Great Performances
Great Performances: Season 53

Air Date

October 3, 2025

Episodes

4 episodes

Great Performances

Season 53

Episodes

The Magic of Grace Bumbry

1. The Magic of Grace Bumbry

October 3, 2025
54 min

Discover Grace Bumbry’s inspiring rise to global opera fame. Spotlighting her historic performances, the film explores the racial barriers she overcame to triumph in her 1966 performance as "Carmen."

Great Performances at the Met: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

2. Great Performances at the Met: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

October 19, 2025
163 min

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.

Tiler Peck: Suspending Time

3. Tiler Peck: Suspending Time

November 7, 2025

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.

Twelfth Night

4. Twelfth Night

November 14, 2025

The Shakespearean comedy of mistaken identity tells the romantic misadventures of twins Sebastian and Viola after they survive a shipwreck, including revenge plots and tricks of love. Recorded this summer at the newly renovated Delacorte Theater in Central Park, the production is directed by Tony Award nominee Saheem Ali.