
as Capulet

Cass Morgan
as Mama

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Clairemarie Osta

Laurent Naouri
as Chamberlain

Juan Diego Florez

Suzanne Burden
as Lady Macduff

Rebecca Naomi Jones
as Sherry/Renata/Desi

Daniel Belcher
as John Brooke

Christopher Saunders
as Mouse King

Jonathan Boyd
as Raoul de St. Brioche

Aretha Franklin

George Harrison

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Julio Bragado-Young
as Bottom

Peter Polycarpou
as Ali Hakim

Dylan Baker
as Cdr. William Harbison

Daisy May Kemp
as Miss Maddox

David Bedella
as Alexander Molokov

Demi Lee
as Debbie

Maria Kochetkova
as Clara

Oxana Panchenko

Jonathan Boyd
as Raoul de St. Brioche