Returning Series

Great Performances

6.0 24

1971

52 seasons

ComedyDocumentaryDrama

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.

Seasons

Cast

Narrator (voice)

Self, Self - Host

Hugh Bonneville

Plácido Domingo

Self, Parsifal, Francisco Goya, Radamès, Juanillo

Self, Emily Whitman

Self, Blanche Dubois, Mme. de Tourvel

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Amy Bisley, Grandmother, Essie Miller, Mrs.Atkins

Self, Nina, Alma Winemiller, Narrator

Self, Walter, Lawyer Royall

Frederica von Stade

Self, Claire Huddesen, Marquise de Merteuil, Tina

Diahann Carroll

Cora, Faye Precious, Josey Finn

Frederick Coffin

Lt. Maxwell, Second Guard, Oswald

Lilly Miller, Ursula, Mrs. Holroyd

John Buchanan, The Prince of Homburg, Konstantin Treplev

Charles Kimbrough

Editor, Benton Arrelsford, Dr.Spiga

Stephen Sondheim

Self, Maxie Schwartz

Leonard Bernstein

Marvin Hamlisch

Self - Host, Neighbor

, Leilah, Self - Host

James Maddalena

Guglielmo, Gideon March, Il conte d'Almaviva

Self, Introduction Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Rosemary Clooney

Luciano Pavarotti

Self - Host, Self

Estelle Parsons

Frances Sternhagen

Paulina, Wilma Atkins

Patsy Johnson, Eileen

Richard Jenkins

Warder, Sheriff

William Swetland

Mine manager, Nat Miller

Irina Arkadina,

Robert Mayo, Richard Miller

Austin Pendleton

White Rabbit, Bennie

Arthur Rubinstein

Rita Altabel, Muriel McComber

Leone Gala, Teddy Wharton

Isaacson, Governor of Reading Goal Prison, Boss Mangan

Self, Dr.Fawcett

Eliza Southgate, Francis Loomis

Reverand Miles, Maj. Gen. Randolph

Laurence Olivier

MacIntyre Dixon

, Francisco / Gravedigger / Player

Sally Kellerman

Polonius, Nikolai

Tatiana Troyanos

Sesto, Adalgisa

Roberta Maxwell

Mrs. Webb, Clara

André De Shields

Self, Tweedledum

Dimitri, Mad Hatter

Donald O'Connor

Mock Turtle, Self

Rosemary Harris

Hesione Hushabye, Adela Shannon

Gertrude, Lady Ariadne Utterword

Catherine Malfitano

Servilia, Trina Sieppe

Cyrano de Bergerac, Zakhar

Caterpillar, Creon

Self, Miss Piggy (voice)

Don Alfonso, Figaro

Self, San Miguel

Melissa Manchester

Dizzy Gillespie

Ralph Richardson

Katherine Ciesinski

Cecilia March, Sonia

Michael Feinstein

Self, Self - Host

Harry Belafonte

Kathleen Battle

Wynton Marsalis

Daniel Barenboim

Whoopi Goldberg

Self, Flora Tosca

Leslie Odom Jr.

Purlie Victorious Judson, Self - Performer

Cameron Mackintosh

Scarpia, Amonasro

Alexander Vinogradov

Don Basilio, Count Rodolfo

Catherine Burns

George Grizzard

Kristoffer Tabori

Dick Van Patten

Gundula Janowitz

Horst Laubenthal

George Bartenieff

Dorrie Kavanaugh

Bernadette Peters

Kathleen Stanton

Robert Foxworth

Margaret Trudeau

Roberts Blossom

Judge / Preacher

Cliff Carpenter

Sarah Cunningham

Kate Harrington

Clifford A. Pellow

Robert Conklin (Driver Jr.)

George Pentecost

Stefan Gierasch

Daniel J. Sullivan

Tom Fitzsimmons

Geneviève Bujold

Douglass Watson

James Earl Jones

Jean-Pierre Stewart

René Auberjonois

Madame Aigreville

Richard Kneeland

Daniel von Bargen

Veronica Castang

Rosemary De Angelis

Olympia Dukakis

Bernard Behrens

Sir Peter Teazle

Patricia Conolly

Sir Oliver Surface

Nicholas Kepros

Charles Surface

Clarence Felder

James Broderick

Malcolm McDowell

Barbara Montgomery

Reverend Mosely

The Best Friend

George Washington

Catherine Ann Jones

Patsy Jefferson

Philip LeStrange

Alexander Hamilton

Rev. Winemiller

Mrs. Winemiller

Ralph Drischell

Stephen Mendillo

Caroline Mitford

George Morfogen

Count Hohenzollern

Princess Natalia

Colonel Kottwitz

Geoffrey Bayldon

Cathleen Nesbitt

Howard Da Silva

Jackie Burroughs

Elizabeth Gertrude Stern

Richard Chamberlain

Jill Eikenberry

Samantha Stewart

Muffet DiNicola

Alexander Scourby

George Voskovec

Cynthia Gregory

Sherrill Milnes

Charles Durning

Ginette Beauchurch

Robert B. Sherman

Joan Sutherland

Michael Ontkean

Jacqueline Brookes

Pippa Pearthree

Stephen Collins

Morton Fullerton

Kathleen Widdoes

Edward Herrmann

David Ogden Stiers

Andréa Ferréol

Gianni Bonagura

Andrea Occhipinti

Cindy Leadbetter

Queen of Hearts

Colleen Dewhurst

Geoffrey Holder

Maureen Stapleton

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Captain Shotover

Hector Hushabye

Clarence Fountain

Kermit the Frog (voice)

Mary Cleere Haran

Maureen McGovern

Sally Durant Plummer

Howard McGillin

Phyllis Rogers Stone

Victoria Vergara

Duchess of Alba

Walter Cronkite

Anne-Maree McDonald

Suzanne Johnston

Bernadette Cullen

Bishop of Motopo

Father Leopoldo

Rosalie Crutchley

Valentine Pelka

Professor Pilbeam

Peter Bogdanovich

Richard Dreyfuss

Katharine Hepburn

Nicolai Ghiaurov

Stefania Toczyska

Robert Guillaume

Michelle Pfeiffer

Héctor Elizondo

Bryan Montgomery

Reginald Broderick

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Gabriela Beňačková

Margherita and Elena

Elisabeth Söderström

Cap'n Andy Hawks

Gaylord Ravenal

Penelope Ann Miller

Sally Ann Howes

Peter Francis James

Michael Cumpsty

Jeanne Ommerlé

Samuel L. Jackson

Branford Marsalis

Michael Moschen

Miss Pat / The Woman / Normal Jean Reynolds

Reggie Montgomery

Miss Roj / Walter-Lee-Beau-Willie-Jones

Vickilyn Reynolds

The Man / The Narrator

Phyllis Yvonne Stickney

Topsy Washington

Suzzanne Douglas

Lady in Plaid / The Girl

Martin Scorsese

Herbert Siguenza

Melissa Haizlip

Luther Henderson

Denzel Washington

Doctor Cukrowicz

Natasha Richardson

Catharine Holly

Richard Attenborough

Kathleen Turner

Philip Langridge

Kayoko Shiraishi

Marcus Schouler

Wolfgang Sawallisch

Brunhilde 'Hildy' Esterhazy

Michael Sylvester

Kris Kristofferson

Dee Dee Bridgewater

Verónica Villarroel

Suzanna Guzmán

Carlos Chausson

Katherine Borowitz

Francis Ford Coppola

Keith Carradine

Beverly D'Angelo

Marcia Gay Harden

Frances McDormand

Viviana Durante

Princess Aurora

Zoltan Solymosi

Prince Florimund

Benazir Hussain

Cecilia Bartoli

Christine Baranski

Angie Dickinson

Christine Ebersole

Christian Camargo

Self - Narration (voice)

Matthew Scurfield

Christopher Jones

Young DuBose Heyward

Jacqueline Bisset

Ernest Borgnine

Giovanni Martinelli

The Swan / The Stranger

The Press Secretary

Victoria Beckham

Self - Posh Spice

Self - Scary Spice

Self - Baby Spice

Self - Sporty Spice

Eros Ramazzotti

Elizabeth Futral

Stella Kowalski

Antonio Banderas

Sarah Brightman

Principal Latin Dancer

Blond Spanish Gentleman / other roles

Spanish Temptress / other roles

Barbara Hendricks

Clinton Derricks-Carroll

Heather Headley

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Dominique Labelle

Victor Trent Cook

Darryl Reuben Hall

Matthew Broderick

Stephanie Novacek

Josephine 'Jo' March

Elizabeth 'Beth' March

Margaret 'Meg' March

Gwendolyn Jones

Kristin Chenoweth

Alessandro Safina

Patricia Manterola

Angela Gheorghiu

Count Danilo Danilovitch

Angelika Kirchschlager

Fred Graham / Petruchio

Lilli Vanessi / Katherine

Salvatore Licitra

Marcelo Álvarez

Hayley Westenra

Self - Performer

Self - Performer

Self - Performer

Deborah Findlay

Richard Armitage

Rosalind Eleazar

Anna Calder-Marshall

The Wailin' Jennys

Michael Bentine

Emma Walton Hamilton

Angela Lansbury

Debbie Reynolds

The Soul Stirrers

citizens of Colonus

Robert Earl Jones

Charles Hallahan

Montfleury / Cadet

Lucas Near-Verbrugghe

Samantha Sloyan

William Russell

Mariette Hartley

Algernon Moncrieff

Gabrielle Drake

Gwendolen Fairfax

Rosamund Greenwood

Rev Canon Chasuble

Terence Donovan

Katharine McPhee

Earle Patriarco

Marie-Claude Pietragalla

Polina Semionova

Kirill Serebrennikov

Benjamin Bernheim

Clémentine Margaine

Christian van Horn

Lindorf/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto

Vasilisa Berzhanskaya

Eleanor Worthington-Cox

Natalie Goodman

Trevor Dion Nicholas

Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden

Kevin Del Aguila

Marinda Anderson

Marianne Elliott

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Christopher Sieber

Donna McKechnie

Bobby Conte Thornton

Nikki Renée Daniels

Claybourne Elder

Jennifer Simard

Candace Bushnell

Freddie De Tommaso

Patrick Carfizzi

Stephanie J. Block

Lilli Vanessi/Katherine

Fred Graham/Petruchio

Morris Robinson

Olga Kulchynska

David Butt Philip

Tomasz Konieczny

Magnus Dietrich

Madame Thénardier

Ruthie Henshall

Anthony Crivello

Elza van den Heever

Michelle DeYoung

Piotr Buszewski

Aigul Akhmetshina

Andrey Zhilikhovsky

Delilah Wiggins

Clara (adolescent)

Francesco Gabriele Frola

Nutcracker Prince

Rhys Antoni Yeomans

Nutcracker Doll

Sugar Plum Fairy

Sugar Plum Cavalier

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Andrew Aguecheek

Daphne Rubin-Vega

John Ellison Conlee

Kapil Talwalkar

Self (archive footage)

Sammy Davis Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Self - Narrator (voice)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Michael Tilson Thomas

Sydney Mancasola