Great Performances - Season 50 - Eps 24: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2023
A beloved summer tradition, Great Performances presents the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s summer night concert from Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace Gardens. Focusing on musical works from French Romanticism to Impressionism, the orchestra is led for the first time by Metropolitan Opera music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and features Elīna Garanča as a soloist performing three arias from “Carmen,” “Sapho” and “Samson et Dalila.” Also performed for the first time is a composition by Lili Boulanger, the first female winner of the prestigious Prix de Rome for her work in 1913.
About Great Performances
Title: Great Performances
First Air Date: 1971-01-28
Last Air Date: 2025-05-16
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 5.3/10 (from 19 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 51
Total Episodes: 658
Network: PBS
Genres: Comedy, Documentary, Drama
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Bray Poor
Narrator (voice)
