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.
Main Cast of Great Performances
Bray Poor
Narrator (voice)
Secondary Cast of Great Performances
Tom Rosqui
Unemployed Man
Hertha Töpper
Self
Horst Laubenthal
Self
Dorrie Kavanaugh
Pearl
Margaret Trudeau
Bessie Legg
Cliff Carpenter
Peck Johnson
Sarah Cunningham
Nelly Winrod
Joanna Roos
Mary Winrod
George Pentecost
Pologgy
Ellis Rabb
Yakov
Daniel J. Sullivan
Sintsov
Sydney Walker
Levshin
Barbara Dana
Edna
Douglass Watson
Kent
Jean-Pierre Stewart
France
Patrick Tovatt
Bassinet
Richard Kneeland
Oscar Wilde
Veronica Castang
Laura
Rosemary De Angelis
Louise Amber
George Ede
Shamrayev
Timothy Crowe
Townsman
Patricia Conolly
Lady Sneerwell
Nicholas Kepros
Joseph Surface
Mark Lamos
Backbite
Joyce Ebert
Ursula , Mrs. Holroyd , Lilly Miller
William Swetland
Nat Miller , Mine manager
Kate Wilkinson
Kate Mayo
Maria Tucci
Ruth Atkins
Charles Brown
Nate Edwards
Catherine Ann Jones
Patsy Jefferson
Philip LeStrange
Alexander Hamilton
Ralph Drischell
David McComber
Donald Gantry
Salesman
Joseph Turrin
Pete
Ann McDonough
Samantha Stewart
Ellen Parker
Muffet DiNicola
Richard Muenz
Joe
Donald Madden
Mr.Brown
Cynthia Gregory
Self
Dennis Bailey
Nerone
Anne-Marie Owens
Arnalta
Carole Androsky
Essie Carmichael
Maureen Anderman
Alice Sycamore
Meg Mundy
Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby
Susan Browning
Self
Clarence Fountain
Oedipus
Doc Cheatham
Self
Chuck Green
Self
Adelaide Hall
Self
Max Roach
Self
Mary Cleere Haran
Self
Stanley Greene
Self
Arthur Rubin
Roscoe
Victoria Vergara
Duchess of Alba
Anne-Maree McDonald
Clorinda
Suzanne Johnston
Tisbe
Don Shanks
Don Magnifico
Bernadette Cullen
Angelina
Carl Forgione
Second Guardia
David Langan
King of Egypt
Clamma Dale
Self
Sammy Fain
Self
Bryan Montgomery
Young Soldier
Gabriela Beňačková
Margherita and Elena
Ira Bernstein
Dancer
Bunny Briggs
Self
June Anderson
Self
Peter Bayliss
Self
Susan Larson
Fiordiligi
Jeanne Ommerlé
Susanna
Jay Hoggard
Self
Bobbi Humphrey
Self
Michael Moschen
Self
Reggie Montgomery
Miss Roj / Walter-Lee-Beau-Willie-Jones
Ben Heppner
McTeague
Michael Sylvester
Calaf
Lucia Mazzaria
Liù
Kevin Langan
Timur
Verónica Villarroel
Solea
Suzanna Guzmán
A Gypsy Woman
David Hobson
Danceny
Katherine Ciesinski
Sonia , Cecilia March
Michael Feinstein
Self , Self - Host
David Raksin
Self
Viviana Durante
Princess Aurora
Zoltan Solymosi
Prince Florimund
Benazir Hussain
Self
Raúl Gimenez
Don Ramiro
Magda Olivero
Self
Barry Atkinson
The Press Secretary
Emily Piercy
The Girlfriend
Elizabeth Futral
Stella Kowalski
Matthew Cutler
Principal Latin Dancer
Nicole Cutler
Latin Dancer
Jason Gilkison
Blond Spanish Gentleman / other roles
Peta Roby
Spanish Temptress / other roles
Dominique Labelle
Donna Anna
Darryl Reuben Hall
Self
Stephanie Novacek
Josephine 'Jo' March
Stacey Tappan
Elizabeth 'Beth' March
Gwendolyn Jones
Alma March
Joshua Bell
Self
Alessandro Safina
Self
Anthony Dowell
Drosselmeyer
Jan Šváb
Lord Capulet
Pavel Novák
Mercutio
Daniel Ezralow
Self
Salvatore Licitra
Self
Scott Yoo
Self , Self - Host
David Judge
Tybalt
Scott Yoo
Self
Dilys Laye
Self
Sarah Connolly
Gertrude
The Soul Stirrers
citizens of Colonus
Crew of Great Performances
Full backstage crew list →- Released on January 28, 1971