Latest Articles About Great Performances on PBS
KATCHKIE FARM and CSA Signup Day 2/26
by Marina Kennedy - February 24, 2016 Katchkie Farm in Columbia County, New York is participating in the February 26th National Community Supported Agriculture Signup Day....
Josh Groban, Renee Fleming, Joshua Bell and NY Phil Set for 'LA DOLCE VITA', Airing on PBS Tonight
by TV News Desk - February 27, 2015 Featuring Josh Groban, Renee Fleming and Joshua Bell, GREAT PERFORMANCES partners with the New York Philharmonic and music director Alan Gilbert for a concert of memorable movie themes with music fromAmarcord, Cinema Paradiso, Il Postino, and more. La Dolce Vita: The Music of Italian Cinema will air...
Eyre's Puccini's Manon Lescaut Coming to PBS's GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET
by Caryn Robbins - July 18, 2016 Puccini's lush classic Manon Lescaut airs on THIRTEEN'S Great Performances at the Met Saturday, August 13 at 11 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). (In New York, THIRTEEN will air the opera on Friday, August 26 at 9 p.m.)...
Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts ELEKTRA Starring Nina Stemme on GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET, 9/18
by Caryn Robbins - August 15, 2016 Elektra, Richard Strauss's blazing tragedy about an ancient Greek princess hell-bent on revenge, comes to THIRTEEN'S Great Performances at the Met....
GREAT PERFORMANCES to Present Berg's 'Lulu', Starring Marlis Petersen, 4/10
by Caryn Robbins - March 16, 2016 Alban Berg's tragedy of a sexually irresistible woman who destroys the lives of everyone around her, Lulu, airs on THIRTEEN'S Great Performances at the Met Sunday, April 10 at 12 p.m. on PBS. (Check local listings.) (In New York, THIRTEEN will air the opera at 12:30 p.m.)...
Tchaikovsky's Iolanta, Bluebeard's Castle by Bart Set for GREAT PERFORMANCES, 7/12
by Caryn Robbins - June 12, 2015 Acclaimed Polish film director Mariusz Treliski makes his highly anticipated Met debut with the Metropolitan Opera's new production, inspired by classic noir films of the 1940s, bringing together two rarely performed one-acts...
Natalie Portman Hosts GREAT PERFORMANCES John Williams Celebration Tonight
by TV News Desk - July 24, 2015 This gala opening night performance, hosted by Natalie Portman and featuring Music and Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, airs on THIRTEEN's Great Performances, tonight, July 24 at 9 p.m. on PBS. (Check local listings.)...
Natalie Portman Hosts GREAT PERFORMANCES John Williams Celebration Tonight
by TV News Desk - July 24, 2015 This gala opening night performance, hosted by Natalie Portman and featuring Music and Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, airs on THIRTEEN's Great Performances, tonight, July 24 at 9 p.m. on PBS. (Check local listings.)...
Josh Groban, Renee Fleming, Joshua Bell and NY Phil Set for 'LA DOLCE VITA', Airing on PBS Tonight
by TV News Desk - February 27, 2015 Featuring Josh Groban, Renee Fleming and Joshua Bell, GREAT PERFORMANCES partners with the New York Philharmonic and music director Alan Gilbert for a concert of memorable movie themes with music fromAmarcord, Cinema Paradiso, Il Postino, and more. La Dolce Vita: The Music of Italian Cinema will air...
VIDEO: Sneak Peek at Annie Lennox's NOSTALGIA in Concert on PBS's GREAT PERFORMANCES
by TV News Desk - March 25, 2015 With the GREAT PERFORMANCES special, 'Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live in Concert', the singer's unique interpretations bring a new intimacy to these timeless classics. Click below to watch clips from the program!...
Lyric Opera's BEL CANTO Set For PBS' Great Performances Series Tonight
by BWW News Desk - January 05, 2016 Lyric Opera of Chicago is excited to announce that Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET New York has selected the world-premiere production of Bel Canto – The Opera to be part of the prestigiousGreat Performances series on PBS. The WNET team will be in Chicago to film performances tonight, January 5, a...
PBS Announces October Premiere Date for HAMILTON Documentary
by Caryn Robbins - June 23, 2016 This year's PBS ARTS FALL FESTIVAL kicks off October 21st with the highly anticipated documentary GREAT PERFORMANCES: HAMILTON'S AMERICA....
Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2015 Airs on THIRTEEN's Great Performances Tonight
by TV News Desk - August 28, 2015 The Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2015 airs on THIRTEEN's Great Performances, tonight, August 28 at 9 p.m. on PBS. (Check local listings.)...
Josh Groban, Renee Fleming, Joshua Bell and NY Phil Set for 'LA DOLCE VITA', Airing on PBS Tonight
by TV News Desk - February 27, 2015 Featuring Josh Groban, Renee Fleming and Joshua Bell, GREAT PERFORMANCES partners with the New York Philharmonic and music director Alan Gilbert for a concert of memorable movie themes with music fromAmarcord, Cinema Paradiso, Il Postino, and more. La Dolce Vita: The Music of Italian Cinema will air...
KATCHKIE FARM and CSA Signup Day 2/26
by Marina Kennedy - February 24, 2016 Katchkie Farm in Columbia County, New York is participating in the February 26th National Community Supported Agriculture Signup Day....
Susan Stroman Directs Renee Fleming in THE MERRY WIDOW on Great Performances at the Met
by Caryn Robbins - May 12, 2015 Broadway director and choreographer Susan Stroman, whose many credits include the Tony Award-winning musicals Crazy for You, Contact, and The Producers, makes her Met debut with a lavish new staging of Lehr's effervescent operetta The Merry Widow....
Bartlett Sher Directs New Staging of Verdi's OTELLO on PBS's 'Great Performances,' 2/21
by Caryn Robbins - January 19, 2016 Verdi's late masterpiece based on Shakespeare's tragic drama of jealousy and deceit, Otello, airs on THIRTEEN'SGreat Performances at the Met Sunday, February 21 at 12 p.m. on PBS....
BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL LIVE Leaps onto THIRTEEN's GREAT PERFORMANCES Tonight
by TV News Desk - October 23, 2015 Elton John and Lee Hall's adaptation of the acclaimed 2000 film, written by Hall and directed by Stephen Daldry, won multiple awards on both sides of the Atlantic, including 10 TONY AWARDS Billy Elliot THE MUSICAL LIVE, the long-running hit both on Broadway and in London's West End (where it is stil...
Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly' Set for GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET on PBS, 8/19
by Caryn Robbins - July 22, 2016 The late Anthony Minghella's critically acclaimed production of Puccini's classic Madama Butterfly comes to THIRTEEN'S Great Performances at the Met Friday, August 19 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings)....
BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL LIVE Leaps onto THIRTEEN's GREAT PERFORMANCES Tonight
by TV News Desk - October 23, 2015 Elton John and Lee Hall's adaptation of the acclaimed 2000 film, written by Hall and directed by Stephen Daldry, won multiple awards on both sides of the Atlantic, including 10 TONY AWARDS Billy Elliot THE MUSICAL LIVE, the long-running hit both on Broadway and in London's West End (where it is stil...
BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL LIVE to Leap onto THIRTEEN's GREAT PERFORMANCES Next Month
by TV News Desk - September 17, 2015 Elton John and Lee Hall's adaptation of the acclaimed 2000 film, written by Hall and directed by Stephen Daldry, won multiple awards on both sides of the Atlantic, including 10 TONY AWARDS BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL LIVE, the long-running hit both on Broadway and in London's West End (where it is stil...
Thirteen to Celebrate Shakespeare's Legacy with Month-Long Multi-Platform Programming
by Caryn Robbins - March 29, 2016 Shakespeare's Curse, a new documentary about William Shakespeare's final resting place, joins encore presentations of the six installments of Season Two of Shakespeare Uncovered(consecutive Fridays beginning April 8)...
Great Performances at the Met to Air DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NURNBERG, 4/12
by Matt Smith - March 19, 2015 Met Music Director James Levine conducts Wagner's epic human comedy Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg('The Mastersinger of Nuremberg') in its first Great Performances at the Met broadcast....
VIDEO: Bartlett Sher Directs Verdi's 'Otello' on PBS' GREAT PERFORMANCES Today
by TV News Desk - February 21, 2016 Verdi's late masterpiece based on Shakespeare's tragic drama of jealousy and deceit, OTELLO, airs on THIRTEEN'S Great Performances at the Met today, February 21 at 12 p.m. on PBS. (Check local listings.) (In New York, THIRTEEN will air the opera at 12:30 p.m.) Get a sneak peek below!...
Chita Rivera Will Answer Fans' Questions Tomorrow on Facebook!
by Nicole Rosky - November 04, 2015 Do you have a question for legendary theatrical icon Chita Rivera? On Thursday, November 5 at 3:00 PM ET, the Tony Award winner will personally answer questions during a live, PBSFacebook Q & A, one day before the premiere of her Great Performances special Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin' To Do. ... |