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Great Performances

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.

1971 6.1/10 community score 54 seasons · 725 episodes Returning Series
  • Comedy
  • Documentary
  • Drama

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Where to watch in United States

4 platforms currently listed across all viewing options

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Free

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Series schedule

Seasons and episode dates

A concise series timeline, including the latest aired episode and the next date currently listed.

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First aired
Seasons
54
Episodes
725
Status
Returning Series

Latest aired episode

S55 E1 Season premiere

Great Performances at the Met: Tristan Und Isolde

Aired

Next listed episode

S54 E2

Great Performances at the Met: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego

Scheduled air date

American composer Gabriela Lena Frank makes her Met debut with her first opera, a magical-realist portrait of painters Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. With a libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz, the opera is fashioned as a reversal of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth.

Season guide

Most recent seasons first

55 season entries

  • Season 55

    6 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 54

    6 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 53

    24 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 52

    24 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 51

    22 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 50

    24 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 49

    33 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 48

    31 episodes

    First episode aired

Show 47 more season entries

  • Season 47

    30 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 46

    29 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 45

    28 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 44

    27 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 43

    16 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 42

    23 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 41

    32 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 40

    18 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 39

    24 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 38

    22 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 37

    14 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 36

    12 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 35

    15 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 34

    12 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 33

    9 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 32

    14 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 31

    7 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 30

    12 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 29

    13 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 28

    10 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 27

    5 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 26

    11 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 25

    9 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 23

    15 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 22

    18 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 21

    9 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 20

    7 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 19

    6 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 18

    9 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 17

    6 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 16

    11 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 15

    6 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 14

    7 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 13

    7 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 12

    9 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 11

    1 episode

    First episode aired

  • Season 10

    6 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 9

    3 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 8

    1 episode

    First episode aired

  • Season 7

    4 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 6

    4 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 5

    9 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 4

    7 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 3

    10 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 2

    3 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Season 1

    5 episodes

    First episode aired

  • Specials

    1 episode

    First episode aired

About these dates: Air dates describe the series schedule and may change. They do not confirm that an episode is available on the same date from the providers listed above.

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