Episodes

Experience the Bard's classic from the Public Theater's new Free Shakespeare in the Park staging set in the fictional border town of Verona, where Romeo and Juliet speak to each other in Spanish, the language of their private world.

In this unique concert celebrating the music of the legendary three-time Grammy Award-winning songwriter, musician, and performer, Jimmy Webb takes center stage to perform his catalog, sharing intimate stories behind the songs and their journeys to iconic status including hits like "Wichita Lineman," “Highwayman,” "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Galveston” and “MacArthur Park.”

Tammy Wynette’s musical success and legacy was achieved through personal grit and a determination to sing, write music, and raise herself above her humble beginnings. From Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, Great Performances pays tribute to Wynette’s musical legacy, presenting a star-studded concert that includes her iconic duets with former husband George Jones.

American composer Gabriela Lena Frank makes her Met debut with her first opera, a magical-realist portrait of painters Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. With a libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz, the opera is fashioned as a reversal of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth.

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.

After taking up the piano at age five and being inspired by Beethoven, Dmitry Yudin immigrated from Moscow to the United States to follow his older sister. Here, he entered the Manhattan School of Music and was heavily influenced by his teacher, Horacio Gutiérrez, who shaped how he looks at music.

Enjoy the famed orchestra's beloved annual concert conducted by Lorenzo Viotti featuring bass-baritone Bryn Terfel as guest soloist performing arias from Verdi’s "Falstaff" as well as Tevye’s song from "Fiddler on the Roof."

When several of his friends from baseball joined an orchestra, Nathan Meltzer joined them and chose the violin simply because it was easy to carry to and from school. Now a Juilliard alum, Meltzer enjoys working with contemporary composers. He performs a piece by Béla Bartók and discusses Bartók’s folk music inspiration and his desire to preserve Hungary’s musical legacy.

Soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in Tchaikovsky’s opera adaptation of Pushkin’s novel. Baritone Iurii Samoilov reprises his portrayal of Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. Tony Award winner Deborah Warner directs.

First taking up the violin at age three, Keila Wakao was raised in a musical family with her mother on the piano and her father on the oboe. A regular student at the New England Conservatory of Music, she now plays on a 1690 Stradivarius violin. She performs Clara Schumann’s Romance, Op. 22, No. 1 and Polonaise No. 1 in D Major by Henryk Wieniawski.

Cellist Leland Ko shares the impact his teachers have had on him on his journey to becoming the musician he is today. Ko demonstrates his musical talent on a Pietro Guarneri of Venice cello from the early 18th century with two pieces that speak to him both thematically and personally.

Charles Edwards makes his company directorial debut after many successes as a set designer, while soprano Lisette Oropesa and tenor Lawrence Brownlee star as Elvira and Arturo, brought together by love and torn apart by the political rifts of the English Civil War. Marco Armiliato conducts with baritone Artur Ruciński.

Giordano’s tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva stars as Chénier’s aristocratic lover, Maddalena di Coigny, with baritone Igor Golovatenko as Carlo Gérard. Daniele Rustioni takes the podium to lead Nicolas Joël’s staging.

Narrated by Broadway legend Joel Grey, this documentary explores the role of Jewish composers and lyricists in the creation of the modern American musical and showcases the work of some of the nation’s preeminent creators of musical theater including Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, George and Ira Gershwin, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, and more.

Step into the journey of Robert “Silk” Mason as they make their long-awaited Broadway debut in “CATS: The Jellicle Ball.” As rehearsals unfold, Silk reflects on a profound milestone, not just personal, but cultural, as the art of ballroom takes center stage in one of theater’s most iconic shows.