The late Daniel Catán’s acclaimed adaptation of the Oscar-winning film makes its television premiere.

Watch the full filmic adaptation of the opera starring Placido Domingo.

Nixon in China stars James Maddalena as Richard Nixon, a role he created at the opera’s world premiere in 1987. With a libretto by American poet Alice Goodman, the opera is based on significant moments during President Nixon’s visit to China in February of 1972.

Watch the film adaptation of Hamlet originally broadcast April 28, 2010 here on the Great Performances Web site.

In this online interview, Stewart talked about the process of creating a modern Shakespeare adaptation and what he hopes viewers will take from watching David Tennant and Gregory Doran's Hamlet.

David Tennant and Sir Patrick Stewart reprise their stage roles as "Hamlet" and "Claudius" in a film-for-television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2008 stage production.

Set in a school gymnasium, the ensemble performs the third movement of the ballet, "Improvisations, Movement #3."

Jerome Robbins' "ballet in sneakers" comes alive in a vibrant new film adaptation that is shot on visually dynamic locations around New York City.

The Spike Lee-directed film featuring the award-winning Broadway rock musical of the same title makes it's broadcast debut.

Great Performances had a chance to sit-down with opera diva Anna Netrebko, star of Robert Dornhelm's film-for-television adaption of Puccini's La Boheme.