Episode 1
Turandot
9.0 / 10
Episode credits
Guest stars Éva Marton, Michael Sylvester, Lucia Mazzaria, Kevin Langan
TV series
Great Performances
1971TV-1453 seasons6.1 / 10
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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Checked Sep 1, 2026
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Synopsis
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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Episode 2
Episode 2
8.0 / 10
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Guest stars B.B. King, Kris Kristofferson
Episode 3
Episode 3
6.3 / 10
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Guest stars Dee Dee Bridgewater, Herbie Hancock, Abbey Lincoln
Episode 5
Episode 5
7.0 / 10
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Guest stars Verónica Villarroel, Plácido Domingo, Suzanna Guzmán, Carlos Chausson
Episode 6
Episode 6
10.0 / 10
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Guest stars Frederica von Stade, Thomas Hampson, Renée Fleming, David Hobson
Episode 7
Episode 7
8.0 / 10
Episode credits
Guest stars Mary Alice, Anne Bancroft, Katherine Borowitz, Joan Cusack, Iliana Guibert, Bellina Logan, Anne Meara, Adrian Pasdar
Episode 9
The World of Jim Henson
finale
Episode credits
Guest stars Frank Oz, Ted Koppel, Francis Ford Coppola, Maurice Sendak, Harry Belafonte
Episode information updated Sep 3, 2026
More about Great Performances
Cast
Bray PoorNarrator (voice)
Rue McClanahanFaye PreciousJoyce EbertMrs. Holroyd
Frederick CoffinSecond Guard
Geraldine FitzgeraldMrs.Atkins
Frank LangellaKonstantin Treplev
Charles KimbroughDr.Spiga
Stephen SondheimSelfProduction details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 717
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
PBSUnited States
ThirteenUnited States
Themes
anthologybased on novel or bookbased on play or musicalfilmed theaterliterary adaptation
