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Live from Lincoln Center Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 1977 - 1977
Episode 1
American Ballet Theatre: Giselle
Thu, Jun 2, 1977118 mins
Host Dick Cavett introduces the American Ballet Theatre production of "Giselle.", a romantic ballet in two acts with music by Adolphe Adam.
Episode 2
New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Shirley Verrett
Sat, Sep 24, 1977120 mins
Zubin Mehta is the conductor and soprano Shirley Verrett the soloist in a New York Philharmonic concert from New York's Lincoln Center. Verrett sings the impassioned "Liebes-tod" from Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" and Mozart's motet "Exsultate, jubilate." Mehta leads the orchestra in Stravinsky's "Le Sacre du printemps," the Overture to Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" and the Prelude to Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde."
Episode 3
New York City Opera: Manon
Tue, Oct 18, 1977153 mins
Young woman forsakes love for luxury, has a change of heart, but is banished for her disloyalty.
Episode 4
New York Philharmonic with Erich Leinsdorf and André Watts
Sat, Oct 29, 1977
Guest conductor Erich Leinsdorf and pianist Andre Watts join the New York Philharmonic for a program of Brahms and Richard Strauss. Host Robert MacNeil introduces the program from the wings, quoting a recent newspaper article that characterized the two pieces to be played as "blockbusters."