This is an incomplete list of episodes for the television series Great Performances. It includes special episodes.
Episodes
New York Playhouse (1972–73)
Antigone (October 7, 1972) The Rimers of Eldritch (November 4, 1972) Theatre and Film '72 (December 16, 1972)
Season 1 (1973–74)
As Theatre in America Source: Enemies, from the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center (January 23, 1974) June Moon (January 30, 1974) Cyrano de Bergerac, from the American Conservatory Theater (February 6, 1974) Antigone, from Playhouse New York (February 13, 1974) King Lear, from the New York Shakespeare Festival (February 20, 1974) In Fashion, from the Actors Theatre of Louisville (March 20, 1974) Feasting with Panthers by Adrian Hall and Richard Cumming, from Trinity Repertory Company (March 27, 1974) The Contractor by David Storey, from Chelsea Theater Center (April 10, 1974) The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd, from Long Wharf Theater (May 8, 1974) A Touch of the Poet (May 15, 1974) Monkey, Monkey, Bottle of Beer, How Many Monkeys Have We Here?, from Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (May 22, 1974)
Season 2 (1974–75)
Arthur Rubinstein: Chopin (October 16, 1974) Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (November 13, 1974) Solti Conducts Mendelssohn (December 16, 1974) Bernstein at Tanglewood (December 25, 1974) Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra play Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (December 31, 1974) Theater in America: Zalmen or the Madness of God by Elie Wiesel, from Arena Stage (January 8, 1975) Theater in America: The Seagull, from Williamstown Theatre Festival (January 29, 1975) Theater in America: Brother to Dragons, adapted from the poem by Robert Penn Warren by Adrian Hall and Ken Campbell, from Trinity Repertory Company (February 19, 1975) Theater in America: The Ceremony of Innocence (March 1, 1975) Theater in America: Forget‐Me‐Not Lane by Peter Nichols, from Long Wharf Theater (March 12, 1975) Pagliacci, from La Scala (March 19, 1975) Theater in America: The School for Scandal, from the Guthrie Theater (April 2, 1975) Theater in America: The Rules of the Game, from the New Phoenix Repertory Company (April 30, 1975) Who's Happy Now? by Oliver Hailey
Season 3 (1975–76)
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill The Collection, from Laurence Olivier Presents (January 1, 1976) Theater in America: Beyond the Horizon, from the McCarter Theatre (January 14, 1976)Ad for Theater in America Dance in America: Joffrey Ballet (January 21, 1976) Theater in America: First Breeze of Summer by Leslie Lee, from the Negro Ensemble Company (January 28, 1976) Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with André Previn and Van Cliburn (January 30, 1976) Theater in America: The Mound Builders by Lanford Wilson, from the Circle Repertory Company (February 11, 1976) Dance in America: Twyla Tharp & Dancers (February 25, 1976) Theater in America: The Time of Your Life, from The Acting Company Dance in America: Martha Graham Dance Company (April 7, 1976) Live from Lincoln Center: The Ballad of Baby Doe (April 21, 1976) Theater in America: All Over, from the Hartford Stage (April 28, 1976) Theater in America: Who's Happy Now, from the Mark Taper Forum Theater in America: The Year of the Dragon, from The American Place Theatre Dance in America: Pennsylvania Ballet Dance in America: Martha Graham Dance Company Theater in America: The Patriots, from Asolo Theatre Company (May 26, 1976) Theater in America: The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, with the Old Globe Theater (June 16, 1976) Live from Lincoln Center: Swan Lake (June 30, 1976) Leonard Bernstein Conducts Music from America (NY Philharmonic at Royal Albert Hall) (July 12, 1976)
Season 4 (1976–77)
Theater in America: Ah! Wilderness (October 12, 1976) Fine Music Specials: Madama Butterfly (October 20, 1976) Live from Lincoln Center: The Barber of Seville (November 3, 1976) Theater in America: The Taming of the Shrew, from the American Conservatory Theater (November 10, 1976) Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Rafael Kubelik and Claudio Arrau (November 20, 1976) Live from Lincoln Center: André Watts in Recital (November 28, 1976) Solti Conducts Mendelssohn (December 15, 1976) Chester Mystery Plays (December 22, 1976) Secret Service by William Gillette, from the Phoenix Theatre (January 12, 1977) Dance in America: Choreography by Balanchine (January 19, 1977) Arthur Rubinstein at 90 (January 26, 1977) Haydn's Concerto No. 1 and Concerto No 2. with Mstislav Rostropovich and the Orchestra of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Field (March 30, 1977) Theater in America: The Prince of Homburg from the Chelsea Theater Center (April 27, 1977) Dance in America: Pilobolus Dance Theater (May 4, 1977) Hard Times (starting May 11, 1977) Live from Lincoln Center: Giselle (June 2, 1977) Theater in America: End of Summer by S. N. Behrman, from the Charles MacArthur Center for American Theater (June 15, 1977) Abide with Me (July 12, 1977) Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Shirley Verrett (September 24, 1977)
Season 5 (1977–78) Live from Lincoln Center: Manon (October 18, 1977) Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Erich Leinsdorf and André Watts (October 29, 1977) Off Stage: The Royal Family (November 9, 1977) Verna: USO Girl (January 25, 1978) Live from Lincoln Center: Coppélia (January 31, 1978) Live from Lincoln Center: Luciano Pavarotti in Recital at the Metropolitan Opera House (February 12, 1978) Count Dracula (March 1, 1978) Live from Lincoln Center: The Saint of Bleecker Street (April 19, 1978) Live from Lincoln Center: American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House (May 17, 1978) Theater in America: Uncommon Women and Others (May 24, 1978)
Season 6 (1978–79) Out of Our Father's House (August 2, 1978) Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Rudolf Serkin (September 20, 1978) Live from Lincoln Center: The Turk in Italy (October 4, 1978) Theater in America: The Good Doctor (November 8, 1978) Mourning Becomes Electra (December 6, 1978 to January 3, 1979) Live from Lincoln Center: Chamber Music Society with Itzhak Perlman (December 10, 1978) Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Itzhak Perlman (January 17, 1979) Live from Lincoln Center: Luciano Pavarotti and Dame Joan Sutherland in Recital (January 22, 1979) Live from Lincoln Center: The Sleeping Beauty (May 2, 1979) Theater in America: When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate, conceived by Vinnette Justine Carroll with music by Cleavant Derricks and Clinton Derricks-Carroll, from the Urban Arts Corps
Season 7 (1979–1980) Musical Comedy Tonight, hosted by Sylvia Fine Kaye (October 1, 1979) Live from Lincoln Center: Dame Joan Sutherland and Marilyn Horne in Recital (October 15, 1979) Live from Lincoln Center: Street Scene (October 27, 1979) The Five Forty-Eight (November 7, 1979) Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Emil Gilels (November 14, 1979) Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Luciano Pavarotti (January 14, 1980) The Most Happy Fella (March 5, 1980) Live from Lincoln Center: A Tribute to John Huston (May 5, 1980) Live from Lincoln Center: La Bayadère (May 28, 1980) Samuel Beckett's Happy Days (June 25, 1980)
Season 8 (1980–81) Live from Lincoln Center: Isaac Stern's 60th Birthday Celebration (September 24, 1980) Live from Lincoln Center: Verdi's Requiem (October 22, 1980) Live from Lincoln Center: La Cenerentola (November 6, 1980) Life on the Mississippi (November 24, 1980) Live from Lincoln Center: Beverly! Her Farewell Performance (January 5, 1981) Live from Lincoln Center: Chamber Music with Itzhak Perlman (February 2, 1981) Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Vladimir Ashkenazy (February 18, 1981) Great Performances at the Met: "L'Elisir D'Amore" (March 2, 1981) Live from Lincoln Center: Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne and Luciano Pavarotti in Concert (March 23, 1981) Rhapsody and Song – A Tribute to George Gershwin (May 9, 1981) Live from Lincoln Center: An Evening with American Ballet Theatre (May 20, 1981) "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" and Other Stories (June 1, 1981)
Season 9 (1981–82) Norma (September 20, 1981) Live from Lincoln Center: An Evening with Danny Kaye (September 23, 1981) La Clemenza di Tito (October 19, 1981) The House of Mirth (November 2, 1981) Summer (November 9, 1981) Edith Wharton: Looking Back (November 16, 1981) Brideshead Revisited (January 18, 1982) Live from Lincoln Center: An Evening with Itzhak Perlman (February 10, 1982) Live from Lincoln Center: Lucia di Lammermoor (April 10, 1982) Live from Lincoln Center: A Tribute to Billy Wilder (May 3, 1982) Live from Lincoln Center: Two Philharmonics: Israel and New York (June 3, 1982) Live from Lincoln Center: James Galway Plays Mostly Mozart (July 14, 1982) Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Leontyne Price (September 15, 1982) Live from Lincoln Center: Stravinski and Balanchine: A Genius Has a Birthday! (October 4, 1982) Live from Lincoln Center: Madama Butterfly (October 20, 1982)
Season 10 (1982–83) Great Performances' 10th Anniversary Celebration (December 6, 1982) Live from Lincoln Center: Chamber Music Society with Chick Corea (January 9, 1983) Live from Lincoln Center: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (January 2, 1983) The Regard of Flight by Bill Irwin (February 7, 1983) Ellington: The Music Lives On (March 7, 1983) Live from Lincoln Center: Luciano Pavarotti with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic (April 4, 1983) The Innocents Abroad (May 9, 1983) Festival! Spoleto USA (June 27, 1983)
Season 11 (1983–84) Princess Grace Remembered (September 26, 1983) Alice in Wonderland (October 3, 1983) Live from Lincoln Center: A Tribute to George Balanchine (October 10, 1983) Live from Lincoln Center: The Cunning Little Vixen (November 9, 1983) Callas: An International Celebration (December 11, 1983) An American Christmas (December 19, 1983) Live from Lincoln Center: Marilyn Horne's Great American Songbook (December 28, 1983) The Magic Flute (January 9, 1984) La Cenerentola (February 6, 1984) Choreographer's Notebook: Stravinsky Piano Ballets by Peter Martins (February 13, 1984) Live from Lincoln Center: James Galway with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic (February 29, 1983) The Soldier's Tale, directed by R. O. Blechman (March 19, 1984)
Season 12 (1984–85) Live from Lincoln Center: Back to Bach (September 12, 1984) Live from Lincoln Center: Carmen (September 26, 1984) Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Pinchas Zukerman (October 3, 1984) Dance in America: Baryshnikov by Tharp (October 5, 1984) The Dining Room (October 19, 1984) Live from Lincoln Center: 25th Anniversary Fanfare (October 26, 1984) You Can't Take It With You (November 21, 1984) Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music (December 7, 1984) Live from Lincoln Center: New Year's Eve Gala (December 31, 1984) From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1985 hosted by Walter Cronkite (January 1, 1985)pbs.org From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2009 Dance Black America, directed by D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus (January 25, 1985) Live from Lincoln Center: Andre Watts in Concert (February 20, 1985) Live from Lincoln Center: Great Russian Theater Music (March 11, 1985) Judy Garland: The Concert Years (March 22, 1985) Heartbreak House (April 24, 1985) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (May 3, 1985) Taking My Turn (May 10, 1985) The Best of Broadway (May 24, 1985) Orpheus (June 7, 1985) Ulysses (June 14, 1985) The Coronation of Poppea (June 21, 1985) Live from Lincoln Center: Mostly Mozart Meets Salieri (July 10, 1985)