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Great Performances Season 40

September. 07,2012
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Great Performances Season 40 Full Episode Guide

Episode 18 - Great Performances at the Met: Giulio Cesare
Episode 17 - Great Performances at the Met: Francesca di Rimini
First Aired: August. 18,2013

Eva-Maria Westbroek and Marcello Giordani star in Zandonai’s masterpiece Francesca da Rimini, the classic tale of doomed love,based on an episode from Dante’s Inferno.

Episode 14 - Dancing at Jacob’s Pillow: Never Stand Still
First Aired: July. 26,2013

Directed by veteran documentary filmmaker Ron Honsa, "Dancing at Jacob’s Pillow: Never Stand Still" reveals the passion, discipline, and daring of those who choose a life in dance. Performances filmed live at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, interviews with extraordinary artists, rare archival footage, and behind the scenes insights bring dance to life.

Episode 13 - Great Performances at the Met: Les Troyens
Episode 12 - Great Performances at the Met: Aida
Episode 11 - Great Performances at the Met: Rigoletto
First Aired: May. 17,2013

Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening) makes his Met debut with a new production of Verdi’s Rigoletto. The new staging moves the opera’s tragic events from a decadent 16th-century Italian court to the glitzy, depraved setting of the Las Vegas strip circa 1960.

Episode 10 - Great Performances at the Met: Un Ballo in Maschera
Episode 9 - Great Performances at the Met: La Clemenza di Tito
First Aired: April. 14,2013

La Clemenza di Tito, Mozart’s final opera seria, with Barbara Frittoli, Elīna Garanča, and Giuseppe Filianoti airs on Great Performances at the Met Sunday, April 14 at 12 noon on PBS.

Episode 7 - Great Performances at the Met: L'Elisir d'Amore
Episode 6 - Paul Simon's Graceland Journey: Under African Skies
First Aired: January. 04,2013

An epic journey following Paul Simon back to South Africa, where, decades earlier, he created his seminal album Graceland. The film includes revealing interviews with Simon and such musical legends as Quincy Jones, Harry Belafonte, Paul McCartney and David Byrne.

Episode 5 - Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
First Aired: January. 01,2013

This film explores the unique role of Jewish composers and lyricists in the creation of the modern American musical. Featuring interviews and conversations with some of the greatest composers and writers of the Broadway stage.

Episode 4 - From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2013
First Aired: January. 01,2013

We continue the cherished tradition of ringing in the New Year with special host Julie Andrews and the Vienna Philharmonic at the opulent Musikverein, under the baton of guest conductor Franz Welser-Möst and featuring everyone’s favorite Strauss Family waltzes accompanied by the beautiful dancing of the Vienna City Ballet.

Episode 3 - Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
First Aired: December. 14,2012

Magical Mystery Tour was chock-full of thinly veiled references to psychedelia, anarchy and fantasy, all in the setting of a traditional British sightseeing bus outing to the seaside. The story behind the Beatles film – Magical Mystery Tour – is revealed on Magical Mystery Tour Revisited.

Episode 2 - Rod Stewart: Merry Christmas, Baby
First Aired: November. 26,2012

Grammy Award®-winning, two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Rod Stewart, hosts his first holiday special featuring Mary J. Blige, Cee-Lo Green, and Chris Botti.

Episode 1 - Paul McCartney's Live Kisses
First Aired: September. 07,2012

Paul McCartney’s Live Kisses captures the magical night of February 9 in the City of Angels when Paul McCartney decided to bring Kisses On The Bottom, his newly released collection of pop standards and two originals, to life.

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