Great Performances โบ Season 45
S45E27 The Chris Botti Band in Concert
Synopsis
With this new special, Great Performances puts the spotlight on Botti and his band, capturing one of todayโs leading jazz trumpeters at his peak.
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Havana Time Machine
Great Performances and Latino Public Broadcastingโs VOCES present Havana Time Machine on Friday October 6 at 9PM on PBS. Singer Raul Malo of The Mavericks explores his Cuban heritage in this breakthrough performance documentary. Eliades Ochoa, Ivette Cepeda, Roberto Fonseca, and the Sweet Lizzy Project join the music star in an historical and musical journey through present-day Cuba.
GRAMMY Salute To Music Legendsยฎ 2017
In collaboration with the Recording Academyยฎ, Great Performances presents Grammy Salute To Music Legends 2017ยฎ, the second annual all-star concert offering a spotlight for the Academyโs 2017 Special Merit Awards recipients. The celebration, led by Paul Shaffer as musical director, was recorded at New Yorkโs Beacon Theatre.
She Loves Me
The celebrated score features favorites such as โVanilla Ice Cream,โ โA Romantic Atmosphere,โ โDear Friend,โ and โShe Loves Me.โ The musical is based on a play by Miklos Laszlo, whose well-known romantic story was the basis for the 1940 James Stewart film โThe Shop Around the Corner,โ the 1949 Judy Garland and Van Johnson musical โIn the Good Old Summertime,โ and the 1998 Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan film โYouโve Got Mail.โ
Noรซl Cowardโs Present Laughter
Noรซl Cowardโs Present Laughter follows a self-obsessed actor in the midst of a mid-life crisis. Juggling his considerable talent, ego and libido, the theaterโs favorite leading man suddenly finds himself caught between fawning ingรฉnues, crazed playwrights, secret trysts and unexpected twists.
In The Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams
In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams chronicles the personal stories of composer/lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast of In the Heights in the months leading up to its 2008 opening night.
Foo Fighters โ Landmarks Live in Concert
Multi-Grammy-winning rock band Foo Fighters delivers an electrifying, historic performance at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, in the latest installment of Landmarks Live in Concert for GREAT PERFORMANCES. Captured this past July, Foo Fighters โ Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special premieres nationwide Friday, November 10 at 10 p.m. on PBS (check local listings).
Indecent
The Tony Award-winning play Indecent comes to Great Performances on Friday, November 17 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) as part of the fall Broadwayโs Best lineup.
Irving Berlinโs Holiday Inn
The festive Roundabout Theatre Company production of Irving Berlinโs Holiday Inn - The Broadway Musical comes to PBS. The musical continues the Great Performances marathon within the Broadwayโs Best lineup on PBS.
The Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed Live
The Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed Live from Great Performances premieres nationwide beginning November 25 on PBS (check local listings). Celebrating the 50th anniversary of their landmark album, The Moody Blues took to the road to perform the entire LP live.
Hitman: David Foster & Friends
David Foster has generated some of the biggest hits in popular music, and collaborated with a veritable โWhoโs Whoโ of superstars in a career spanning more than three decades. In this special encore presentation, Fosterโs achievements, including 14 Grammy Awards, are celebrated in an all-star concert.
From Vienna: The New Yearโs Celebration 2018
Great Performances continues the cherished tradition of ringing in the new year with the Vienna Philharmonic with Chicago Symphony Orchestra Music Director Riccardo Muti. This yearโs program welcomes new host Hugh Bonneville, best known as Robert, Earl of Grantham, in Downton Abbey. From Vienna: The New Yearโs Celebration 2018 premieres Monday, January 1, 2018 at 2:30PM EST(check local listings).
Great Performances at the Met: Norma
Great Performances at the Met Season 12 begins with a new production of Belliniโs masterpiece about a woman scorned, conducted by Carlo Rizzi. Norma stars Sondra Radvanovsky as the titlular druid high priestess, opposite Joyce DiDonato and Joseph Calleja. Great Performances at the Met: Norma premieres nationwide Friday, January 26 at 9PM on PBS (check local listings).
Nas Live From the Kennedy Center: Classical Hip-Hop
Two decades after the albumโs critically acclaimed release, Nas teamed up with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, to stage a symphonic rendition of โIllmatic,โ one of the most revered albums in hip-hop history. Great Performances โ Nas Live From the Kennedy Center: Classical Hip-Hop premieres Friday, February 2 at 9PM on PBS (check local listings).
Movies for Grownupsยฎ Awards with AARP the Magazine
This yearโs 17th annual Movies for Grownupsยฎ Awards with AARP the Magazine will be broadcast for the first time ever. Co-produced by Great Performances, the awards premiere Friday, February 23 at 9PM on PBS (check local listings), pbs.org/gperf and PBS apps. Award-winning film and stage actor Alan Cumming hosted the star-studded evening at the Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills on February 5.
Great Performances at the Met: Exterminating Angel
Season 12 of Great Performances at the Met continues on PBS on Sunday, March 25, with the American premiere of Thomas Adรจsโs The Exterminating Angel, a surreal fantasy about a dinner party from which the guests canโt escape. The Exterminating Angel was inspired by the classic Luis Buรฑuel film of the same name, and stars John Tomlinson and Alice Coote. Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham is the host.
will.i.am and Friends Featuring the Black Eyed Peas
International superstar will.i.am performs from Londonโs historic Royal Albert Hall in a one-night-only concert event. The award-winning artist, writer and producer reunites with members of the Black Eyed Peas plus special guests Pia Mia, Eva Simons and Lydia Lucy. Will.i.am and Friends Featuring the Black Eyed - Landmarks Live in Concert premieres April 20 at 10PM on PBS (check local listings).
Great Performances at the Met: LโElisir dโAmore
Donizettiโs comedy charms with Pretty Yende as Adina and Matthew Polenzani as Nemorino. The poor country boy Nemorino wins the love of wealthy and beautiful Adina with the help of a magic elixir. Susanna Phillips hosts.
Great Performances at the Met: La Boheme
See the classic Puccini opera starring Sonya Yoncheva as Mimรฌ and Michael Fabiano as Rodolfo. In 1830s Paris, the budding romances of two couples are tested by jealousy, poverty and illness. Marco Armiliato conducts.
The Opera House
Explore the rich history of the Met Operaโs Lincoln Center home and the cultural life of 1950s-60s New York City. Features famed soprano Leontyne Price, the Metโs general manager Rudolf Bing, city planner Robert Moses and architect Wallace Harrison.
Great Performances at the Met: Tosca
Sonya Yoncheva and Vittorio Grigolo sing Tosca and Cavaradossiโs Act I duet in the final dress rehearsal.
Ellis Island: The Dream of America with Pacific Symphony
THIRTEENโs Great Performances and Pacific Symphony, led by music director Carl St.Clair, pay tribute to Americaโs history with a performance of composer Peter Boyerโs โEllis Island: The Dream of America,โ a Grammy-nominated contemporary classical work celebrating the historic American immigrant experience.
Great Performances at the Met: Semiramide
Experience Rossiniโs masterpiece starring Angela Meade as Queen Semiramide and Elizabeth DeShong as Arsace, the Queenโs fiancรฉ and her own son. Javier Camarena, Ildar Abdrazakov and Ryan Speedo Green complete the cast. Maurizio Benini conducts.
Great Performances at the Met: Cosรฌ fan tutte
Enjoy a new production of Mozartโs comedy of the sexes set in 1950s Coney Island. Stars Kelli OโHara, Amanda Majeski, Serena Malfi, Ben Bliss, Adam Plachetka and Christopher Maltman. David Robertson conducts.
Chicago Voices
Celebrate Chicagoโs vibrant music culture with performances by Renรฉe Fleming, Broadwayโs Jessie Mueller, rap artist Lupe Fiasco, folk legend John Prine, pop and gospel singer Michelle Williams and more.
Great Performances at the Met: Luisa Miller
Experience Verdiโs heart-wrenching opera with Plรกcido Domingo as Miller, and Sonya Yoncheva in the title role opposite tenor Piotr Beczaลa as Rodolfo. Conducted by Bertrand de Billy. Anthony Roth Costanzo hosts.
Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2018
Enjoy the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonicโs annual open-air concert from Austriaโs Imperial Schรถnbrunn Palace, featuring conductor Valery Gergiev and internationally acclaimed soprano Anna Netrebko as a guest soloist.
The Chris Botti Band in Concert
With this new special, Great Performances puts the spotlight on Botti and his band, capturing one of todayโs leading jazz trumpeters at his peak.
Great Performances at the Met: Cendrillon
Experience Massenetโs Cinderella with Joyce DiDonato in the title role, Alice Coote as Prince Charming, Kathleen Kim as the Fairy Godmother, and Stephanie Blythe as Madame de la Haltiรจre. Bertrand de Billy conducts Laurent Pellyโs production.