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Live From Lincoln Center Season 33 Episodes

  • 1976-2019
  • 44 Seasons
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Classical selections, dance, opera, jazz and other music from New York's Lincoln Center. Winner of numerous Emmys and two Peabody Awards, it's one of TV's most durable cultural showcases. In 1976, the year of its debut, it featured the first live telecasts of a full-length ballet and a subtitled opera; and since has included numerous performances by the New York Philharmonic and such greats as Renee Fleming, James Galway, Wynton Marsalis, Luciano Pavarotti, Itzhak Perlman and Beverly Sills.

Season 33 Episode Guide

Season 33

6 Episodes 2008 - 2008

Episode 1

I Can't Believe It's Schoenberg!

Thu, Jan 10, 2008 57 mins

Season 33 opens with an exploration of Arnold Schoenberg's "Verklärte Nacht," featuring remarks from the Lincoln Center's "What Makes It Great?" series creator-host Rob Kapilow and a performance by the center's Chamber Music Society, including violinists Erin Keefe and Arnaud Sussmann, violists David Kim and Teng Li and cellists David Finckel and Priscilla Lee. Included: the piece's orgins as a Richard Dehmel poem.

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Episode 2

New York City Opera: 'Madama Butterfly'

Thu, Mar 20, 2008 177 mins

A production of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly," about the doomed relationship between a Navy lieutenant (James Valenti) and a Japanese geisha (Shu-Ying Li), whom he marries for convenience rather than for love. New York City Opera music director George Manahan conducts.

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Episode 3

Camelot

Thu, May 8, 2008 147 mins

A production of the beloved Lerner and Loewe musical "Camelot," about the love triangle involving King Arthur (Gabriel Byrne), Guenevere (Marin Mazzie) and Sir Lancelot (Nathan Gunn). Pellinore: Christopher Lloyd. Morgan le Fey: Fran Drescher. Lionel: Marc Kudisch.

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Episode 4

New York Philharmonic Opening Night Gala With Sir James Galway

Wed, Sep 17, 2008 87 mins

The 2008-09 season opening-night concert of the New York Philharmonic is featured. The program includes Berlioz' "Roman Carnival Overture" and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4, plus Ibert's Flute Concerto with flutist James Galway. Lorin Maazel, slated to leave the Philharmonic at the end of the season, conducts.

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Episode 5

Gil Shaham and Oprheus in the Penthouse

Thu, Nov 20, 2008 87 mins

Violinist Gil Shaham and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra perform selections from Spanish composer Pablo de Sarasate. From the Lincoln Center's Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse.

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Episode 6

New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve Gala Concert

Wed, Dec 31, 2008 117 mins

Lorin Maazal and the New York Philharmonic are joined by mezzo-soprano Susan Graham for an evening of operatic favorites, including selections from Bizet's "Carmen," Lehár's "The Merry Widow" and Strauss's "Ariadne auf Naxos." Renee Fleming hosts.

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