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The Best Episodes of Great Performances

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The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Great Performances Season 7 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Episode 3

    S7:E3

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Great Performances Season 10 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Episode 2

    S10:E2

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Great Performances Season 14 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Episode 5

    S14:E5

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Great Performances Season 18 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Episode 6

    S18:E6

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Great Performances Season 23 Episode 13 - Episode 13
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Episode 13

    S23:E13

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Great Performances Season 28 Episode 10 - Episode 10
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Episode 10

    S28:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Great Performances Season 29 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Episode 4

    S29:E4

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Great Performances Season 29 Episode 5 - Frank Sinatra: The Very Good Years
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Frank Sinatra: The Very Good Years

    S29:E5

    Frank Sinatra's beginnings in Hoboken New Jersey, and how he discovers his passion for singing. We see as Sinatra performs with various groups and bands, eventually working toward performing solo. These are also the years Sinatra develops his unique vocal style and works his way into the hearts of the girls in bobby socks and socialites alike.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Great Performances Season 29 Episode 12 - Episode 12
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Episode 12

    S29:E12

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Great Performances Season 29 Episode 13 - Episode 13
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Episode 13

    S29:E13

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Great Performances Season 43 Episode 4 - From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2016
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2016

    S43:E4

    Julie Andrews hosts the annual New Year’s Day celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic from Vienna’s Musikverein, a beloved annual tradition. Maestro Mariss Jansons will conduct the popular concert of melodies by the Strauss Family and their contemporaries. The the Vienna Boys’ Choir and soloists of the Vienna State Ballet also perform.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Great Performances Season 53 Episode 2 - Great Performances at the Met: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Great Performances at the Met: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    S53:E2

    Rossini’s effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher’s madcap production. Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the infamous barber of Seville, with Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Great Performances Season 53 Episode 3 - Tiler Peck: Suspending Time
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Tiler Peck: Suspending Time

    S53:E3

    Follow acclaimed ballerina Tiler Peck as she overcomes injury to reclaim her place on stage and debut her own choreography with New York City Ballet, revealing the resilience and artistry behind a modern-day prima ballerina.

    Director:Alex Ramsey
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Great Performances Season 54 Episode 1 - Great Performances at the Met: Tristan Und Isolde
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Great Performances at the Met: Tristan Und Isolde

    S54:E1

    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.

    Director:Yuval Sharon
    Writer:Richard Wagner

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  15. Great Performances Season 23 Episode 10 - Episode 10
    9.5/10(33 votes)

    #15 - Episode 10

    S23:E10

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. Great Performances Season 35 Episode 22 - We Love Ella: A Tribute to the First Lady of Song
    9.4/10(18 votes)

    #16 - We Love Ella: A Tribute to the First Lady of Song

    S35:E22

    April 25, 2007, would have been Ella Fitzgerald's 90th birthday. To celebrate, Great Performances has created an all-star tribute to the great jazz singer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Great Performances Season 18 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    9.3/10(3 votes)

    #17 - Episode 2

    S18:E2

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    Director:Unknown
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  18. Great Performances Season 26 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    9.3/10(19 votes)

    #18 - Episode 7

    S26:E7

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Great Performances Season 26 Episode 11 - Episode 11
    9.3/10(48 votes)

    #19 - Episode 11

    S26:E11

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Great Performances Season 34 Episode 15 - Garrison Keillor’s Independence Day Special: A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood
    9.3/10(19 votes)

    #20 - Garrison Keillor’s Independence Day Special: A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood

    S34:E15

    A concert version of the popular radio program.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Great Performances Season 15 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    9.2/10(88 votes)

    #21 - Episode 2

    S15:E2

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Great Performances Season 23 Episode 12 - Episode 12
    9.1/10(68 votes)

    #22 - Episode 12

    S23:E12

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Great Performances Season 33 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    9.1/10(74 votes)

    #23 - Episode 5

    S33:E5

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Great Performances Season 33 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    9.1/10(16 votes)

    #24 - Episode 6

    S33:E6

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Great Performances Season 52 Episode 15 - Next to Normal
    9.1/10(267 votes)

    #25 - Next to Normal

    S52:E15

    Experience this Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical directed by Michael Longhurst from London's Donmar Warehouse. Grammy nominee Caissie Levy stars in the story of a suburban family struggling with the effects of mental illness.

    Director:Michael Longhurst
    Writer:Brian Yorkey

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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 3" is the best rated episode of "Great Performances". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/2/1978. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 2".