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Great Performances
Full episodes
21 VIDEOS

Let Me Down Easy
1:54:38 Air Date 01/13/12

LA Phil performs An American in Paris
20:01 Air Date 01/06/12

Selections of From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2012
42:22 Air Date 01/01/12 Expires 07/01/12

The Little Mermaid from San Francisco Ballet
2:26:46 Air Date 12/16/11

Il Postino from LA Opera
2:26:45 Air Date 11/25/11

Hugh Laurie: Let Them Talk
54:16 Air Date 09/30/11

Placido Domingo: My Favorite Roles
1:23:11 Air Date 09/23/11

A Concert for New York
1:34:06 Air Date 09/11/11

Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night 2011
34:54 Air Date 08/19/11

Rigoletto from Mantua
2:23:42 Air Date 07/15/11

Carnegie Hall 120th Anniversary Concert
1:24:10 Air Date 05/31/11

Celebracion! Dudamel, Florez, and the L.A. Philharmonic
1:55:22 Air Date 12/29/10
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Previews
44 VIDEOS

San Francisco Symphony at 100
5:00 Air Date 03/30/12

The Thomashefskys
0:36 Air Date 03/29/12

The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
0:30 Air Date 03/03/12

Don Giovanni
0:30 Air Date 02/26/12

Memphis
0:30 Air Date 02/24/12

Tony Bennett: Duets II
0:30 Air Date 01/27/12

GP at the Met: Anna Bolena
0:30 Air Date 01/20/12

Anna Deavere Smith Talks About "Let Me Down Easy"
2:09 Air Date 01/13/12

Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil Celebrate Gershwin - Preview
0:30 Air Date 01/06/12

Hancock, Dudamel & the LA Phil Celebrate Gershwin
0:30 Air Date 01/06/12

From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2011
0:30 Air Date 01/01/12

Let Me Down Easy
2:54 Air Date 12/13/11
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Shorts
55 VIDEOS

Clip from The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
1:21 Air Date 03/03/12

A Preview of Don Giovanni hosted by Renee Fleming
5:38 Air Date 02/26/12

The "Champagne Aria" from Don Giovanni
1:48 Air Date 02/26/12

Interview with Tony Bennett
1:47 Air Date 01/27/12

Scenes from Tony Bennett: Duets II
3:47 Air Date 01/27/12

Paula Zahn Interviews Anna Deavere Smith
14:40 Air Date 01/13/12

Interview with The Mermaid
3:08 Air Date 12/16/11

Interview with The Sea Witch
3:14 Air Date 12/16/11

Interview with John Neumeier
4:17 Air Date 12/16/11

Interview with The Poet
4:11 Air Date 12/16/11

Interview with Lera Auerbach
4:31 Air Date 12/16/11

Interview with The Princess
3:14 Air Date 12/16/11
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