Great Performances

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.

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Status	Returning Series
Original Name	Great Performances
First Air Date	January 28, 1971
Last Air Date	September 14, 2025
Seasons	51
Episodes	668
Episode Runtime	NaNmin
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	United States of America
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Networks	PBS

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Great Performances at the Met: Salome

The first new production of the opera at the Met in 20 years, director Claus Guth reimagines the biblical tale through Oscar Wilde’s haunting play, setting it in an intricate Victorian world filled with symbolism and contrasts of darkness and light. Headlining the new staging is Elza van den Heever as the abused and unhinged antiheroine Salome, who demands the head of Jochanaan.

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