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January 1, 2:30pm & 8pm GREAT PERFORMANCES FROM VIENNA: THE NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATION 2013 at The Met Season Seven For the past 40 years, GREAT PERFORMANCES has January 1, 9:30pm been proud to bring you arts programming that has BROADWAY MUSICALS: A JEWISH LEGACY January 18, 9pm L’ELISIR D’AMORE moved and inspired you. The pioneering primetime January 4, 9pm NEW PRODUCTION MICHELLE DOCKERY

JOSS BARRATT performing arts series first premiered on public television PAUL SIMON’S GRACELAND JOURNEY: (Donizetti) THE HOLLOW CROWN, Henry IV Under African Skies stations on November 4, 1972, with a broadcast produc- February 24, 12pm March 2013 OTELLO tion of the Lanford Wilson play, The Rimers of Eldritch, ANDREA BOCELLI: LOVE IN PORTOFINO (Verdi) starring a promising up-and-coming actress named May 3, 9pm March 17, 12pm Susan Sarandon. GREAT PERFORMANCES began with PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY IN PARIS THE TEMPEST NEW PRODUCTION a simple mission: to provide the American public with July 26, 9pm (Adès) the best of the performing arts, and to preserve a space DANCING AT JACOB’S PILLOW: April 14, 12pm in primetime for great artists to tackle the great works NEVER STAND STILL LA CLEMENZA DI TITO that they were most interested in performing, as well as August 2, 9pm (Mozart) VIENNA PHILHARMONIC May 5, 12pm showcase hidden gems of the repertoire that deserved SUMMER NIGHT CONCERT 2013 UN BALLO IN MASCHERA to be seen by a wider audience. NEW PRODUCTION Fall 2013 (Verdi) THE HOLLOW CROWN – May 17, 9pm Whether it’s a new production of a timeless classic SHAKESPEARE’S HISTORY PLAYS RIGOLETTO ANDREA BOCELLI: from the Metropolitan Opera, electric performances by © GIOVANNI DE SANDRE © GIOVANNI RICHARD II NEW PRODUCTION LOVE IN PORTFINO (Verdi) the Paul Taylor Dance Company, or Barbra Streisand’s HENRY IV, Part One historic homecoming concert in Brooklyn, our 40th HENRY IV, Part Two June 9, 12pm HENRY V AIDA Anniversary season carries on this tradition and (Verdi) celebrates the series’ legacy as a home for the GREAT PERFORMANCES 40TH ANNIVERSARY June 30, 12pm leading artists of the world to do what they do best: CELEBRATION LES TROYENS MOBY-DICK from San Francisco Opera (Berlioz) give the performances that audiences love. Stephen Sondheim’s July 14, 12pm COMPANY with the New York Philharmonic MARIA STUARDA In short, GREAT PERFORMANCES may be turning NEW PRODUCTION Rodgers & Hammerstein’s (Donizetti) 40 years old this year, but we’re certainly not over the OKLAHOMA! July 28, 12pm hill. We’re expanding our reach online and in social December 2013 PARSIFAL media, allowing viewers to interact even more with their NEW PRODUCTION BARBRA STREISAND: BACK TO BROOKLYN (Wagner) favorite programs and performers through exclusive web THE DUKES OF SEPTEMBER August 18, 12pm Matthew Bourne’s content. But most importantly, we’re broadcasting some FRANCESCA DA RIMINI FILMS LEOPARD SLEEPING BEAUTY of the most ambitious projects we’ve ever undertaken as TBD 2014 NEW PRODUCTION (Zandonai) we look to continue our mission for the next 40 years: Matthew Bourne’s SLEEPING BEAUTY September 1, 12pm inviting great artists to bring their “Great Performances” BARRYMORE GIULIO CESARE to America’s living rooms. NEW PRODUCTION (Handel)

David Horn Take a look behind the curtain at GREAT PERFORMANCES online. Executive Producer To learn more, visit pbs.org/greatperformances and find us on Facebook to access complete programs, sneak previews, in-depth interviews, educational materials and more, taking you behind the scenes and center stage. GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: KEN HOWARD/METROPOLITAN OPERA KEN HOWARD/METROPOLITAN RIGOLETTO

FRONT COVER (FROM TOP): ANDREA BOCELLI: LOVE IN PORTOFINO, © GIOVANNI DE SANDRE; PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY IN PARIS, PAUL B. GOODE; BARBRA STREISAND: BACK TO BROOKLYN, BARWOOD FILMS, LTD.; RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S OKLAHOMA!, © OSPL. th 40 Anniversary Celebration

In celebration of the series’ 40th anniversary, GREAT PERFORMANCES hosts an all-star homecoming at

ALL PHOTOS: JOSEPH SINNOTT Lincoln Center. Through performance and remembrance, a stellar roster of diverse alumni share their personal stories of what GREAT PERFORMANCES means to them as America’s only ongoing primetime stage for all varieties of the performing arts. Julie Andrews, Audra McDonald, Don Henley, David Hyde Pierce, Josh Groban, Itzhak Perlman, New York City Ballet’s Peter Martins, Patti Austin with Take 6, Met Opera star El na Garan a, and Michael Bublé are among the guest stars gathering to applaud the four decades of performing arts that have captivated “viewers like you” across America. JULIE ANDREWS

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ITZHAK PERLMAN PETER MARTINS PATTI AUSTIN Dance Awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Obama in March 2012, the beloved dance festival Jacob’s Pillow shows no signs of resting on its laurels. Narrated by director-choreographer Bill T. Jones, Dancing at Jacob’s Pillow: Never Stand Still chronicles the remarkable story of how of how an abandoned farm in western Massachusetts evolved into an international modern dance mecca. Richly illustrated with DANCING AT JACOB’S PILLOW: ERICA ESSNER PERFORMANCE CO-OP

performances, the overview also features insightful interviews with leading dance figures NEVER STAND STILL CHRISTOPHER DUGGAN including Paul Taylor, Mark Morris, Suzanne Farrell and the iconic Merce Cunningham.

Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty marks the popular choreographer’s return to the music of Tchaikovsky and completes his acclaimed reinterpretations of the composer’s masterworks, represented most famously by Bourne's international blockbuster Swan Lake featuring all-male swans. With rich gothic imagery, Bourne retells the timeless fairy tale of a princess cursed to sleep for one hundred years to create a decade-spanning supernatural love story.

At an age when most artists’ best work is behind them, renowned choreographer Paul Taylor remains a vibrant, relevant and powerful force. Recorded during the Taylor company’s 2012 summer tour, Paul Taylor Dance Company In Paris showcases two of Taylor’s masterworks: Brandenburgs, featuring music from J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos No.3 and No.6; and Beloved Renegade, his 2008 ballet inspired by the life and work of Walt Whitman set to Francis Poulenc’s Gloria. Matthew Bourne's SLEEPING BEAUTY LEOPARD FILMS LEOPARD

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PATRICK STEWART In fall 2013, the original “game of thrones” comes to GREAT PERFORMANCES in a lavishly produced miniseries The Hollow Crown from executive producer Sam Mendes. This epic film adaptation fuses four of Shakespeare’s history plays – Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V – into a continuing chronological narrative, and features riveting performances by

Shakespeare veterans Jeremy Irons, Patrick Stewart and David Suchet, as well as up-and-coming stars Ben Whishaw (The Hour), NICK BRIGGS Rory Kinnear (Skyfall), Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers) and Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey).

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JOE ARMSTRONG JEREMY IRONS MICHELLE DOCKERY JOSS BARRATT In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of his seminal album

© GIOVANNI DE SANDRE © GIOVANNI Graceland, Paul Simon returns to South Africa and looks back on the making of his critically acclaimed but politically controversial 1986 release. Popular In the picturesque Italian seaside village of Portofino, international sensation Andrea Bocelli serenades audiences with an all-new concert special Love in Portofino, featuring popular love songs from the usic Mediterranean and across the world. Rock & roll royalty Donald Fagen M (Steely Dan), Michael McDonald (The Doobie Brothers) and Boz Scaggs join forces to form their own new super group The Dukes of September, delighting audiences with high octane performances of their greatest hits, along with other chart-topping favorites from the ’60s and ’70s. And the legendary Barbra Streisand makes an historic homecoming Back to Brooklyn at the new Barclays Center, marking Streisand’s first hometown concert since childhood. Also featured are special guests Il Volo, Chris Botti and Jason Gould who joins his superstar mom ANDREA for an emotional duet. BOCELLI: LOVE IN PORTOFINO

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BARBRA STREISAND: BACK TO BROOKLYN PHOTOS: JOSEPH SINNOTT MICHAEL McDONALD DONALD FAGEN BOZ SCAGGS DUKES GREAT PERFORMANCES at the Met

GREAT PERFORMANCES at the Met returns to PBS for a seventh season of Season Seven 12 lavish productions, presenting classic favorites alongside rarely performed gems and featuring the world’s leading stars of opera. The current season offers several bold new productions, including Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore, Handel’s Giulio Cesare and a provocative production of Verdi’s Rigoletto set in 1960s Las Vegas. Season highlights also include two Met Opera premieres: Thomas Adès’ The Tempest (with the composer at the podium) and a new production of Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda. MICAELA ROSSATO/METROPOLITAN OPERA MICAELA ROSSATO/METROPOLITAN

PARSIFAL Jonas Kaufmann

L'ELISIR D'AMORE UN BALLO IN MASCHERA Ambrogio Maestri Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Marcelo Álvarez

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GREAT PERFORMANCES is produced for PBS by THIRTEEN for WNET and is funded by The Irene Diamond Fund, Vivian Milstein, The Agnes Varis Trust, The Starr Foundation, public television viewers and PBS.

Major series funding is also provided by the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, The National Endowment for the Arts, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, the Anne Ray Charitable Trust, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, The Lewis “Sonny” Turner Fund for Dance, Jody and John Arnhold, the Paul W. Zuccaire Foundation, and Elise Jaffe and Jeffrey Brown.

Corporate support for the Vienna Philharmonic telecasts is provided by Rolex. Additional support for the Vienna Philharmonic telecasts is provided by Vera von Kuffner Eberstadt.

Corporate support for GREAT PERFORMANCES at the Met is provided by Toll Brothers.

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