TV Series6.1 / 10 1971 53 Seasons

Great Performances

Series Synopsis

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.

Series Info

Total Seasons53

StatusReturning Series

Episodes

Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8

EP 1

1. Great Performances at the Met: Tristan Und Isolde0

45mAired: 2026-09-13

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.

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