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Great Performances
Season 53 · Episode 8
Samara Joy at Royal Albert Hall
0.055mFebruary 27, 2026
A number one album and a double Grammy-win in 2023 put jazz vocalist Samara Joy on the map, officially establishing the Bronx native as the next jazz sensation and a legend in the making, with frequent comparisons to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. Fresh from another double win at the 2025 Grammys, Joy makes her much-anticipated debut at London’s legendary Royal Albert Hall.
Episodes
- Episode 1The Magic of Grace Bumbry
- Episode 2Great Performances at the Met: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
- Episode 3Tiler Peck: Suspending Time
- Episode 4Twelfth Night
- Episode 5Nutcracker from English National Ballet
- Episode 6From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2026
- Episode 7Movies for Grownups® Awards 2026 with AARP The Magazine
- Episode 8Samara Joy at Royal Albert Hall
- Episode 9Great Performances at the Met: La Bohème
- Episode 10Great Performances at the Met: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
- Episode 11Now Hear This – “Brahms: Free But Alone”
- Episode 12Great Performances at the Met: La Sonnambula
- Episode 13Now Hear This – “Everyone Loves Joplin”
- Episode 15Now Hear This – “The Call of Istanbul”
- Episode 16Now Hear This – “The Iceland Sound”
- Episode 17Josh Groban: An Intimate Evening at The Union Chapel
- Episode 18Suffs
- Episode 19Irving Berlin’s Top Hat
- Episode 20Great Performances at the Met: Arabella
- Episode 21An Evening with Nicole Scherzinger
- Episode 22Great Performances at the Met: Andrea Chénier
- Episode 23Great Performances at the Met: I Puritani
- Episode 24Great Performances at the Met: Eugene Onegin
- Episode 25Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2026