Episode 1
From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1997
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Directed by Gary Halvorson
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
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Guest stars Thomas Hampson, Marilyn Horne, Frederica von Stade
Episode 3
Robert Altman's Jazz '34
3.0 / 10
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Guest stars Harry Belafonte, Joshua Redman
Episode 5
Episode 5
9.0 / 10
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Guest stars Christine Baranski, Rosemary Clooney, Angie Dickinson, Christine Ebersole
Episode 7
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
7.0 / 10
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
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Guest stars Christian Camargo, Brian Cox, Mark Rylance, Matthew Scurfield, John McEnery, William Russell
Episode 8
Episode 8
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Guest stars John Kander, Fred Ebb, Lauren Bacall
Episode 10
Episode 10
10.0 / 10finale
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Guest stars Tim Conway, Brad Garrett, Shecky Greene, Alan King, Buddy Hackett, Carl Reiner
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
