Great Performances
Season 54
20266 episodes
Episode 1
Great Performances at the Met: Tristan Und Isolde
Sep 13, 20263h 57m
TMDB rating 10.0TMDB
Soprano Lise Davidsen stars as the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s meditation on love and death with tenor Michael Spyres as the love-drunk Tristan. The production features new staging by director Yuval Sharon and is Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s first time leading this opera at the Met.
Episode 2
Great Performances at the Met: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego
Oct 18, 2026
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.
Episode 3
Tammy Wynette: Forever Yours
Oct 23, 2026
Tammy Wynette’s musical success and legacy was achieved through personal grit and a determination to sing, write music, and raise herself above her humble beginnings. From Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, Great Performances pays tribute to Wynette’s musical legacy, presenting a star-studded concert that includes her iconic duets with former husband George Jones.
Episode 4
Jimmy Webb: American Songwriter
Oct 30, 2026
Jimmy Webb, Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett and Ashley Campbell perform "Highwayman" in this concert honoring the work of Jimmy Webb.
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Episode 6
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