Latest Articles About Great Performances on PBS
Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2014 Airs on THIRTEEN's Great Performances, 8/22
by Caryn Robbins - July 17, 2014 Led for the first time by a guest conductor Christoph Eschenbach, the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic returns for their 11th open-air concert in the magnificent gardens of Austria's Imperial Schnbrunn Palace...
John Lithgow to Host PBS's STAR-SPANGLED SPECTACULAR, 9/13
by Caryn Robbins - August 18, 2014 Acclaimed actor, musician and author John Lithgow will host Star-Spangled Spectacular: Bicentennial of our National Anthem live from Pier Six Pavilion in Baltimore on THIRTEEN'S Great Performances at 8 p.m. ET on PBS....
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek To Cheek LIVE! Set for THIRTEEN's Great Performances Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 24, 2014 Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek To Cheek LIVE! featuring an evening of classic jazz standards in both vocal duets and soloperformances will air on THIRTEEN's Great Performances, tonight, October 24 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS....
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Andrew Lloyd Webber's Worldwide Phenomenon CATS Returns to Great Performances, 11/21
by Caryn Robbins - November 18, 2014 The special encore presentation will air Friday, November 21 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings) as part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival. Get a sneak peek below!...
Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett Reveal Full Set List for CHEEK TO CHEEK LIVE! on PBS
by Tyler Peterson - October 08, 2014 Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek To Cheek LIVE! - an evening of classic jazz standards in both vocal duets and solo performances - will air on THIRTEEN's Great Performances, Friday, October 24 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS. (Check local listings.)...
PBS's GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET to Feature 'La Cenerentola', 9/7
by Caryn Robbins - August 20, 2014 Joyce DiDonato sings the title role in Rossini's Cinderella story, La Cenerentola, with bel canto master Juan Diego Florez as her dashing prince....
VIDEO: First Look - THIRTEEN's Great Performances' STING: THE LAST SHIP, Airing 2/19
by Caryn Robbins - December 09, 2013 Sting: The Last Ship will air on THIRTEEN's Great Performances, Friday, February 21 at 9 p.m., ET on PBS (check local listings) and features the 16-time Grammy Award-winning musician performing songs from his new album, The Last Ship...
Julie Andrews to Host of GREAT PERFORMANCES 'Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2015'
by Caryn Robbins - December 03, 2014 Stage and screen legend Julie Andrews returns for the sixth time to host the festive annual New Year's celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic, under the direction of Zubin Mehta, from Vienna's Musikverein....
VIDEO: First Look - THIRTEEN's Great Performances' STING: THE LAST SHIP, Airing 2/19
by Caryn Robbins - December 09, 2013 Sting: The Last Ship will air on THIRTEEN's Great Performances, Friday, February 21 at 9 p.m., ET on PBS (check local listings) and features the 16-time Grammy Award-winning musician performing songs from his new album, The Last Ship...
Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2014 Airs on THIRTEEN's Great Performances, 8/22
by Caryn Robbins - July 17, 2014 Led for the first time by a guest conductor Christoph Eschenbach, the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic returns for their 11th open-air concert in the magnificent gardens of Austria's Imperial Schnbrunn Palace...
Thirteen's GREAT PERFORMANCES to Present Rejoice with Itzhak Perlman and Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot, 8/28
by Caryn Robbins - August 06, 2014 Legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman and renowned cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot join forces for a musical exploration of liturgical and traditional works in new arrangements for both chamber orchestra and klezmer settings on THIRTEEN's Great Performances...
Borodin's Historic Russian Epic PRINCE IGOR on 'Great Performances at the Met' on PBS, 6/22
by Courtnie Mele - June 18, 2014 Borodin's operatic masterpiece Prince Igor, which had its first Met performances since 1917 earlier this year, will be broadcast on Great Performances at the Met Sunday, June 22 at 12 noon on PBS (check local listings). (In New York, THIRTEEN will air the opera at 12:30 p.m.)...
James Levine Conducts Richard Eyre's New Production of 'Le Nozze di Figaro' on Great Performances at the Met, 1/16
by Christina Mancuso - December 24, 2014 NEW YORK, Dec. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ Mozart's elegant masterpiece of marital discord, Le Nozze di Figaro, conducted by Met Music Director James Levine and staged by Richard Eyre, is the season premiere of Great Performances at the Met Friday, January 16 at 9 p.m. on PBS....
DVR Alert: Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS Screens Tonight as Part of PBS's GREAT PERFORMANCES
by TV News Desk - November 21, 2014 Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, the second longest-running Broadway musical (only surpassed by Lloyd Webber's own 'The Phantom of the Opera'), and fourth longest-running West End musical, returns in high definition and digital sound to GREAT PERFORMANCES where it had its 1998 world television premiere. ...
THIRTEEN's Great Performances Features National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage Tonight
by TV News Desk - February 14, 2014 National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage will air on Great Performances, tonight, February 14 at 9 p.m., ET on PBS (check local listings)....
Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett Reveal Full Set List for CHEEK TO CHEEK LIVE! on PBS
by Tyler Peterson - October 08, 2014 Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek To Cheek LIVE! - an evening of classic jazz standards in both vocal duets and solo performances - will air on THIRTEEN's Great Performances, Friday, October 24 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS. (Check local listings.)...
Julie Andrews Returns as Host of PBS's FROM VIENNA: THE NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION 2014, 1/1
by Caryn Robbins - December 05, 2013 Stage and screen legend Julie Andrews returns for the fifth time to host the festive annual New Year's celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic, under the direction of Daniel Barenboim from Vienna's Musikverein....
Deborah Voigt Hosts ENCORES! Great Performances at the Met Featuring Natalie Dessay, Jonas Kaufmann and More!
by Christina Mancuso - November 14, 2014 Hosted by soprano Deborah Voigt, from the Grand Staircase of the Met, the special covers a wide range of operatic ground, from heartbreak to hilarity, delivered by such artists as Natalie Dessay, Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming, Juan Diego Flórez, Jonas Kaufmann, and Anna Netrebko, along with Voigt h...
Dave Clark Five and Beyond - Glad All Over to Airs on THIRTEEN's Great Performances
by Caryn Robbins - March 05, 2014 Great Performances presents a look at the British invasion 50 years after both the Dave Clark Five and the Beatles hit our shores....
Barbra Streisand's BACK TO BROOKLYN Concert, to Air Tonight as Part of PBS ARTS FALL FESTIVAL
by BWW News Desk - November 29, 2013 The 2013 PBS Arts Fall Festival returned this fall with seven weekly programs that highlight Broadway classics, music from around the country, and legendary superstar Barbra Streisand....
Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2014 Airs on THIRTEEN's Great Performances Tonight
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2014 Led for the first time by a guest conductor Christoph Eschenbach, the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic returns for their 11th open-air concert in the magnificent gardens of Austria's Imperial Schnbrunn Palace...
Matthew Bourne's SLEEPING BEAUTY to Air on PBS's GREAT PERFORMANCES, 4/25
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2014 Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty sees the popular choreographer return to the music of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky to complete the trio of the composer's ballet masterworks that started in 1992 with Nutcracker! and, most famously, in 1995, with the international hit Swan Lake. The ballet, on THIRTEEN's...
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Andrew Lloyd Webber's Worldwide Phenomenon CATS Returns to Great Performances, 11/21
by Caryn Robbins - November 18, 2014 The special encore presentation will air Friday, November 21 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings) as part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival. Get a sneak peek below!...
Julie Andrews Returns as Host of PBS's FROM VIENNA: THE NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION 2014 Today
by TV News Desk - January 01, 2014 Stage and screen legend Julie Andrews returns for the fifth time to host the festive annual New Year's celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic, under the direction of Daniel Barenboim from Vienna's Musikverein....
Puccini's Classic 'Tosca' Set for GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET, 3/9
by Caryn Robbins - March 06, 2014 Puccini's enduring favorite, starring an exceptional trio of singing actors in the leading roles, returns to Great Performances at the Met Sunday, March 9 at 12 p.m. on PBS (check local listings).... |
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