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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Great Performances at the Met Season 4 Episode 10 - Armida
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Armida

    S4:E10

    Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini's "Armida" as the niece of the Damascus king during the Crusades, a sorceress who falls for a Christian soldier (Lawrence Brownlee).

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  2. Great Performances at the Met Season 6 Episode 12 - Wagner's Ring Cycle: Siegfried
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    #2 - Wagner's Ring Cycle: Siegfried

    S6:E12

    The third opera in Richard Wagner's "Ring" cycle finds the young Siegfried being raised by Alberich's conniving brother Mime, who hopes to use the lad to gain possession of the magical ring from the dragon Fafner.

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  3. Great Performances at the Met Season 6 Episode 13 - Wagner's Ring Cycle: Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods)
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    #3 - Wagner's Ring Cycle: Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods)

    S6:E13

    In the final installment in Richard Wagner's "Ring" cycle, the love between Siegfried and Brünnhilde is torn asunder by a trio of scheming humans who want the magical ring for themselves.

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  4. Great Performances at the Met Season 14 Episode 9 - Maria Stuarda
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    #4 - Maria Stuarda

    S14:E9

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  5. Great Performances at the Met Season 15 Episode 11 - The Wagnerians in Concert
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    #5 - The Wagnerians in Concert

    S15:E11

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  6. Great Performances at the Met Season 15 Episode 12 - Bryn Terfel in Concert
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    #6 - Bryn Terfel in Concert

    S15:E12

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  7. Great Performances at the Met Season 15 Episode 13 - New Year's Eve Gala
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    #7 - New Year's Eve Gala

    S15:E13

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  8. Great Performances at the Met Season 15 Episode 10 - Three Divas at Versailles
    6.0/10(11 votes)

    #8 - Three Divas at Versailles

    S15:E10

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  9. Great Performances at the Met Season 15 Episode 4 - Aleksandra Kurzak & Roberto Alagna in Concert
    6.1/10(15 votes)

    #9 - Aleksandra Kurzak & Roberto Alagna in Concert

    S15:E4

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  10. Great Performances at the Met Season 15 Episode 9 - Sondra Radvanovsky & Piotr Beczala in Concert
    6.1/10(12 votes)

    #10 - Sondra Radvanovsky & Piotr Beczala in Concert

    S15:E9

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  11. Great Performances at the Met Season 2 Episode 2 - Roméo et Juliette
    6.2/10(22 votes)

    #11 - Roméo et Juliette

    S2:E2

    A production of "Roméo et Juliette," starring Anna Netrebko and Roberto Alagna as the star-crossed lovers. Placido Domingo conducts the orchestra and chorus for the opera. Tybalt: Marc Heller. Paris: Louis Otey. Capulet: Charles Taylor. Gertrude: Jane Bunnell. Grégorio: David Won. Benvolio: Tony Stevenson. Duke of Verona: Dean Peterson.

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  12. Great Performances at the Met Season 3 Episode 2 - Salome
    6.4/10(25 votes)

    #12 - Salome

    S3:E2

    A production of the Richard Strauss opera "Salome," about a wild-child princess (Karita Mattila) who performs the Dance of the Seven Veils for King Herod (Kim Bagley) in return for anything she wants---which happens to be the head of a prophet (Juha Uusitalo). Herodias: Ildikó Komlósi.

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  13. Great Performances at the Met Season 15 Episode 1 - Renee Fleming in Concert
    6.4/10(10 votes)

    #13 - Renee Fleming in Concert

    S15:E1

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  14. Great Performances at the Met Season 2 Episode 7 - La Bohème
    6.8/10(44 votes)

    #14 - La Bohème

    S2:E7

    A production of Puccini's "La Bohème," about a doomed love affair between poet Rodolfo (Ramón Vargas) and seamstress Mimi (Angela Gheorghiu) in 1830s Paris. Marcello: Ludovic Tézier. Musetta: Ainhoa Arteta. Schaunard: Quinn Kelsey.

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  15. Great Performances at the Met Season 4 Episode 1 - Tosca
    6.9/10(25 votes)

    #15 - Tosca

    S4:E1

    Season 4 opens with Luc Bondy's staging of Puccini's "Tosca," starring soprano Karita Mattila as the title character, whose lover (Marcelo Álvarez) is arrested by a police chief (George Gagnidze) and threatened with death unless she gives herself to him.

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  16. Great Performances at the Met Season 12 Episode 3 - L’Elisir D’Amore
    6.9/10(38 votes)

    #16 - L’Elisir D’Amore

    S12:E3

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  17. Great Performances at the Met Season 6 Episode 11 - Wagner's Ring Cycle: Die Walküre (The Valkyrie)
    7.0/10(24 votes)

    #17 - Wagner's Ring Cycle: Die Walküre (The Valkyrie)

    S6:E11

    The second opera in Richard Wagner's "Ring" cycle finds a traveler seeking shelter at the home of a warrior and his wife. When Brünnhilde, the daughter of the god Wotan, intervenes in the earthly affairs that follow, Wotan has little choice but to punish his daughter for her transgression.

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  18. Great Performances at the Met Season 8 Episode 2 - The Nose
    7.0/10(24 votes)

    #18 - The Nose

    S8:E2

    William Kentridge's production of Shostakovich's "The Nose," about a hapless bureaucrat (Paulo Szot) and his runaway nose (Alexander Lewis). Originally broadcast live in movie theaters as part of The Met: Live in HD series.

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  19. Great Performances at the Met Season 10 Episode 6 - Turandot
    7.0/10(33 votes)

    #19 - Turandot

    S10:E6

    Hear Swedish soprano Nina Stemme sing the demanding title role of Puccini’s Chinese ice princess, with Anita Hartig as the angelic slave girl Liù and Marco Berti as Calàf. Paolo Carignani conducts Franco Zeffirelli’s spectacular 1987 production.

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  20. Great Performances at the Met Season 14 Episode 2 - Madama Butterfly
    7.0/10(14 votes)

    #20 - Madama Butterfly

    S14:E2

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  21. Great Performances at the Met Season 14 Episode 3 - Turandot
    7.0/10(21 votes)

    #21 - Turandot

    S14:E3

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  22. Great Performances at the Met Season 15 Episode 3 - Lise Davidsen in Concert
    7.0/10(15 votes)

    #22 - Lise Davidsen in Concert

    S15:E3

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  23. Great Performances at the Met Season 2 Episode 6 - Tristan und Isolde
    7.2/10(15 votes)

    #23 - Tristan und Isolde

    S2:E6

    A production of Richard Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde," about the doomed love between a Celtic princess (Deborah Voigt) and a knight (Robert Dean Smith), who's the nephew of King Marke (Matti Salminen), to whom she's betrothed. Brangäne: Michelle DeYoung. Melot: Stephen Gaertner. Kurwenal: Eike Wilm Schulte.

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  24. Great Performances at the Met Season 4 Episode 3 - Aida
    7.2/10(33 votes)

    #24 - Aida

    S4:E3

    A production of Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida," about an enslaved Ethiopian princess (Violeta Urmana) in ancient Egypt who serves the pharaoh's daughter (Dolora Zajick) while competing with her mistress for the affections of a military commander (Johan Botha). Ramfis: Roberto Scandiuzzi. King: Stephan Kocan.

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  25. Great Performances at the Met Season 9 Episode 7 - The Merry Widow
    7.2/10(22 votes)

    #25 - The Merry Widow

    S9:E7

    Broadway director and choreographer Susan Stroman, whose many credits include the Tony Award-winning musicals Crazy for You, Contact, and The Producers, makes her Met debut with a lavish new staging of Lehár’s effervescent operetta The Merry Widow. Star soprano Renée Fleming adds a beguiling new character to her wide-ranging Met repertory as Hanna, the widowed Pontevedrian millionairess.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Armida" is the worst rated episode of "Great Performances at the Met". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/1/2010. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Wagner's Ring Cycle: Siegfried".