List of Great Performances episodes

This is an incomplete list of episodes for the television series Great Performances. It includes special episodes.

New York Playhouse (1972–73)

 * Antigone (October 7, 1972)
 * The Rimers of Eldritch (November 4, 1972)
 * Theatre and Film '72 (December 16, 1972)

Season 1 (1973–74)
==== As Theatre in America ====


 * Enemies, from the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center (January 23, 1974)
 * June Moon (January 30, 1974)
 * Cyrano de Bergerac, from the American Conservatory Theater (February 6, 1974)
 * Antigone, from Playhouse New York (February 13, 1974)
 * King Lear, from the New York Shakespeare Festival (February 20, 1974)
 * In Fashion, from the Actors Theatre of Louisville (March 20, 1974)
 * Feasting with Panthers by Adrian Hall and Richard Cumming, from Trinity Repertory Company (March 27, 1974)
 * The Contractor by David Storey, from Chelsea Theater Center (April 10, 1974)
 * The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd, from Long Wharf Theater (May 8, 1974)
 * A Touch of the Poet (May 15, 1974)
 * Monkey, Monkey, Bottle of Beer, How Many Monkeys Have We Here?, from Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (May 22, 1974)

Season 2 (1974–75)

 * Arthur Rubinstein: Chopin (October 16, 1974)
 * Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (November 13, 1974)
 * Solti Conducts Mendelssohn (December 16, 1974)
 * Bernstein at Tanglewood (December 25, 1974)
 * Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra play Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (December 31, 1974)
 * Theater in America: Zalmen or the Madness of God by Elie Wiesel, from Arena Stage (January 8, 1975)
 * Theater in America: The Seagull, from Williamstown Theatre Festival (January 29, 1975)
 * Theater in America: Brother to Dragons, adapted from the poem by Robert Penn Warren by Adrian Hall and Ken Campbell, from Trinity Repertory Company (February 19, 1975)
 * Theater in America: The Ceremony of Innocence (March 1, 1975)
 * Theater in America: Forget‐Me‐Not Lane by Peter Nichols, from Long Wharf Theater (March 12, 1975)
 * Pagliacci, from La Scala (March 19, 1975)
 * Theater in America: The School for Scandal, from the Guthrie Theater (April 2, 1975)
 * Theater in America: The Rules of the Game, from the New Phoenix Repertory Company (April 30, 1975)
 * Who's Happy Now? by Oliver Hailey

Season 3 (1975–76)

 * Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
 * The Collection, from Laurence Olivier Presents (January 1, 1976)
 * Theater in America: Beyond the Horizon, from the McCarter Theatre (January 14, 1976)
 * Dance in America: Joffrey Ballet (January 21, 1976)
 * Theater in America: First Breeze of Summer by Leslie Lee, from the Negro Ensemble Company (January 28, 1976)
 * Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with André Previn and Van Cliburn (January 30, 1976)
 * Theater in America: The Mound Builders by Lanford Wilson, from the Circle Repertory Company (February 11, 1976)
 * Dance in America: Twyla Tharp & Dancers (February 25, 1976)
 * Theater in America: The Time of Your Life, from The Acting Company
 * Dance in America: Martha Graham Dance Company (April 7, 1976)
 * Live from Lincoln Center: The Ballad of Baby Doe (April 21, 1976)
 * Theater in America: All Over, from the Hartford Stage (April 28, 1976)
 * 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 (May 26, 1976)
 * Theater in America: The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, with the Old Globe Theater (June 16, 1976)
 * Live from Lincoln Center: Swan Lake (June 30, 1976)
 * Leonard Bernstein Conducts Music from America (NY Philharmonic at Royal Albert Hall) (July 12, 1976)

Season 4 (1976–77)

 * Theater in America: Ah! Wilderness (October 12, 1976)
 * Fine Music Specials: Madama Butterfly (October 20, 1976)
 * Live from Lincoln Center: The Barber of Seville (November 3, 1976)
 * Theater in America: The Taming of the Shrew, from the American Conservatory Theater (November 10, 1976)
 * Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Rafael Kubelik and Claudio Arrau (November 20, 1976)
 * Live from Lincoln Center: André Watts in Recital (November 28, 1976)
 * Solti Conducts Mendelssohn (December 15, 1976)
 * Chester Mystery Plays (December 22, 1976)
 * Secret Service by William Gillette, from the Phoenix Theatre (January 12, 1977)
 * Arthur Rubinstein at 90 (January 26, 1977)
 * episode featuring Mstislav Rostropovich (March 30, 1977)
 * Theater in America: The Prince of Homburg from the Chelsea Theater Center (April 27, 1977)
 * Dance in America: Pilobolus Dance Theater (May 4, 1977)
 * Hard Times (starting May 11, 1977)
 * Live from Lincoln Center: Giselle (June 2, 1977)
 * Theater in America: End of Summer by S. N. Behrman, from the Charles MacArthur Center for American Theater (June 15, 1977)
 * Abide with Me (July 12, 1977)

Season 5 (1977–78)

 * Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Shirley Verrett (September 24, 1977)
 * Live from Lincoln Center: Manon (October 18, 1977)
 * Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Erich Leinsdorf and André Watts (October 29, 1977)
 * The Royal Family (November 9, 1977)
 * Verna: USO Girl (January 25, 1978)
 * Live from Lincoln Center: Coppélia (January 31, 1978)
 * Live from Lincoln Center: Luciano Pavarotti in Recital at the Metropolitan Opera House (February 12, 1978)
 * Count Dracula (March 1, 1978)
 * Live from Lincoln Center: The Saint of Bleecker Street (April 19, 1978)
 * Live from Lincoln Center: American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House (May 17, 1978)
 * Theater in America: Uncommon Women and Others (May 24, 1978)

Season 6 (1978–79)

 * Out of Our Father's House (August 2, 1978)
 * Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Rudolf Serkin (September 20, 1978)
 * Live from Lincoln Center: The Turk in Italy (October 4, 1978)
 * Theater in America: The Good Doctor (November 8, 1978)
 * Mourning Becomes Electra (December 6, 1978 to January 3, 1979)
 * Live from Lincoln Center: Chamber Music Society with Itzhak Perlman (December 10, 1978)
 * 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 (October 1, 1979)
 * The Five Forty-Eight (November 7, 1979)
 * The Most Happy Fella (March 5, 1980)
 * Samuel Beckett's Happy Days (June 25, 1980)

Season 8 (1980–81)

 * Life on the Mississippi (November 24, 1980)
 * Beverly! Her Farewell Performance (January 5, 1981)
 * Great Performances at the Met: "L'Elisir D'Amore" (March 2, 1981)
 * Rhapsody and Song – A Tribute to George Gershwin (May 9, 1981)
 * The Girls in their Summer Dresses and Other Stories (June 1, 1981)

Season 9 (1981–82)

 * Norma (September 20, 1981)
 * La Clemenza di Tito (October 19, 1981)
 * The House of Mirth (November 2, 1981)
 * Summer (November 9, 1981)
 * Edith Wharton: Looking Back (November 16, 1981)
 * Brideshead Revisited (January 18, 1982)

Season 10 (1982–83)

 * Great Performances' 10th Anniversary Celebration (December 6, 1982)
 * The Regard of Flight by Bill Irwin (February 7, 1983)
 * Ellington: The Music Lives On (March 7, 1983)
 * The Innocents Abroad (May 9, 1983)
 * Festival! Spoleto USA (June 27, 1983)

Season 11 (1983–84)

 * Princess Grace Remembered (September 26, 1983)
 * Alice in Wonderland (October 3, 1983)
 * Callas: An International Celebration (December 11, 1983)
 * An American Christmas (December 19, 1983)
 * The Magic Flute (January 9, 1984)
 * La Cenerentola (February 6, 1984)
 * Choreographer's Notebook: Stravinsky Piano Ballets by Peter Martins (February 13, 1984)
 * The Soldier's Tale, directed by R. O. Blechman (March 19, 1984)

Season 12 (1984–85)

 * Dance in America: Baryshnikov by Tharp (October 5, 1984)
 * The Dining Room (October 19, 1984)
 * You Can't Take It With You (November 21, 1984)
 * Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music (December 7, 1984)
 * From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1985 hosted by Walter Cronkite (January 1, 1985)
 * Dance Black America, directed by D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus (January 25, 1985)
 * Judy Garland: The Concert Years (March 22, 1985)
 * Heartbreak House (April 24, 1985)
 * Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (May 3, 1985)
 * Taking My Turn (May 10, 1985)
 * The Best of Broadway (May 24, 1985)
 * Orpheus (June 7, 1985)
 * Ulysses (June 14, 1985)
 * The Coronation of Poppea (June 21, 1985)

Season 13 (1985–86)

 * Doctor Fischer of Geneva (October 11, 1985)
 * Three by Three (October 18, 1985)
 * Laurence Olivier—A Life (October 25–31, 1985)
 * The Gospel at Colonus (November 8, 1985)
 * Master Harold...and the Boys (November 15, 1985)
 * Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight III (The Spark and the Glue) (November 22, 1985)
 * The Importance of Being Earnest (November 29, 1985)
 * San Francisco Ballet in Cinderella (December 7, 1985)
 * Falstaff (December 13, 1985)
 * Rossini at Versailles (December 27, 1985)
 * From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1986 hosted by Walter Cronkite (January 1, 1986)
 * On the Razzle (January 3, 1986)
 * (January 14, 1986)
 * Heartbreak House (January 24, 1986)
 * Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera (January 31, 1986)
 * The Cotton Club Remembered (February 7, 1986)
 * Irving Berlin's America (March 7, 1986)
 * Follies in Concert (March 14, 1986)
 * Cavalleria Rusticana (March 21, 1986)
 * Bernstein Conducts Haydn's Mass in Time of War (March 28, 1986)
 * Elektra (April 11, 1986)
 * Early Days (April 18, 1986)
 * Dance in America: Choreography by Jerome Robbins with the New York City Ballet (May 2, 1986)
 * Grown Ups by Jules Feiffer (May 9, 1986)
 * Boxes: With the Sydney Dance Company (May 16, 1986)
 * Bernstein on Brahms: Reflections and Performance [three parts] (May 23; May 30; June 6, 1986)

Season 14 (1986–87)

 * (September 15, 1986)
 * Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis (October 17, 1986)
 * Gian Carlo Menotti: The Musical Magician (November 21, 1986)
 * Goya, by Gian Carlo Menotti (November 28, 1986)
 * (December 16, 1986)
 * From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1987 hosted by Walter Cronkite (January 1, 1987)
 * The Silents: The Thief of Bagdad (January 9, 1987)
 * In Memory Of... (January 16, 1987)
 * (January 21, 1987)
 * Monsignor Quixote (February 13, 1987)
 * James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (March 13, 1987)
 * Broadway Sings the Music of Jule Styne (March 20, 1987)
 * Ozawa, directed by Albert and David Maysles (March 27, 1987)
 * The Comedy of Errors (April 1, 1987)
 * Steve Reich: A New Musical Language (April 10, 1987)
 * Seize the Day (May 1, 1987)
 * Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic, directed by Albert and David Maysles (May 22, 1987)

Season 15 (1987–88)

 * The Music Makers: An ASCAP Celebration of American Music at Wolf Trap
 * Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson (November 6, 1987)
 * Tales from the Hollywood Hills: A Table at Ciro's (November 13, 1987)
 * Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius (November 20, 1987)
 * Celebrating Gershwin (November 27 and December 4, 1987)
 * Christmas with Flicka (December 18, 1987)
 * From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1988 hosted by Walter Cronkite (January 1, 1988)
 * Toscanini: The Maestro (January 8, 1988)
 * Wolf Trap Salutes Dizzy Gillespie: A Tribute to the Jazz Master (February 26, 1988)
 * Bacall on Bogart (March 11, 1988)
 * Nixon in China (April 15, 1988)
 * The Silents: Our Hospitality (May 13, 1988)

Season 16 (1988–89)

 * Tales from the Hollywood Hills: The Old Reliable (November 4, 1988)
 * Tales from the Hollywood Hills: The Golden Land (November 11, 1988)
 * Tales from the Hollywood Hills: The Closed Set (November 18, 1988)
 * The Silents: The Eagle (November 25, 1988)
 * From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1989 hosted by Walter Cronkite (January 1, 1989)[8]
 * Wynton Marsalis Blues and Swing (February 24, 1989)
 * Canciones de Mi Padre (March 3, 1989)
 * Bernstein at 70 (March 19, 1989)
 * The New Moon (April 7, 1989)
 * The Philadelphia Orchestra at Wolf Trap (May 26, 1989)
 * The Aspern Papers (June 9, 1989)
 * Tap Dance in America

Season 17 (1989–1990)

 * Show Boat (October 27, 1989)
 * Our Town (November 2, 1989)
 * An Evening with Alan Jay Lerner (November 24, 1989)
 * L'Africaine, from the San Francisco Opera (December 15, 1989)
 * Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts Miami's New World Orchestra (December 29, 1989)
 * From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1990 hosted by Walter Cronkite (January 1, 1990)
 * The Silents: Broken Blossoms (January 26, 1990)
 * Music by Richard Rodgers (March 8, 1990)
 * Solti's Beethoven: The Fifth Symphony Revisited (March 23, 1990)
 * Largo desolato, from the Wilma Theater (April 20, 1990)
 * The Orchestra, directed by Zbigniew Rybczyński (April 27, 1990)

Season 18 (1990–91)

 * Spike & Co.: Do It Acapella
 * Swinging Out Live
 * From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1991 hosted by Walter Cronkite (January 1, 1991)
 * 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 (January 1, 1992)
 * Unforgettable... with Love (March 7, 1992)
 * The Lost Language of Cranes (June 24, 1992)

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 (January 1, 1993)
 * 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 (December 1, 1993)
 * On the Town in Concert
 * Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music
 * From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1994 hosted by Walter Cronkite (January 1, 1994)
 * 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 (January 1, 1995)
 * 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 (January 1, 1996)
 * The Rake's Progress
 * Les Misérables in Concert (March 1, 1996)
 * 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 (January 1, 1997)
 * 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 (January 1, 1998)
 * 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 (January 1, 1999)
 * 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 Favorite 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 (January 1, 2000)
 * 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 (January 1, 2001)
 * 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 (January 1, 2002)
 * 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)

 * (September 24, 2002)
 * 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 (December 25, 2002)
 * From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2002 hosted by Walter Cronkite (January 1, 2003)
 * (January 21, 2003)
 * Dance in America: Born to Be Wild
 * Kiss Me, Kate
 * The Great American Songbook
 * Renee Fleming and Bryn Terfel: Music Under the Stars
 * (March 25, 2003)
 * (April 8, 2003)
 * 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 (October 29, 2003)
 * Rodgers & Hammerstein's 'Oklahoma!'
 * Berlin Philharmonic Europakonzert: From Lisbon (December 10, 2003)
 * From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2004 hosted by Walter Cronkite (January 1, 2004)
 * Degas and the Dance
 * Dance in America: Acts of Ardor: Two Dances by Paul Taylor (January 28, 2004)
 * (February 10, 2004)
 * Harry Connick Jr.: Only You (March 1, 2004)
 * 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 (January 1, 2005)
 * 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 & 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 (January 1, 2006)
 * 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 (January 1, 2007)
 * 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 (January 1, 2008)
 * 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 (December 2008)
 * From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2009 hosted by Julie Andrews (January 1, 2009)
 * Cyrano de Bergerac
 * The Police: Certifiable
 * King Lear
 * 'In the Heights': Chasing Broadway Dreams (May 27, 2009 and November 10, 2017)
 * Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood:Live from Madison Square Garden (May 30, 2009)
 * 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 (January 1, 2010)
 * 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 (January 1, 2011)
 * 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 (January 1, 2012)
 * 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 (September 11–14, 2012)
 * 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 (January 1, 2013)
 * 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 (January 1, 2014)
 * 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 (January 1, 2015)
 * 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 (July 17, 2015)
 * 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 (January 1, 2016)
 * Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration
 * Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2016

Season 44 (2016–17)

 * Grammy Salute to Music Legends (October 14, 2016)
 * Hamilton's America with Lin-Manuel Miranda (October 21, 2016)
 * Gypsy (November 11, 2016)
 * The Hollow Crown: Henry VI, Part I (December 16, 2016)
 * The Hollow Crown: Henry VI, Part II (December 18, 2016)
 * The Hollow Crown: Richard III (December 25, 2016)
 * From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2017 hosted by Julie Andrews (January 1, 2017)
 * Bel Canto the Opera (January 13, 2017)
 * 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 (February 17, 2017)
 * New York City Ballet Symphony in C (February 24, 2017)
 * Dudamel Conducts Tangos Under the Stars with the LA Phil (March 30, 2017)
 * Young Men, a ballet by BalletBoyz
 * GP at the Met: Romeo et Juliette (April 13, 2017)
 * GP at the Met: Nabucco (May 7, 2017)
 * GP at the Met: Rusalka (June 18, 2017)
 * Andrea Bocelli – Landmarks Live in Concert (June 30, 2017)
 * Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2017

Season 45 (2017–18)

 * Havana Time Machine (October 6, 2017)
 * Grammy Music Legends 2017 (October 13, 2017)
 * She Loves Me (October 20, 2017)
 * Noël Coward's Present Laughter (November 3, 2017)
 * Foo Fighters Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special (November 10, 2017)
 * Indecent (November 17, 2017)
 * Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn (November 24, 2017)
 * The Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed Live (November 25, 2017)
 * From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2018 hosted by Hugh Bonneville (January 1, 2018)
 * GP at the Met: Norma (January 26, 2018)
 * Nas Live from the Kennedy Center: Classical Hip Hop (February 2, 2018)
 * Movies For Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine (February 23, 2018)
 * GP at the Met: The Exterminating Angel (March 25, 2018)
 * Will.i.am and Friends featuring the Black Eyed Peas– Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special (April 20, 2018)
 * GP at the Met: L'Elisir D'Amore (April 29, 2018)
 * 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 (October 5, 2018)
 * An American in Paris The Musical
 * John Leguizamo's Road to Broadway
 * The Sound of Music Live (November 9, 2018)
 * 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 (January 1, 2019)
 * 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 (August 9, 2018)

Season 47 (2019–2020)

 * Now Hear This "Vivaldi: Something Completely Different" (September 20, 2019)
 * Now Hear This "The Riddle of the Bach" (September 27, 2019)
 * Now Hear This "Scarlatti: Man Out of Time" (October 4, 2019)
 * Now Hear This "Handel: Italian Style" (October 11, 2019)
 * GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends (October 18, 2019)
 * Broadway's Best: 42nd Street (November 1, 2019)
 * Broadway's Best: Rodger & Hammerstein's The King and I (November 8, 2019)
 * Broadway's Best: Red (November 15, 2019)
 * Broadway's Best: Much Ado About Nothing (November 22, 2019)
 * Broadway's Best: Kinky Boots (November 29, 2019)
 * Broadway's Best: Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (November 30, 2019)
 * An Intimate Evening with David Foster (November 30, 2019)
 * From Vienna; The New Year's Celebration 2020 hosted by Hugh Bonneville (January 1, 2020)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Manon (January 5, 2020)
 * Movies for Grownup Awards with AARP The Magazine 2020 (January 19, 2020)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Madama Butterfly (February 2, 2020)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Turandot (March 20, 2020)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Akhnaten (April 5, 2020)
 * Andrea Bocelli: Music for Hope (April 14, 2020)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Wozzeck (May 3, 2020)
 * LA Phil 100 (May 8, 2020)
 * Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Leonard Bernstein's 'Mass' (May 15, 2020)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Agrippina (June 7, 2020)
 * Ann (June 19, 2020)
 * Gloria: A Life (June 26, 2020)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Der Fliegende Holländer (July 5, 2020)
 * Great Performances at the Met: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (July 17, 2020)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Tosca (August 2, 2020)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Maria Stuarda (September 6, 2020)

Season 48 (2020–21)

 * Romeo & Juliet (September 11, 2020)
 * Now Hear This "Haydn: The King of Strings" (September 18, 2020)
 * Now Hear This: The Schubert Generation (September 25, 2020)
 * Now Hear This: Becoming Mozart (October 2, 2020)
 * GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends (October 16, 2020)
 * One Man, Two Guvnors (November 6, 2020)
 * Fiddler: Miracle of Miracles (November 13, 2020)
 * Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn (November 20, 2020)
 * Lea Salonga In Concert (November 27, 2020)
 * From Vienna; The New Year's Celebration 2021 hosted by Hugh Bonneville (January 1, 2021)

Season 49 (2021–22)

 * Yannick -- An Artist's Journey (September 3, 2021)
 * Verdi's Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11 (September 11, 2021)
 * The Red Shoes (September 17, 2021)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Sondra Radvanovsky & Piotr Beczala in Concert (October 1, 2021)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Three Divas at Versailles (October 8, 2021)
 * Now Hear This: Beethoven's Ghost (October 29, 2021)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Wagnerians in Concert (November 5, 2021)
 * A John Williams Premiere at Tanglewood (November 12, 2021)
 * San Francisco Symphony Reopening Night (November 19, 2021)
 * Coppelia (November 26, 2021)
 * Unforgettable... with Love (November 27, 2021)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Bryn Terfel & Friends in Concert (December 3, 2021)
 * Great Performances at the Met: New Year's Eve Gala (December 31, 2021)
 * From Vienna; The New Year's Celebration 2022 hosted by Hugh Bonneville (January 1, 2022)
 * Reopening: The Broadway Revival (January 18, 2022)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Boris Godunov
 * Great Performances at the Met: Eurydice (March 6, 2022)
 * Movies for Grownups Awards With AARP the Magazine (March 18, 2022)
 * The Conductor (March 25, 2022)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Fire Shut Up in My Bones (April 1, 2022)
 * Now Hear This: Amy Beach Rise to Prominence (April 8, 2022)
 * Now Hear This "Florence Price and the American Migration"(April 15, 2022)
 * Now Hear This: Aaron Copland/ Dean of American Music (April 22, 2022)
 * Now Hear This: "New American Voices" (April 29, 2022)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Cinderella (May 8, 2022)
 * Anything Goes (May 13, 2022)
 * Merry Wives (May 20, 2022)
 * Keeping Company with Sondheim (May 27, 2022)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Rigoletto (June 17, 2022)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Ariadne Auf Naxos (July 3, 2022)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Don Carlos (August 7, 2022)
 * Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2022 (August 26, 2022)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Turandot (September 4, 2022)

Season 50 (2022–23)

 * Black Lucy and The Bard (September 16, 2022)
 * Intimate Apparel (September 23, 2022)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Lucia Di Lammermoor (October 2, 2022)
 * NY Phil Reopening of David Geffen Hall (November 4, 2022)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Hamlet (November 6, 2022)
 * Josh Groban's Great Big Radio City Show (November 25, 2022)
 * From Vienna; The New Year's Celebration 2023 hosted by Hugh Bonneville (January 1, 2023)
 * Movies for Grownups® Awards 2023 with AARP The Magazine (February 17, 2023)
 * The Magic of Spirituals (February 24, 2023)
 * Remember This (March 13, 2023)
 * Great Performances at the Met: The Hours (March 17, 2023)
 * Great Performances at the Met: La Traviata (April 2, 2023)
 * Now Hear This “Piazzolla’s History with Tango” (April 7, 2023)
 * Now Hear This “Schumann: Genius and Madness” (April 14, 2023)
 * Now Hear This “Andy Akiho Found (his) Sound” (April 21, 2023)
 * Now Hear This “Albéniz: Portraits of Spain” (April 28, 2023)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Fedora (May 7, 2023)
 * Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best (May 12, 2023)
 * Richard III (May 19, 2023; recorded in July 2022 in Central Park)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Medea (June 16, 2023)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Lohengrin (July 9, 2023)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Falstaff (August 6, 2023)
 * Leonard Bernstein's Kaddish Symphony (August 21, 2023)
 * Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2023 (August 25, 2023)

Season 51 (2023–24)

 * Great Performances at the Met: Der Rosenkavalier (September 10, 2023)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Don Giovanni (October 1, 2023)
 * New York City Ballet in Madrid (October 27, 2023)
 * Message in a Bottle (November 3, 2023)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Champion (November 5, 2023)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Die Zauberflote (December 10, 2023)
 * From Vienna; The New Year's Celebration 2024 hosted by Hugh Bonneville (January 1, 2024)
 * George Jones Tribute: Still Playin’ Possum (February 23, 2024)
 * Great Performances at the Met: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (February 4, 2024)
 * The LA Phil Celebrates Frank Gehry (February 16, 2024)
 * George Jones: Still Playin’ Possum (February 23, 2024)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Dead Man Walking (March 15, 2024)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Florencia en el Amazonas (April 7, 2024)
 * Now Hear This "Rising Stars" (April 12, 2024)
 * Now Hear This "Virtuosos" (April 19, 2024)
 * Now Hear This "Old Friends" (April 26, 2024)
 * Now Hear This "The Composer is Yoo" (May 3, 2024)
 * Great Performances at the Met: Nabucco (May 5, 2024)
 * Hamlet (May 10, 2024)
 * Audra McDonald at the London Palladium (May 17, 2024)
 * Purlie Victorious (May 24, 2024)
 * Rodgers & Hammerstein's 80th Anniversary (May 31, 2024)