Great Performances

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Season 53

Episodes

1. The Magic of Grace Bumbry
Oct 3, 2025
Episode 1

Discover Grace Bumbry’s inspiring rise to global opera fame. Spotlighting her historic performances, the film explores the racial barriers she overcame to triumph in her 1966 performance as "Carmen."

10.0 54 min
2. Great Performances at the Met: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Oct 19, 2025
Episode 2

Rossini’s effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher’s madcap production. Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the infamous barber of Seville, with Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio.

10.0 163 min
3. Tiler Peck: Suspending Time
Nov 7, 2025
Episode 3

Follow acclaimed ballerina Tiler Peck as she overcomes injury to reclaim her place on stage and debut her own choreography with New York City Ballet, revealing the resilience and artistry behind a modern-day prima ballerina.

10.0 55 min
4. Twelfth Night
Nov 14, 2025
Episode 4

The Shakespearean comedy of mistaken identity tells the romantic misadventures of twins Sebastian and Viola after they survive a shipwreck, including revenge plots and tricks of love. Recorded this summer at the newly renovated Delacorte Theater in Central Park, the production is directed by Tony Award nominee Saheem Ali.

10.0 113 min
5. Nutcracker from English National Ballet
Dec 16, 2025
Episode 5

Experience the holiday classic in a new light, featuring over 100 dancers and musicians performing at the London Coliseum.

10.0 83 min
6. From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2026
Jan 1, 2026
Episode 6

The famed Vienna Philharmonic rings in the New Year with its annual concert from Vienna's Musikverein conducted for the first time by Yannick Nézet-Séguin with performances by the Vienna State Ballet and location segments hosted by Hugh Bonneville.

10.0 126 min
7. Movies for Grownups® Awards 2026 with AARP The Magazine
Feb 22, 2026
Episode 7

Iconic and beloved screen and stage performer Alan Cumming returns as host for this awards show in which Adam Sandler receives the Career Achievement Award.

0.0 105 min
8. Samara Joy at Royal Albert Hall
Feb 27, 2026

A number one album and a double Grammy-win in 2023 put jazz vocalist Samara Joy on the map, officially establishing the Bronx native as the next jazz sensation and a legend in the making, with frequent comparisons to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. Fresh from another double win at the 2025 Grammys, Joy makes her much-anticipated debut at London’s legendary Royal Albert Hall.

0.0 55 min
9. Great Performances at the Met: La Bohème
Mar 20, 2026

Experience Zeffirelli’s beloved production set in 19th-century Paris telling the story of Puccini’s young artists and lovers that share joy, passion, and heartbreak featuring Juliana Grigoryan as Mimì and Freddie De Tommaso as Rodolfo.

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