Live from Lincoln Center Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

New York Philharmonic with André Previn and Van Cliburn

Fri, Jan 30, 1976120 mins

Episode 2

New York City Opera: The Ballad of Baby Doe

Wed, Apr 21, 1976179 mins

The New York City Opera offers a Bicentennial revival of "The Ballad of Baby Doe," telecast live. Composer Douglas Moore and librettist John La Touche's 1956 work is based on the true story of Mrs. Elizabeth "Baby" Doe, whose arrival in Leadville, Colorado, in 1880 set off a scandalous love triangle involving silver king Horace Tabor and his prim wife Augusta.

Episode 3

American Ballet Theatre: Swan Lake

Wed, Jun 30, 1976180 mins

American Ballet Theatre performs Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" with Natalia Makarova dancing the duo role of Odette/Odie and Ivan Nagy as Prince Siegfried.

Episode 4

New York City Opera: The Barber of Seville

Wed, Nov 3, 1976156 mins

Episode 5

New York Philharmonic with Rafael Kubelik and Claudio Arrau

Sat, Nov 20, 1976

Guest conductor Rafael Kubelik and pianist Claudio Arrau join the New York Philharmonic for a program of Beethoven and Dvorak in the newly reconstructed Avery Fisher Hall. During the interval, host Dick Cavett interviews the two guests and acoustical consultant Cyril Harris joins Cavett onstage to analyze some of the recent changes in the auditorium, which has been redesigned to improve the sound quality.

Episode 6

André Watts in Recital

Sun, Nov 28, 1976

Watts gives a solo recital. Host Dick Cavett introduces piano virtuoso Andre Watts who gives a solo recital, the first solo recital presented by the "Live from Lincoln Center" television series.