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The Best Episodes of Great Performances Season 46

Every episode of Great Performances Season 46 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Great Performances Season 46!

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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
    Great Performances Season 46 Episode 8 - k.d. lang – Landmarks Live in Concert
    8.4/10(15 votes)

    S46:E8

    Celebrate the 25th anniversary Ingénue, the critically acclaimed and GRAMMY®-award winning album by superstar singer-songwriter k.d. lang with a one-night-only performance from the magnificent Majestic Theater in downtown San Antonio, Texas.

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  2. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 6 - Tony Bennett & Diana Krall – Love Is Here to Stay
    8.2/10(23 votes)

    S46:E6

    Join Tony Bennett and Diana Krall as they celebrate the American Songbook classics of George and Ira Gershwin, performing favorites from their Billboard #1 jazz album, “Love is Here to Stay,” such as “I Got Rhythm,” “Love is Here to Stay” and “They Can’t Take That Away From Me.”

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  3. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 23 - Great Performances at the Met: La Traviata
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    S46:E23

    See Michael Mayer’s richly textured production of Verdi’s classic opera, starring soprano Diana Damrau as the tragic heroine Violetta and Juan Diego Flórez as her hapless lover Alfredo. Met Opera music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.

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  4. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 4 - John Leguizamo’s Road to Broadway
    7.7/10(42 votes)

    S46:E4

    Go behind-the-scenes of John Leguizamo’s Tony-nominated one-man show, Latin History for Morons, a comic but pointed look at how Hispanic culture has been portrayed and repressed throughout American history.

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  5. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 22 - Julius Caesar from Donmar
    7.5/10(20 votes)

    S46:E22

    Set in a women’s prison, Great Performances: Julius Caesar offers a powerful dramatization of the catastrophic consequences of a political leader’s extension of power beyond constitutional confines through an all-female lens.

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  6. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 16 - Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP The Magazine 2019
    7.4/10(10 votes)

    S46:E16

    The AARP Movies for Grownups multimedia franchise was established in 2002 to celebrate and encourage filmmaking with unique appeal to movie lovers with a grownup state of mind—and recognize the inspiring artists who make them.

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  7. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 18 - Andrea Bocelli @ 60
    7.4/10(13 votes)

    S46:E18

    Celebrate the world-renowned tenor with a concert spotlighting his popular music and opera repertoire including the duet “Fall on Me” performed with his son Matteo along with songs from his new album “Si.”

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  8. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 2 - An American In Paris The Musical
    7.3/10(12 votes)

    S46:E2

    Experience one of the most famous musicals of all time with a celebrated new adaptation featuring the original Tony Award-nominated stars Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope. The acclaimed production was directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon.

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  9. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 9 - Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
    7.2/10(12 votes)

    S46:E9

    In honor of Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday, Tanglewood—the famed summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra—dedicated its entire 2018 season to the iconic composer, conductor, performer, educator and humanitarian.

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  10. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 7 - Michael Bublé: Tour Stop 148
    7.0/10(13 votes)

    S46:E7

    Experience superstar singer Michael Bublé’s visually thrilling and musically triumphant ‘To Be Loved Tour’ featuring performances of his biggest hits including “Home” and “Haven’t Met You Yet” along with exclusive footage of Team Bublé travels.

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  11. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 14 - Doubt from the Minnesota Opera
    7.0/10(16 votes)

    S46:E14

    Watch an adaptation of John Patrick Shanley’s hit 2005 Broadway play and the 2008 film about suspicion leading to a battle of wills at a Bronx Catholic school. Starring Christine Brewer, Adriana Zabala, Matthew Worth and Denyce Graves.

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  12. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 12 - The Cleveland Orchestra Centennial Celebration
    6.8/10(15 votes)

    S46:E12

    Celebrate the orchestra’s centennial with a gala concert conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, featuring pianist Lang Lang, and works by Mozart, Strauss, and Ravel, with vignettes of past music directors.

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  13. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 1 - GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends® 2018
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S46:E1

    Enjoy an all-star concert honoring Neil Diamond, Tina Turner, Queen, film composer John Williams, New Orleans funk band The Meters and other recipients of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement, Trustee and Music Educator awards.

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  14. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 3 - Sound of Music
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S46:E3

    Beloved by generations of audiences worldwide, “The Sound of Music” tells the inspiring true story of the von Trapp Family Singers and their escape from Austria during the rise of Nazism. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1959 hit stage musical garnered five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and the blockbuster 1965 movie adaptation won five Oscars, including Best Picture. Great Performances presents the 2015 live U.K. broadcast version starring Kara Tointon as Maria, Julian Ovenden as Captain von Trapp, Katherine Kelley as Baroness Schraeder, Alexander Armstrong as Max, and Maria Friedman as the Mother Abbess. Cinematically photographed on adjoining sound stages, the production offers a more naturalistic interpretation of this great classic of the American musical theater. Among the many classic songs featured in the score are “The Sound of Music,” “My Favorite Things,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Climb Every Mountain,” “Edelweiss” and more.

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  15. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 5 - Harold Prince: The Director’s Life
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S46:E5

    Take a peek into the legendary career of the pioneering Broadway producer and director and winner of 21 Tony Awards with this retrospective celebration featuring Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Mandy Patinkin, John Kander, Susan Stroman, and Angela Lansbury.

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  16. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 10 - Great Performances at the Met: Aida
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S46:E10

    Watch Verdi’s grand opera featuring his most celebrated arias. Starring vocal powerhouses Anna Netrebko in the title role and Anita Rachvelishvili as Amneris as they go toe to toe in this love story set in ancient Egypt. Nicola Luisotti conducts.

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  17. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 11 - From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2019
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S46:E11

    Great Performances continues the cherished tradition of ringing in the new year with the Vienna Philharmonic at the opulent Musikverein. Under the baton of guest conductor Christian Thielemann, the celebration features favorite Strauss Family waltzes and the dancing of the Vienna State Ballet. Downton Abbey’s Earl of Grantham, Hugh Bonneville, returns as host.

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  18. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 13 - Orphée et Eurydice from Lyric Opera of Chicago
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S46:E13

    Experience Christoph Willibald Gluck’s enduringly popular French-language opera based on the famous Greek myth. From Lyric Opera of Chicago in collaboration with The Joffrey Ballet. Starring Dmitry Korchak, Andriana Chuchman and Lauren Snouffer.

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  19. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 15 - Great Performances at the Met: Marnie
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S46:E15

    Watch composer Nico Muhly’s reimagining of Winston Graham’s novel about a beautiful, mysterious woman who assumes multiple identities. Starring Isabel Leonard in the title role alongside Christopher Maltman as Mark Rutland. Robert Spano conducts.

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  20. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 17 - Great Performances at the Met: La Fanciulla del West
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S46:E17

    Watch Puccini’s blazing love story set in the Wild West, based on David Belasco’s play “The Girl of the Golden West,” starring Eva-Maria Westbroek and Jonas Kaufmann. Marco Armiliato conducts.

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  21. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 19 - Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S46:E19

    The songs of legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell’s are among the most sublime musical landscapes of human emotion ever created. Mitchell’s unique musical and lyrical gifts are an unprecedented marriage of intimacy and universality, creating a sound that is incomparable, yet relatable to all.

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  22. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 20 - Birgit Nilsson: A League of Her Own
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S46:E20

    Celebrate the life of Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson, the face of opera in the late 1950s-70s. This new documentary showcases her greatest roles, including Elektra and The Ring Cycle, in rare footage, plus interviews with Plácido Domingo and more.

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  23. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 21 - Great Performances at the Met: Samson et Dalila
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S46:E21

    Watch Saint-Saëns’s biblical epic based on the tale of Samson and Delilah from the Book of Judges. Starring tenor Roberto Alagna and mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča in the title roles. Sir Mark Elder conducts.

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  24. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 24 - Great Performances at the Met: Adriana Lecouvreur
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S46:E24

    Watch Cilea’s classic opera starring Anna Netrebko in the title role of the real-life French actress who dazzled 18th-century audiences with her on-and offstage passion, with Piotr Beczała as her lover, Maurizio.

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  25. Great Performances Season 46 Episode 25 - Great Performances at the Met: Carmen
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S46:E25

    Watch Sir Richard Eyre’s production of Bizet’s masterpiece starring Clémentine Margaine reprising her role as opera’s ultimate seductress alongside Roberto Alagna as her impassioned lover Don José. Louis Langréeconducts.

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Season 46 Ratings Summary

"k.d. lang – Landmarks Live in Concert" is the best rated episode of "Great Performances" season 46. It scored 8.4/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/14/2018. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Tony Bennett & Diana Krall – Love Is Here to Stay".