Great Performances - Season 53

First aired: 10/3/2025 2 episodes
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Episodes

Episode 1

1. The Magic of Grace Bumbry

Aired: 10/3/2025

Discover Grace Bumbry’s inspiring rise to global opera fame. Spotlighting her historic performances, the film explores the racial barriers she overcame to triumph in her 1966 performance as "Carmen."

Episode 2

2. Great Performances at the Met: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Aired: 10/19/2025

Rossini’s effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher’s madcap production. Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the infamous barber of Seville, with Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio.