List of Great Performances episodes
This is an incomplete list of episodes for the television series Great Performances. It includes special episodes.
Episodes
New York Playhouse (1972–73)
- Antigone
- The Rimers of Eldritch
- Theatre and Film '72
Season 1 (1973–74)
As ''Theatre in America''
Source:- Enemies, from the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center
- June Moon
- Cyrano de Bergerac, from the American Conservatory Theater
- Antigone, from Playhouse New York
- King Lear, from the New York Shakespeare Festival
- In Fashion, from the Actors Theatre of Louisville
- Feasting with Panthers by Adrian Hall and Richard Cumming, from Trinity Repertory Company
- The Contractor by David Storey, from Chelsea Theater Center
- The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd, from Long Wharf Theater
- A Touch of the Poet
- Monkey, Monkey, Bottle of Beer, How Many Monkeys Have We Here?, from Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Season 2 (1974–75)
- Arthur Rubinstein: Chopin
- Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- Solti Conducts Mendelssohn
- Bernstein at Tanglewood
- Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra play Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
- Theater in America: Zalmen or the Madness of God by Elie Wiesel, from Arena Stage
- Theater in America: The Seagull, from Williamstown Theatre Festival
- Theater in America: Brother to Dragons, adapted from the poem by Robert Penn Warren by Adrian Hall and Ken Campbell, from Trinity Repertory Company
- Theater in America: The Ceremony of Innocence
- Theater in America: Forget‐Me‐Not Lane by Peter Nichols, from Long Wharf Theater
- Pagliacci, from La Scala
- Theater in America: The School for Scandal, from the Guthrie Theater
- Theater in America: The Rules of the Game, from the New Phoenix Repertory Company
- Who's Happy Now? by Oliver Hailey
Season 3 (1975–76)
- Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
- The Collection, from Laurence Olivier Presents
- Theater in America: Beyond the Horizon, from the McCarter Theatre
- Dance in America: Joffrey Ballet
- Theater in America: First Breeze of Summer by Leslie Lee, from the Negro Ensemble Company
- Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with André Previn and Van Cliburn
- Theater in America: The Mound Builders by Lanford Wilson, from the Circle Repertory Company
- Dance in America: Twyla Tharp & Dancers
- Theater in America: The Time of Your Life, from The Acting Company
- Dance in America: Martha Graham Dance Company
- Live from Lincoln Center: The Ballad of Baby Doe
- Theater in America: All Over, from the Hartford Stage
- Theater in America: Who's Happy Now, from the Mark Taper Forum
- Theater in America: The Year of the Dragon, from The American Place Theatre
- Dance in America: Pennsylvania Ballet
- Dance in America: Martha Graham Dance Company
- Theater in America: The Patriots, from Asolo Theatre Company
- Theater in America: The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, with the Old Globe Theater
- Live from Lincoln Center: Swan Lake
- Leonard Bernstein Conducts Music from America
Season 4 (1976–77)
- Theater in America: Ah! Wilderness
- Fine Music Specials: Madama Butterfly
- Live from Lincoln Center: The Barber of Seville
- Theater in America: The Taming of the Shrew, from the American Conservatory Theater
- Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Rafael Kubelik and Claudio Arrau
- Live from Lincoln Center: André Watts in Recital
- Solti Conducts Mendelssohn
- Chester Mystery Plays
- Secret Service by William Gillette, from the Phoenix Theatre
- Arthur Rubinstein at 90
- episode featuring Mstislav Rostropovich
- Theater in America: The Prince of Homburg from the Chelsea Theater Center
- Dance in America: Pilobolus Dance Theater
- Hard Times
- Live from Lincoln Center: Giselle
- Theater in America: End of Summer by S. N. Behrman, from the Charles MacArthur Center for American Theater
- Abide with Me
- Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Shirley Verrett
Season 5 (1977–78)
- Live from Lincoln Center: Manon
- Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Erich Leinsdorf and André Watts
- Off Stage: The Royal Family
- Verna: USO Girl
- Live from Lincoln Center: Coppélia
- Live from Lincoln Center: Luciano Pavarotti in Recital at the Metropolitan Opera House
- Count Dracula
- Live from Lincoln Center: The Saint of Bleecker Street
- Live from Lincoln Center: American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House
- Theater in America: Uncommon Women and Others
Season 6 (1978–79)
- Out of Our Father's House
- Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Rudolf Serkin
- Live from Lincoln Center: The Turk in Italy
- Theater in America: The Good Doctor
- Mourning Becomes Electra
- Live from Lincoln Center: Chamber Music Society with Itzhak Perlman
- Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Itzhak Perlman
- Live from Lincoln Center: Luciano Pavarotti and Dame Joan Sutherland in Recital
- Live from Lincoln Center: The Sleeping Beauty
- Theater in America: When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate, conceived by Vinnette Justine Carroll with music by Cleavant Derricks and Clinton Derricks-Carroll, from the Urban Arts Corps
Season 7 (1979–1980)
- Musical Comedy Tonight, hosted by Sylvia Fine Kaye
- Live from Lincoln Center: Dame Joan Sutherland and Marilyn Horne in Recital
- Live from Lincoln Center: Street Scene
- The Five Forty-Eight
- Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Emil Gilels
- Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Luciano Pavarotti
- The Most Happy Fella
- Live from Lincoln Center: A Tribute to John Huston
- Live from Lincoln Center: La Bayadère
- Samuel Beckett's Happy Days
Season 8 (1980–81)
- Live from Lincoln Center: Isaac Stern's 60th Birthday Celebration
- Live from Lincoln Center: Verdi's Requiem
- Live from Lincoln Center: La Cenerentola
- Life on the Mississippi
- Live from Lincoln Center: Beverly! Her Farewell Performance
- Live from Lincoln Center: Chamber Music with Itzhak Perlman
- Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Great Performances at the Met: "L'Elisir D'Amore"
- Live from Lincoln Center: Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne and Luciano Pavarotti in Concert
- Rhapsody and Song – A Tribute to George Gershwin
- Live from Lincoln Center: An Evening with American Ballet Theatre
- "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" and Other Stories
Season 9 (1981–82)
- Norma
- Live from Lincoln Center: An Evening with Danny Kaye
- La Clemenza di Tito
- The House of Mirth
- Summer
- Edith Wharton: Looking Back
- Brideshead Revisited
- Live from Lincoln Center: An Evening with Itzhak Perlman
- Live from Lincoln Center: Lucia di Lammermoor
- Live from Lincoln Center: A Tribute to Billy Wilder
- Live from Lincoln Center: Two Philharmonics: Israel and New York
- Live from Lincoln Center: James Galway Plays Mostly Mozart
- Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Leontyne Price
- Live from Lincoln Center: Stravinski and Balanchine: A Genius Has a Birthday!
- Live from Lincoln Center: Madama Butterfly
Season 10 (1982–83)
- Great Performances' 10th Anniversary Celebration
- The Regard of Flight by Bill Irwin
- Ellington: The Music Lives On
- The Innocents Abroad
- Festival! Spoleto USA
Season 11 (1983–84)
- Princess Grace Remembered
- Alice in Wonderland
- Callas: An International Celebration
- An American Christmas
- The Magic Flute
- La Cenerentola
- Choreographer's Notebook: Stravinsky Piano Ballets by Peter Martins
- The Soldier's Tale, directed by R. O. Blechman
Season 12 (1984–85)
- Dance in America: Baryshnikov by Tharp
- The Dining Room
- You Can't Take It With You
- Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1985 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- Dance Black America, directed by D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus
- Judy Garland: The Concert Years
- Heartbreak House
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Taking My Turn
- The Best of Broadway
- Orpheus
- Ulysses
- The Coronation of Poppea
Season 13 (1985–86)
- Doctor Fischer of Geneva
- Three by Three
- Laurence Olivier—A Life
- The Gospel at Colonus
- Master Harold...and the Boys
- Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight III
- The Importance of Being Earnest
- San Francisco Ballet in Cinderella
- Falstaff
- Rossini at Versailles
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1986 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- On the Razzle
- Heartbreak House
- Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera
- The Cotton Club Remembered
- Irving Berlin's America
- Follies in Concert
- Cavalleria Rusticana
- Bernstein Conducts Haydn's Mass in Time of War
- Elektra
- Early Days
- Dance in America: Choreography by Jerome Robbins with the New York City Ballet
- Grown Ups by Jules Feiffer
- Boxes: With the Sydney Dance Company
- Bernstein on Brahms: Reflections and Performance
Season 14 (1986–87)
- Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
- Gian Carlo Menotti: The Musical Magician
- Goya, by Gian Carlo Menotti
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1987 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- The Silents: The Thief of Bagdad
- In Memory Of...
- Monsignor Quixote
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
- Broadway Sings the Music of Jule Styne
- Ozawa, directed by Albert and David Maysles
- The Comedy of Errors
- Steve Reich: A New Musical Language
- Seize the Day
- Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic, directed by Albert and David Maysles
Season 15 (1987–88)
- The Music Makers: An ASCAP Celebration of American Music at Wolf Trap
- Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
- Tales from the Hollywood Hills: A Table at Ciro's
- Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius
- Celebrating Gershwin
- Christmas with Flicka
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1988 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- Toscanini: The Maestro
- Wolf Trap Salutes Dizzy Gillespie: A Tribute to the Jazz Master
- Bacall on Bogart
- Nixon in China
- The Silents: Our Hospitality
Season 16 (1988–89)
- Tales from the Hollywood Hills: The Old Reliable
- Tales from the Hollywood Hills: The Golden Land
- Tales from the Hollywood Hills: The Closed Set
- The Silents: The Eagle
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1989 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- Wynton Marsalis Blues and Swing
- Canciones de Mi Padre
- Bernstein at 70
- The New Moon
- The Philadelphia Orchestra at Wolf Trap
- The Aspern Papers
- Tap Dance in America
Season 17 (1989–1990)
- Show Boat
- Our Town
- An Evening with Alan Jay Lerner
- L'Africaine, from the San Francisco Opera
- Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts Miami's New World Orchestra
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1990 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- The Silents: Broken Blossoms
- Music by Richard Rodgers
- Solti's Beethoven: The Fifth Symphony Revisited
- Largo desolato, from the Wilma Theater
- The Orchestra, directed by Zbigniew Rybczyński
Season 18 (1990–91)
- Spike & Co.: Do It Acapella
- Swinging Out Live
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1991 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- The Colored Museum
- The Fred Astaire Songbook
- A Masked Ball
Season 19 (1991–92)
- Dance in America: Everybody Dance Now
- Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio
- La Pastorela: The Sheperd's Tale
- Pavarotti and the Italian Tenor
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1992 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- Unforgettable... with Love
- The Lost Language of Cranes
Season 20 (1992–93)
- Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway
- The Common Pursuit
- Guys and Dolls off the Record
- Placido Domingo: The Concert for Planet Earth
- José Carreras, Diana Ross and Placido Domingo: Christmas in Vienna
- The Hard Nut
- The Symphony of Rhythm: Solti Conducts Beethoven's Seventh
- Tosca From Rome
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1993 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- Suddenly Last Summer
- Black and Blue
- Miles Davis: A Tribute
- Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
- John Barry's Moviola
- Nureyev
- Oedipus rex
- The Real McTeague: A Synthesis of Forms
- In the Wings: Angels in America on Broadway
- Lean by Jarre
Season 21 (1993–94)
- The Maestros of Philadelphia
- The Sorceress
- Passing the Baton
- Pete Townshend's PsychoDerelict
- On the Town in Concert
- Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1994 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- Turandot
- Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Bowl!
- Vladimir Horowitz: A Reminiscence
- Quartet
- The Songs of Six Families
- Carnegie Hall Salutes the Jazz Masters
- La Bohéme
- El Gato Montes
Season 22 (1994–95)
- Carnegie Hall Opening Night 1994
- The Dangerous Liaisons
- Paddy Chayefsky's `The Mother'
- The World of Jim Henson
- Natalie Cole's Untraditional Traditional Christmas
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1995 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- The Music of Kurt Weill: September Songs
- Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
- Talking With...
- Legendary Maestros: The Art of Conducting
Season 23 (1995–96)
- Carnegie Hall Opening Night 1995
- Music for the Movies: The Hollywood Sound
- Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddler's House
- Pavarotti: My World
- Julie Andrews: Back on Broadway
- The Sleeping Beauty
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1996 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- The Rake's Progress
- Les Misérables in Concert
- Peter, Paul & Mary: Lifelines
- La Cenerentola
- Divas!
Season 24 (1996–97)
- Carnegie Hall Opening Night 1996
- Dance in America: The Wrecker's Ball—Three Dances by Paul Taylor
- Dido and Aeneas
- Musicals Great Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit at MGM
- Bobby McFerrin: Loosely Mozart: The New Innovators of Classical Music
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1997 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- Thomas Hampson: I Hear America Singing
- Robert Altman's Jazz '34
- The Story of Gospel Music
- Ira Gershwin at 100: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
- Emmeline
- Burt Bacharach: This Is Now
Season 25 (1997–98)
- Carnegie Hall Opening Night 1997
- Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
- The Music of Kander and Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
- San Francisco Opera Gala Celebration
- The College of Comedy With Alan King
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1998 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- Creating Ragtime
- Porgy & Bess: An American Voice
- The New Jersey Performing Arts Center Opening Night Gala
- Frank Sinatra: The Very Good Years
- The Art of Singing: Golden Voices, Silver Screen
- Dance In America: Variety and Virtuosity: American Ballet Theatre Now
- Swan Lake
- Sam Shepard's True West
- Sam Shepard: Stalking Himself
- The Elixir of Love
Season 26 (1998–99)
- Carnegie Hall Opening Night 1998
- Zizi: Je T'Aime
- Cats
- Pavarotti & Friends
- "A Streetcar Named Desire" from the San Francisco Opera
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1999 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- The Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty
- The Noël Coward Story
- Star Crossed Lovers
- Swingin' with Duke: The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
- Turandot at the Forbidden City
- The Making Of: Turandot at the Forbidden City
- Parsifal: The Search for the Grail
Season 27 (1999–2000)
- Carnegie Hall Opening Night 1999
- Crazy for You
- Burn the Floor
- My Favourite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
- Andrea Bocelli: Sacred Arias
- Dance in America: Le Corsaire with American Ballet Theatre
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2000 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- Central Park
- Aida's Brothers and Sisters: Black Voices in Opera
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
- College of Comedy with Alan King, Part II
- Berlin Philharmonic Europakonzert: Ode to Joy 2000
- The Art of Piano
- Play On!
- La Forza del Destino
- Can't Stop Now, a documentary on Nederlands Dans Theater III
- 'La Traviata' from Paris
- Berlin Philharmonic Europakonzert: From Krakow
Season 28 (2000–01)
- Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2000
- Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens, A Life in Animation
- Paul Simon: You're the One---In Concert from Paris
- From Mao to Mozart: Then and Now
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2001 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- Copland's America
- The College of Comedy with Alan King III
- My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs
- Elizabeth Taylor: England's Other Elizabeth
- Don Giovanni Unmasked
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- Don Quixote
- Dance in America: Free to Dance
- Three Mo' Tenors in Concert
- Recording `The Producers': A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks
- `Little Women' from Houston Grand Opera
Season 29 (2001–02)
- Recording 'The Producers': A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks
- 'Little Women' from Houston Grand Opera
- Dance in America: Holo Mai Pele
- Joshua Bell: West Side Story Suite From Central Park
- Alessandro Safina in Concert: Only You
- Wheel of Life
- The Art of Violin
- 'The Nutcracker' from the Royal Ballet
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2002 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- Dance in America: From Broadway: Fosse
- Kurosawa
- The Queen's Jubilee Gala: Live from Buckingham Palace
- Romeo and Juliet
- Berlin Philharmonic Europakonzert: From Istanbul
Season 30 (2002–03)
- Making 'The Misfits'
- Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2002
- Natalie Cole: Ask a Woman Who Knows
- Josh Groban in Concert
- 'The Merry Widow' from the San Francisco Opera
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2003 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- Dance in America: Born to Be Wild
- Kiss Me, Kate
- The Great American Songbook
- Renee Fleming and Bryn Terfel: Music Under the Stars
- 30th Anniversary: A Celebration in Song
- Duetto: The Concert at the Roman Colosseum
- Dance in America: Lar Lubovitch's 'Othello'
- The Three Pickers: Legends of American Music
- Elton John at the Royal Opera House
- Berlin Philharmonic Europakonzert: From Palermo
Season 31 (2003–04)
- The Los Angeles Philharmonic Inaugurates Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Rodgers & Hammerstein's 'Oklahoma!'
- Berlin Philharmonic Europakonzert: From Lisbon
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2004 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- Degas and the Dance
- Dance in America: Acts of Ardor: Two Dances by Paul Taylor
- Harry Connick Jr.: Only You
- Concert for George
- Dance in America: 'The Dream' with American Ballet Theatre
- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in Performance: The San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas
- Keeping Score: MTT on Music: The Making of a Performance, Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony
- All-Star Piano Extravaganza: The Verbier Festival Concert
- From the Acropolis: A Salute to the Games with the Berlin Philharmonic
Season 32 (2004–05)
- John Lennon's Jukebox
- Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2004
- Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival
- Josh Groban: Live at the Greek
- Hayley Westenra in Concert
- Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella
- Bill Irwin: Clown Prince
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2005 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- Leonard Bernstein's 'Candide' with the New York Philharmonic
- Andrea Bocelli: Tribute on Ice
- One Night with Rod Stewart
- The Little Prince
- Operatunity
- Dance in America: 'Swan Lake' with American Ballet Theatre
- Cook, Dixon & [Thomas Thomas Young (tenor)|Young (tenor)|Young] in Concert
- From Shtetl to Swing
Season 33 (2005–06)
- Renee Fleming: Sacred Songs and Carols
- Cream Reunion Concert
- Michael Bublé: Caught in the Act
- My Name Is Barbra
- The Nightingale
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2006 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road
- Andrea Bocelli: Amore Under the Desert Sky
- 'South Pacific' in Concert from Carnegie Hall
- Dance in America: Beyond the Steps---Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- Garrison Keillor's Independence Day Special: A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood
- Bruce Springsteen: The Seeger Sessions Live at St. Luke's
- Vittorio: Dreams of Rome
- Dance in America: 'Jewels' from the Paris Opera Ballet
- The Vienna State Opera: 50th Anniversary Reopening Concert
- Mozart at 250: The Salzburg Festival Celebration
Season 34 (2006–07)
- Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2006
- A Tribute to James Taylor
- Beverly Sills: Made in America
- Garrison Keillor's New Year's Eve Special
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2007 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- Sting: Songs From the Labyrinth
- Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing
- Loreena McKennitt: Nights From the Alhambra
- Barenboim on Beethoven
- We Love Ella! A Tribute to the First Lady of Song
- Dance in America: Dancing in the Light
- Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
- Lionel Richie: Live in Paris
- Nureyev: The Russian Years
Season 35 (2007–08)
- The Israel Philharmonic 70th Anniversary Gala Concert
- Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival Chicago
- Vivere: Andrea Bocelli Live in Tuscany
- Great Performances at the Met: Viewers' Choice
- 'Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny' From LA Opera
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2008 hosted by Walter Cronkite
- Carnegie Hall Celebrates Berlin
- Company
- The New York Philharmonic Live From North Korea
- Martina McBride: Live in Concert
- James Taylor: One Man Band
- Peter & the Wolf
- Dance in America: Wolf Trap's Face of America
- Primo
- Maestro: Portrait of Valery Gergiev
Season 36 (2008–09)
- Pavarotti: A Life in Seven Arias
- Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2008: A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein
- Hitman: David Foster and Friends
- Domingo, Netrebko & Villazon: Three Stars in Vienna
- Dance in America: San Francisco Ballet's `Nutcracker'
- Doctor Atomic Great Performances Live from the Met
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2009 hosted by Julie Andrews
- Cyrano de Bergerac
- The Police: Certifiable
- King Lear
- 'In the Heights': Chasing Broadway Dreams
- Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood:Live from Madison Square Garden
- Stevie Wonder: Live at Last
- 'Chess' in Concert
- Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Celebration From Madison Square Garden
Season 37 (2009–2010)
- Harlem in Montmartre
- Karajan or Beauty As I See It
- Vienna Philharmonic Summer Concert 2009
- Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic: The Inaugural Concert
- Sting: A Winter's Tale
- Andrea Bocelli & David Foster: My Christmas
- La Bohème
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2010 hosted by Julie Andrews
- Passing Strange
- Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden
- Dance in America: 'NY Export: Opus Jazz'
- Hamlet
- La Danse
- Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2010
- Renée Fleming & Dmitri Hvorostovsky: A Musical Odyssey in St. Petersburg
- Macbeth
Season 38 (2010–11)
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Pierre Boulez Conducts Mahler's 7th
- Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
- Celebracion: Gustavo Dudamel and the L.A. Phil With Juan Diego Florez
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2011 hosted by Paula Zahn
- Harry Connick, Jr. In Concert on Broadway
- Hitman Returns: David Foster & Friends
- Billy Joel: Live at Shea Stadium
- Jackie Evancho: Dream With Me in Concert
- Carnegie Hall 120th Anniversary Concert
- Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival 3
- Rigoletto From Mantua
- Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night 2011
- A Concert for New York
- Placido Domingo: My Favorite Roles
Season 39 (2011–12)
- Hugh Laurie: Let Them Talk...A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
- Miami City Ballet Dances Balanchine and Tharp
- Il Postino From LA Opera
- Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park
- The Little Mermaid From San Francisco Ballet
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2012 hosted by Julie Andrews
- Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Celebrate Gershwin
- Let Me Down Easy by Anna Deavere Smith
- Tony Bennett Duets II
- Memphis
- The Phantom of the Opera at Royal Albert Hall
- The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater
- San Francisco Symphony at 100
- Twilight: Los Angeles
- Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration
- Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies
- Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2012
Season 40 (2012–13)
- Paul McCartney's Live Kisses
- Great Performances at the Met: Wagner's Ring Cycle
- Rod Stewart: Merry Christmas, Baby
- Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
- The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2013 hosted by Julie Andrews
- Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
- Paul Simon's Graceland Journey
- Great Performances at the Met: L'Elisir d'Amore
- Great Performances at the Met: Otello
- Andrea Bocelli: Love In Portofino
- Great Performances at the Met: The Tempest
- Paul Taylor Dance Company in Paris
- Great Performances at the Met: La Clemenza di Tito
- Great Performances at the Met: Un Ballo in Maschera
- Great Performances at the Met: Rigoletto
- Great Performances at the Met: Aida
- Great Performances at the Met: Les Troyens
- Great Performances at the Met: Francesca da Rimini
- Great Performances at the Met: Giulio Cesare
- Dancing at Jacob's Pillow: Never Stand Still
- Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2013
Season 41 (2013–14)
- The Hollow Crown: Richard II
- The Hollow Crown: Henry IV, Part 1
- The Hollow Crown: Henry IV, Part 2
- The Hollow Crown: Henry V
- Great Performances' 40th Anniversary Celebration
- Moby-Dick From San Francisco Opera
- Stephen Sondheim's 'Company' With the New York Philharmonic
- Barbra Steisand: Back to Brooklyn
- Pavarotti: A Voice for the Ages
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2014 hosted by Julie Andrews
- Great Performances at the Met: Eugene Onegin
- Barrymore
- National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage
- Sting: The Last Ship
- Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs: The Dukes of September
- Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers Featuring Edie Brickell in Concert
- Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
- The Dave Clark Five: Glad All Over, A Great Performances Special
- Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty
Season 42 (2014–15)
- Dudamel Conducts the Verdi Requiem at the Hollywood Bowl
- Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2014
- Rejoice With Itzhak Perlman
- Star-Spangled Spectacular: The Bicentennial of Our National Anthem
- Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live!
- Cats
- Encore! Great Performances at the Met
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2015 hosted by Julie Andrews
- American Voices With Renée Fleming
- La Dolce Vita: The Music of Italian Cinema
- Bryan Adams in Concert
- Mark Morris Dance Group: L'Allegro
- Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live in Concert
- Boston Symphony Orchestra: Andris Nelsons Inaugural Concert
- Driving Miss Daisy
- Dudamel Conducts a John Williams Celebration With the LA Phil
- Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2015
Season 43 (2015–16)
- Billy Elliot the Musical Live
- Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin' to Do
- Andrea Bocelli: Cinema
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2016 hosted by Julie Andrews
- Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration
- Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2016
Season 44 (2016–17)
- Grammy Salute to Music Legends
- Hamilton's America with Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Gypsy
- The Hollow Crown: Henry VI, Part I
- The Hollow Crown: Henry VI, Part II
- The Hollow Crown: Richard III
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2017 hosted by Julie Andrews
- Bel Canto the Opera
- Alicia Keys – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special
- Brad Paisley – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special
- New York City Ballet in Paris
- New York City Ballet Symphony in C
- Dudamel Conducts Tangos Under the Stars with the LA Phil
- Young Men, a ballet by BalletBoyz
- GP at the Met: Romeo et Juliette
- GP at the Met: Nabucco
- GP at the Met: Rusalka
- Andrea Bocelli – Landmarks Live in Concert
- Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2017
Season 45 (2017–18)
- Havana Time Machine
- Grammy Music Legends 2017
- She Loves Me
- Noël Coward's Present Laughter
- Foo Fighters Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special
- Indecent
- Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn
- The Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed Live
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2018 hosted by Hugh Bonneville
- GP at the Met: Norma
- Nas Live from the Kennedy Center: Classical Hip Hop
- Movies For Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine
- GP at the Met: The Exterminating Angel
- Will.i.am and Friends featuring the Black Eyed Peas– Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special
- GP at the Met: L'Elisir D'Amore
- The Opera House
- GP at the Met: Tosca
- Ellis Island: The Dream of America with Pacific Symphony
- GP at the Met: Semiramide
- GP at the Met: Così fan tutte
- The Chris Botti Band in Concert
- Chicago Voices
- GP at the Met: Luisa Miller
- Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2018
- GP at the Met: Cendrillon
Season 46 (2018–19)
- Grammy Salute to Music Legends 2018
- An American in Paris The Musical
- John Leguizamo's Road to BroadwayThe Sound of Music Live
- Michael Bublé: Tour Stop 148
- Harold Prince: The Director's Life
- Tony Bennett & Diana Krall: Love is Here to Stay
- k.d. lang – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special
- Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
- From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2019 hosted by Hugh Bonneville
- The Cleveland Orchestra Centennial Celebration
- Orphée et Eurydice From Lyric Opera of Chicago
- Movies for Grownups Awards 2019 With AARP the Magazine
- Doubt From Minnesota Opera
- Great Performances at the Met: Marnie
- Julius Caesar from Donmar
- Andrea Bocelli @ 60
- Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration
- Birgit Nilsson: A League of Her Own
- Great Performances at the Met: Samson Et Dalila
- Great Performances at the Met: La Traviata
- Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2019
Season 47 (2019–2020)
- Now Hear This "Vivaldi: Something Completely Different"
- Now Hear This "The Riddle of the Bach"
- Now Hear This "Scarlatti: Man Out of Time"
- Now Hear This "Handel: Italian Style"
- GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends
- Broadway's Best: 42nd Street
- Broadway's Best: Rodger & Hammerstein's The King and I
- Broadway's Best: Red
- Broadway's Best: Much Ado About Nothing
- Broadway's Best: Kinky Boots
- Broadway's Best: Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
- An Intimate Evening with David Foster
- From Vienna; The New Year's Celebration 2020 hosted by Hugh Bonneville
- Great Performances at the Met: Manon
- Movies for Grownup Awards with AARP The Magazine 2020
- Great Performances at the Met: Madama Butterfly
- Great Performances at the Met: Turandot
- Great Performances at the Met: Akhnaten
- Andrea Bocelli: Music for Hope
- Great Performances at the Met: Wozzeck
- LA Phil 100
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Leonard Bernstein's 'Mass'
- Great Performances at the Met: Agrippina
- Ann
- Gloria: A Life
- Great Performances at the Met: Der Fliegende Holländer
- Great Performances at the Met: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
- Great Performances at the Met: Tosca
- Great Performances at the Met: Maria Stuarda
Season 48 (2020–21)
- Romeo & Juliet
- Now Hear This "Haydn: The King of Strings"
- Now Hear This: The Schubert Generation
- Now Hear This: Becoming Mozart
- GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends
- One Man, Two Guvnors
- Fiddler: Miracle of Miracles
- Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn
- Lea Salonga In Concert
- From Vienna; The New Year's Celebration 2021 hosted by Hugh Bonneville
Season 49 (2021–22)
- Yannick -- An Artist's Journey
- Verdi's Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11
- The Red Shoes
- Great Performances at the Met: Sondra Radvanovsky & Piotr Beczala in Concert
- Great Performances at the Met: Three Divas at Versailles
- Now Hear This: Beethoven's Ghost
- Great Performances at the Met: Wagnerians in Concert
- A John Williams Premiere at Tanglewood
- San Francisco Symphony Reopening Night
- Coppelia
- Unforgettable... with Love
- Great Performances at the Met: Bryn Terfel & Friends in Concert
- Great Performances at the Met: New Year's Eve Gala
- From Vienna; The New Year's Celebration 2022 hosted by Hugh Bonneville
- Reopening: The Broadway Revival
- Great Performances at the Met: Boris Godunov
- Great Performances at the Met: Eurydice
- Movies for Grownups Awards With AARP the Magazine
- The Conductor
- Great Performances at the Met: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
- Now Hear This: Amy Beach Rise to Prominence
- Now Hear This "Florence Price and the American Migration"
- Now Hear This: Aaron Copland/ Dean of American Music
- Now Hear This: "New American Voices"
- Great Performances at the Met: Cinderella
- Anything Goes
- Merry Wives
- Keeping Company with Sondheim
- Great Performances at the Met: Rigoletto
- Great Performances at the Met: Ariadne Auf Naxos
- Great Performances at the Met: Don Carlos
- Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2022
- Great Performances at the Met: Turandot
Season 50 (2022–23)
- Black Lucy and The Bard
- Intimate Apparel
- Great Performances at the Met: Lucia Di Lammermoor
- NY Phil Reopening of David Geffen Hall
- Great Performances at the Met: Hamlet
- Josh Groban's Great Big Radio City Show
- From Vienna; The New Year's Celebration 2023 hosted by Hugh Bonneville
- Movies for Grownups® Awards 2023 with AARP The Magazine
- The Magic of Spirituals
- Remember This
- Great Performances at the Met: The Hours
- Great Performances at the Met: La Traviata
- Now Hear This “Piazzolla’s History with Tango”
- Now Hear This “Schumann: Genius and Madness”
- Now Hear This “Andy Akiho Found Sound”
- Now Hear This “Albéniz: Portraits of Spain”
- Great Performances at the Met: Fedora
- Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
- Richard III
- Great Performances at the Met: Medea
- Great Performances at the Met: Lohengrin
- Great Performances at the Met: Falstaff
- Leonard Bernstein's Kaddish Symphony
- Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2023
Season 51 (2023–24)
- Great Performances at the Met: Der Rosenkavalier
- Great Performances at the Met: Don Giovanni
- New York City Ballet in Madrid
- Message in a Bottle
- Great Performances at the Met: Champion
- Great Performances at the Met: Die Zauberflote
- From Vienna; The New Year's Celebration 2024 hosted by Hugh Bonneville
- Great Performances at the Met: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
- The LA Phil Celebrates Frank Gehry
- George Jones Tribute: Still Playin’ Possum
- Great Performances at the Met: Dead Man Walking
- Great Performances at the Met: Florencia en el Amazonas
- Now Hear This "Rising Stars"
- Now Hear This "Virtuosos"
- Now Hear This "Old Friends"
- Now Hear This "The Composer is Yoo"
- Great Performances at the Met: Nabucco
- Hamlet
- Audra McDonald at the London Palladium
- Purlie Victorious
- Rodgers & Hammerstein's 80th Anniversary
Season 52 (2024–25)
- Émigré: A Musical Drama with the NY Philharmonic
- Land of Gold
- Patsy Cline: Walkin' After Midnight
- Henry Mancini 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
- From Vienna; The New Year's Celebration 2025 hosted by Hugh Bonneville
- Movies for Grownups with AARP the Magazine 2025
- Andrea Bocelli 30th -- The Celebration
- Great Performances at the Met: Grounded
- Now Hear This "Chopin's Polish Heart"
- The Magic of Nureyev
- Great Performances at the Met: Les Contes d'Hoffman
- Now Hear This "Boccherini: Night Music"
- Now Hear This "Rachmaninoff Reborn"
- Now Hear This "Barrios: Chopin of the Guitar"
- Next to Normal
- Yellow Face
- Great Performances at the Met: Tosca
- Girl from the North Country
- Kiss Me, Kate
- Great Performances at the Met: Aida
- Great Performances at the Met: Fidelio
- Great Performances at the Met: Le Nozze di Figaro
- Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2025
- Great Performances at the Met: Salome
Season 53 (2025–26)
- The Magic of Grace Bumbry
- Great Performances at the Met: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
- Tiler Peck: Suspending Time
- Twelfth Night
- Nutcracker from English National Ballet
- From Vienna; The New Year's Celebration 2026 hosted by Hugh Bonneville