Seasons & episodes

S40 · E7Great Performances at the Met: L'Elisir d'Amore 2013-01-18＋

Star soprano Anna Netrebko takes center stage as Adina, the irresistible heroine of Gaetano Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore (The Elixir of Love).

S40 · E8Great Performances at the Met: The Tempest 2013-03-17＋

The Tempest, Robert Lepage’s Staging of the English-language Opera Based on Shakespeare’s Final Play.

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.

S40 · E10Great Performances at the Met: Un Ballo in Maschera 2013-05-05＋

The Met’s new production of Un Ballo in Maschera, Verdi's classic drama of political intrigue and thwarted romance.

S40 · E11Great Performances at the Met: Rigoletto 2013-05-17＋

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.

S40 · E12Great Performances at the Met: Aida 2013-06-09＋

One of the most popular and beloved operas of all time, Aida, in a spectacular staging that captures the grandeur of Ancient Egypt.

Fabio Luisi conducts the five-act tragedy, which stars Deborah Voigt as Cassandra, Susan Graham as Dido, and Bryan Hymel as Aeneas.

S40 · E14Dancing at Jacob’s Pillow: Never Stand Still 2013-07-26＋

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.

S40 · E15Great Performances at the Met: Parsifal 2013-07-28＋

Jonas Kaufmann sings the title role in The Metropolitan Opera's new production of "Parsifal"

S40 · E16Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2013 2013-08-02＋

The works of Wagner and Verdi are featured in the beloved concert from Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace Gardens.

S40 · E17Great Performances at the Met: Francesca di Rimini 2013-08-18＋

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.

S40 · E18Great Performances at the Met: Giulio Cesare 2013-09-01＋

David Daniels and Natalie Dessay star in David McVicar‘s innovative production of Handel’s most popular opera.

S41 · E1Richard II 2013-09-20＋

Witness Ben Whishaw’s performance as Richard in this television adaptation of Shakespeare’s play.

S41 · E2Henry IV Part 1 2013-09-27＋

Jeremy Irons and Tom Hiddleston star in the Shakespeare's history play.

S41 · E3Henry IV Part 2 2013-10-04＋

Jeremy Irons and Tom Hiddleston star in Shakespeare's history play.

S41 · E4Henry V 2013-10-11＋

Henry V has settled onto the throne and has the makings of a fine King. The French Ambassador brings a challenge from the French Dauphin. Inspired by his courtiers, including Exeter and York, Henry swears that he will, with all force, answer this challenge. The Chorus tells of England’s preparations for war and Henry’s army sails for France. After Exeter’s diplomacy is rebuffed by the French King, Henry lays a heavy siege and captures Harfleur. The French now take Henry’s claims seriously and challenge the English army to battle at Agincourt. Henry and his meager forces prove victorious against all odds.

S41 · E5Great Performances 40th Anniversary Celebration 2013-10-18＋

In celebration of the series’ 40th anniversary on PBS, a stellar roster of diverse alumni gather to share their stories of what the series has meant to them, with reminiscences and performances by Julie Andrews, Audra McDonald, Don Henley, David Hyde Pierce, Josh Groban, Itzhak Perlman, Peter Martins, Patti Austin and Take 6, Elīna Garanča, and Michael Bublé.

S41 · E6San Francisco Opera's Moby Dick 2013-11-01＋

Composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer’s award-winning opera Moby-Dick will be broadcast on THIRTEEN’s Great Performances Friday, November 1, 2013 at 9 p.m. Jay Hunter Morris stars as the obsessive Captain Ahab in Leonard Foglia’s multimedia production with the San Francisco Opera.

The New York Philharmonic’s concert staging of Stephen Sondheim’s award-winning musical Company includes the all-star cast of Craig Bierko, Stephen Colbert, Jon Cryer, Katie Finneran, Neil Patrick Harris, Christina Hendricks, Adam Lazar, Patti LuPone, Jill Paice, Martha Plimpton, Anika Noni Rose, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Jim Walton, and Chryssie Whitehead.

S41 · E8Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" 2013-11-15＋

Directed by Sir Trevor Nunn, and choreographed by Susan Stroman, the acclaimed Royal National Theatre production starring Hugh Jackman in his breakout role as cowpoke Curly reveals the work’s emotional complexity with a fresh approach. The special encore telecast is presented for the first time in high definition.

S41 · E9Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn 2013-11-29＋

The legendary Barbra Streisand makes a historic homecoming to Brooklyn at the new Barclays Center arena, marking the superstar’s first Brooklyn concert since her childhood years.

S41 · E10Pavarotti: A Voice for the Ages 2013-11-30＋

This one-hour program airing in late November and December is dedicated to the great tenor, Luciano Pavarotti. It includes his performances of “Nessun Dorma” and other beloved arias from La Boheme, Rigoletto and Aida. See Pavarotti in some of his finest performances and in duet with Sting, Bono, Eric Clapton, and The Three Tenors.

S41 · E11From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2014 2014-01-01＋

Julie Andrews hosts this annual New Year's Day celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic. Daniel Barenboim conducts a program of melodies by the Strauss family and their contemporaries. The City Palace (Stadtpalais Liechtenstein), which has returned to all its former glory after a renovation, is the setting for both of the Vienna State Ballet’s interludes featuring costumes by Vivienne Westwood.

S41 · E12Great Performanes at the Met: Eugene Onegin 2014-01-17＋

Tchaikovsky’s romantic tragedy Eugene Onegin, starring Anna Netrebko, Mariusz Kwiecien, and Piotr Beczala, is the season premiere of THIRTEEN’s Great Performances at the Met. This past fall, Anna Netrebko opened her third consecutive Met season — which will mark her ninth Great Performances at the Met broadcast — in her company role debut as Tatiana, the naïve heroine from Pushkin’s classic novel.