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

Episodes

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New York Playhouse (1972–73)

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Season 1 (1973–74)

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As Theatre in America[4]

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Season 2 (1974–75)

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Season 3 (1975–76)

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Season 4 (1976–77)

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Season 5 (1977–78)

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  • 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)[36]
  • 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)

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Season 7 (1979–1980)

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Season 8 (1980–81)

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Season 9 (1981–82)

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Season 10 (1982–83)

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Season 11 (1983–84)

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  • Princess Grace Remembered (September 26, 1983)[43]
  • Alice in Wonderland (October 3, 1983)[43]
  • Callas: An International Celebration (December 11, 1983)
  • An American Christmas (December 19, 1983)[43]
  • 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)[43]

Season 12 (1984–85)

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Season 13 (1985–86)

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  • Doctor Fischer of Geneva (October 11, 1985)
  • Three by Three (October 18, 1985)
  • Laurence Olivier—A Life (October 25–31, 1985)[48]
  • The Gospel at Colonus (November 8, 1985)[43]
  • Master Harold...and the Boys (November 15, 1985)[43]
  • 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)[44]
  • On the Razzle (January 3, 1986)
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  • Heartbreak House (January 24, 1986)[43]
  • Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera (January 31, 1986)[43]
  • 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)[43]
  • 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)

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Season 15 (1987–88)

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Season 16 (1988–89)

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Season 17 (1989–1990)

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Season 18 (1990–91)

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Season 19 (1991–92)

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Season 20 (1992–93)

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Season 21 (1993–94)

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Season 22 (1994–95)

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Season 23 (1995–96)

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Season 24 (1996–97)

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Season 25 (1997–98)

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Season 26 (1998–99)

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Season 27 (1999–2000)

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Season 28 (2000–01)

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Season 29 (2001–02)

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Season 30 (2002–03)

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Season 31 (2003–04)

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Season 32 (2004–05)

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Season 33 (2005–06)

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Season 34 (2006–07)

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Season 35 (2007–08)

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Season 36 (2008–09)

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Season 37 (2009–2010)

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Season 38 (2010–11)

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Season 39 (2011–12)

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Season 40 (2012–13)

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Season 41 (2013–14)

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Season 42 (2014–15)

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Season 43 (2015–16)

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Season 44 (2016–17)

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Season 45 (2017–18)

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Season 46 (2018–19)

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Season 47 (2019–2020)

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  • 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)

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Season 49 (2021–22)

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Season 50 (2022–23)

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  • 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)

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  • 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)

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