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Great Performances

Season 5 1976
TV-PG

  • 1976-01-02T02:00:00Z on PBS
  • 2h
  • 12h 28m (8 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy, Documentary, Drama
Great Performances, a television series devoted to the performing arts, has been telecast on PBS since 1972. The show is produced by WNET in New York City. It is one of the longest running performing arts anthologies on television, second only to Hallmark Hall of Fame. Great Performances presents concerts, ballet, opera, an occasional documentary, and plays. The series has also won many television awards, including an Emmy Award, a Peabody Award, and an Image Award, with nods from the Directors Guild of America and the Cinema Audio Society.

31 episodes

Season Premiere

1976-01-02T02:00:00Z

5x01 Ah, Wilderness!

Season Premiere

5x01 Ah, Wilderness!

  • 1976-01-02T02:00:00Z2h

1976-01-09T02:00:00Z

5x02 Madama Butterfly

5x02 Madama Butterfly

  • 1976-01-09T02:00:00Z2h 12m

5x03 Amazing Grace: America in Song

  • 1976-01-29T02:00:00Z1h 30m

1976-04-29T01:00:00Z

5x04 The Taming of The Shrew

5x04 The Taming of The Shrew

  • 1976-04-29T01:00:00Z1h 51m

5x06 Solti Conducts Mendelssohn

  • 1976-06-17T01:00:00Z2h

1976-10-14T01:00:00Z

5x07 American Ballet Theatre

5x07 American Ballet Theatre

  • 1976-10-14T01:00:00Z1m

Season Finale

1976-12-16T02:00:00Z

5x08 The Christmas Chester Mystery Plays

Season Finale

5x08 The Christmas Chester Mystery Plays

  • 1976-12-16T02:00:00Z55m

5x12 Salome

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The Prince of Homburg, a general in the army of the Brandenburg Elector, sometimes has difficulty separating his dreams from reality. He falls in love with the Princess Natalia, ward of the Elector, and as a result of his infatuation does not pay close attention to the orders for the next day's battle. As a result, he precipitously engages the enemy before being ordered to do so, and thus both helps win the battle but also brings down on his own head the charge of disobedience to orders. When a court-martial orders his death, everyone involved, including the Prince himself, comes to mixed opinion about whether the sentence should be carried out.

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