Live from Lincoln Center

Live from Lincoln Center Series
Genre: Drama
Premiere: 1986
Network: PBS
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
Sessons: 44
Full Episodes: 237
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Live from Lincoln Center brings broadcasts of live performances of music, drama and dance direct from the stages of Lincoln Center in New York City into homes across America and around the world.
  • Episode Guide
  • Cast
Date Aired Live from Lincoln Center Episodes
Season 1
30 January 1976 Season 1, Episode 1: New York Philharmonic: Andre Previn and Van Cliburn
21 April 1976 Season 1, Episode 2: New York City Opera: The Ballad of Baby Doe
30 June 1976 Season 1, Episode 3: American Ballet Theatre: Swan Lake
Season 2
03 November 1976 Season 2, Episode 1: New York City Opera: The Barber of Seville
20 November 1976 Season 2, Episode 2: New York Philharmonic: Rafael Kubelik and Claudio Arrau
28 November 1976 Season 2, Episode 3: André Watts in Recital
02 June 1977 Season 2, Episode 4: American Ballet Theatre: Giselle
Season 3
24 September 1977 Season 3, Episode 1: New York Philharmonic: Zubin Mehta and Shirley Verrett
18 October 1977 Season 3, Episode 2: New York City Opera: Manon
29 October 1977 Season 3, Episode 3: New York Philharmonic: Erich Leinsdorf and André Watts
31 January 1978 Season 3, Episode 4: New York City Ballet: Coppelia
12 February 1978 Season 3, Episode 5: Luciano Pavarotti in Recital at the Metropolitan Opera House
19 April 1978 Season 3, Episode 6: New York City Opera: The Saint of Bleecker Street
17 May 1978 Season 3, Episode 7: American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House
Season 4
20 September 1978 Season 4, Episode 1: New York Philharmonic: Zubin Mehta and Rudolf Serkin
04 October 1978 Season 4, Episode 2: New York City Opera: The Turk in Italy
10 December 1978 Season 4, Episode 3: Chamber Music Society with Itzhak Perlman
17 January 1979 Season 4, Episode 4: New York Philharmonic: Zubin Mehta and Itzhak Perlman
22 January 1979 Season 4, Episode 5: Dame Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti Center in Recital
02 May 1979 Season 4, Episode 6: American Ballet Theatre: The Sleeping Beauty
Season 5
15 October 1979 Season 5, Episode 1: Dame Joan Sutherland and Marilyn Horne in Recital
27 October 1979 Season 5, Episode 2: New York City Opera: Street Scene
14 November 1979 Season 5, Episode 3: New York Philharmonic: Zubin Mehta and Emil Gilels
14 January 1980 Season 5, Episode 4: New York Philharmonic: Zubin Mehta and Luciano Pavarotti
05 May 1980 Season 5, Episode 5: A Tribute To John Huston
28 May 1980 Season 5, Episode 6: American Ballet Theatre: La Bayadere
Season 6
24 September 1980 Season 6, Episode 1: New York Philharmonic: Isaac Stern's 60th Birthday Celebration
22 October 1980 Season 6, Episode 2: New York Philharmonic: Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem
06 November 1980 Season 6, Episode 3: New York City Opera: Cinderella
05 January 1981 Season 6, Episode 4: New York City Opera: Beverly! Her Farewell Performance
02 February 1981 Season 6, Episode 5: Chamber Music Society with Itzhak Perlman
18 February 1981 Season 6, Episode 6: New York Philharmonic: Zubin Mehta and Vladimir Ashkenazy
23 March 1981 Season 6, Episode 7: Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne and Luciano Pavarotti in Recital
20 May 1981 Season 6, Episode 8: An Evening with American Ballet Theatre
Season 7
23 September 1981 Season 7, Episode 1: An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic
10 February 1982 Season 7, Episode 2: An Evening with Itzhak Perlman and the New York Philharmonic
10 April 1982 Season 7, Episode 3: New York City Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor
03 May 1982 Season 7, Episode 4: The Film Society of Lincoln Center: A Tribute to Billy Wilder
03 June 1982 Season 7, Episode 5: Two Philharmonics: Israel and New York
14 July 1982 Season 7, Episode 6: James Galway Plays Mostly Mozart with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
Season 8
15 September 1982 Season 8, Episode 1: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Leontyne Price
04 October 1982 Season 8, Episode 2: Stravinsky & Balanchine: A Genius Has A Birthday!
20 October 1982 Season 8, Episode 3: New York City Opera: Madama Butterfly
09 January 1983 Season 8, Episode 4: Chamber Music Society with Chick Corea
02 February 1983 Season 8, Episode 5: New York Philharmonic: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
04 April 1983 Season 8, Episode 6: Luciano Pavarotti with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic
Season 9
10 October 1983 Season 9, Episode 1: New York City Ballet Tribute to George Balanchine
09 November 1983 Season 9, Episode 2: New York City Opera: The Cunning Little Vixen
28 December 1983 Season 9, Episode 3: Marilyn Horne's Great American Songbook
29 February 1984 Season 9, Episode 4: James Galway with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic
Season 10
12 September 1984 Season 10, Episode 1: Bach to Bach
26 September 1984 Season 10, Episode 2: New York City Opera: Carmen
03 October 1984 Season 10, Episode 3: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Pinchas Zukerman
26 October 1984 Season 10, Episode 4: A Lincoln Center Special: 25th Anniversary Fanfare
31 December 1984 Season 10, Episode 5: New Year's Eve Gala
20 February 1985 Season 10, Episode 6: André Watts in Concert
11 May 1985 Season 10, Episode 7: New York Philharmonic: Great Russian Theater Music
10 July 1985 Season 10, Episode 8: Mostly Mozart Meets Salieri
Season 11
05 October 1985 Season 11, Episode 1: Juilliard at 80
30 October 1985 Season 11, Episode 2: New York City Opera: La Rondine
14 November 1985 Season 11, Episode 3: Aaron Copland's 85th Birthday
25 November 1985 Season 11, Episode 4: Dame Joan Sutherland Sings Anna Bolena
06 January 1986 Season 11, Episode 5: Pavarotti Plus!
12 November 1986 Season 11, Episode 6: Candide
29 April 1986 Season 11, Episode 7: New York Philharmonic Celebration with Zubin Mehta
24 May 1986 Season 11, Episode 8: New York City Ballet: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Season 12
16 September 1986 Season 12, Episode 1: New York Philharmonic Opening Night with Zubin Mehta and Itzhak Perlman
12 November 1986 Season 12, Episode 2: Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors
18 February 1987 Season 12, Episode 3: An Evening with Placido Domingo
24 June 1987 Season 12, Episode 4: Shakespeare's The Comedy Of Errors
08 July 1987 Season 12, Episode 5: Mostly Mozart Festival Gala
Season 13
15 September 1987 Season 13, Episode 1: New York Philharmonic Opening Night
14 October 1987 Season 13, Episode 2: New York City Opera: Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute)
31 December 1987 Season 13, Episode 3: New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve Celebration
13 January 1988 Season 13, Episode 4: André Watts 25th Anniversary Gala with the New York Philharmonic
07 May 1988 Season 13, Episode 5: American Ballet Theatre: Romeo And Juliet
13 July 1988 Season 13, Episode 6: An Evening at Mostly Mozart
Season 14
07 November 1990 Season 14, Episode 1: A Little Night Music
05 October 1988 Season 14, Episode 2: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Yo-Yo Ma
31 December 1988 Season 14, Episode 3: New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve Gala
09 January 1989 Season 14, Episode 4: Pavarotti Plus
07 May 1989 Season 14, Episode 5: Chamber Music Society: 20th Anniversary Concert
12 May 1989 Season 14, Episode 6: Ray Charles in Concert with the New York City Ballet
12 July 1989 Season 14, Episode 7: Mostly Mozart with Itzhak Perlman
Season 15
20 September 1989 Season 15, Episode 1: New York Philharmonic Opening Night
22 December 1989 Season 15, Episode 2: A Classical Jazz Christmas with Wynton Marsalis
17 January 1990 Season 15, Episode 3: A New York Philharmonic Five-Star Evening
28 February 1990 Season 15, Episode 4: Pavarotti Plus!
18 April 1990 Season 15, Episode 5: Flicka and Friends: From Rossini to Show Boat
11 July 1990 Season 15, Episode 6: The Mostly Mozart Festival
Season 16
03 October 1990 Season 16, Episode 1: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Daniel Barenboim
14 October 1990 Season 16, Episode 2: Yo-Yo Ma in Concert
07 November 1990 Season 16, Episode 3: Stephen Sondheim: A Little Night Music
19 December 1990 Season 16, Episode 4: A Christmas Gala
31 December 1990 Season 16, Episode 5: New York Philharmonic: New Year's Eve Gala
27 January 1991 Season 16, Episode 6: Mozart Bicentennial Birthday Serenade
30 January 1991 Season 16, Episode 7: Pavarotti Plus!
10 July 1991 Season 16, Episode 8: Mostly Mozart Silver Anniversary
Season 17
11 September 1991 Season 17, Episode 1: Opening Night - Masur and the Philharmonic
25 September 1991 Season 17, Episode 2: New York City Opera: The Marriage of Figaro
24 February 1992 Season 17, Episode 3: Pavarotti Plus!
02 March 1992 Season 17, Episode 4: Rossini Bicentennial Birthday Gala
05 May 1992 Season 17, Episode 5: An Evening with the New York Philharmonic and Kurt Masur
Season 18
16 September 1992 Season 18, Episode 1: New York Philharmonic 150th Opening Night Celebration
30 September 1992 Season 18, Episode 2: New York City Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci
18 October 1992 Season 18, Episode 3: The Chamber Music Society: Masters & Masterpieces
07 December 1992 Season 18, Episode 4: New York Philharmonic 150th Anniversary
07 July 1993 Season 18, Episode 5: Mostly Mozart and Mendelssohn Too!
Season 19
22 September 1993 Season 19, Episode 1: New York Philharmonic Opening Night: Masur & Perlman
20 October 1993 Season 19, Episode 2: The Chamber Music Society 25th Season Opening Gala
24 January 1994 Season 19, Episode 3: Pavarotti Plus!
27 April 1994 Season 19, Episode 4: Jessye Norman: Women of Legend, Fantasy, and Lore
17 May 1994 Season 19, Episode 5: New York Philharmonic: Masur, Ax, & Beethoven's 5th
06 July 1994 Season 19, Episode 6: Mostly Mozart Festival Opening
Season 20
03 August 1994 Season 20, Episode 1: Jazz at Lincoln Center: The City of Jazz
25 January 1995 Season 20, Episode 2: New York Philharmonic: Kurt Masur and Yo-Yo Ma
01 March 1995 Season 20, Episode 3: An Evening with Kathleen Battle and Thomas Hampson
28 March 1995 Season 20, Episode 4: New York City Opera: Verdi's "La Traviata"
24 April 1995 Season 20, Episode 5: New York Philharmonic: Kurt Masur and Sarah Chang
25 July 1995 Season 20, Episode 6: Mostly Mozart Opening Concert
Season 21
20 September 1995 Season 21, Episode 1: New York Philharmonic Opening Night
14 February 1996 Season 21, Episode 2: Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Friends
27 March 1996 Season 21, Episode 3: New York City Opera: The Merry Widow
01 April 1996 Season 21, Episode 4: New York Philharmonic: Masur, Brendel, & Beethoven
10 July 1996 Season 21, Episode 5: Mostly Mozart Opening Concert
27 July 1996 Season 21, Episode 6: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique: Beethoven's 9th
Season 22
15 January 1997 Season 22, Episode 1: New York Philharmonic: Masur, Dvorák & Tchaikovsky
26 March 1997 Season 22, Episode 2: The New York City Opera: Puccini's "La Bohème"
03 April 1997 Season 22, Episode 3: New York Philharmonic: Kurt Masur
07 April 1997 Season 22, Episode 4: A Celebration of the American Musical
04 May 1997 Season 22, Episode 5: A Celebration of Johannes Brahms
Season 23
17 September 1997 Season 23, Episode 1: New York Philharmonic: Opening Night Gala
17 December 1997 Season 23, Episode 2: Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hänsel und Gretel"
03 March 1998 Season 23, Episode 3: New York Philharmonic: Kurt Masur
22 April 1998 Season 23, Episode 4: New York City Opera: Paul Bunyan
01 July 1998 Season 23, Episode 5: Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Season 24
30 August 1998 Season 24, Episode 1: Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" (or) "What You Will"
14 October 1998 Season 24, Episode 2: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Thirtieth Anniversary Gala
31 December 1998 Season 24, Episode 3: New York Philharmonic: New Year's Eve Gala
24 March 1999 Season 24, Episode 4: New York City Opera: "Lizzie Borden"
07 April 1999 Season 24, Episode 5: New York Philharmonic and Jazz at Lincoln Center: "Uptown Blues - Ellington at
05 May 1999 Season 24, Episode 6: New York City Ballet: Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake"
28 July 1999 Season 24, Episode 7: Opening Night Gala of the 33rd Annual Mostly Mozart Festival
Season 25
23 September 1999 Season 25, Episode 1: New York Philharmonic: Opening Night Gala
05 January 2000 Season 25, Episode 2: Perlman at the Penthouse
12 January 2000 Season 25, Episode 3: New York Philharmonic: Modern Times, Romantic Visions
29 March 2000 Season 25, Episode 4: New York City Opera: Puccini's "Tosca"
Season 26
20 September 2000 Season 26, Episode 1: New York Philharmonic Opening Night Gala
04 October 2000 Season 26, Episode 2: An Evening with Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky
13 December 2000 Season 26, Episode 3: Armstrong: When the Saints Go Marching In
04 January 2001 Season 26, Episode 4: Renée Fleming at the Penthouse
28 March 2001 Season 26, Episode 5: New York City Opera: Puccini's La Bohème
19 July 2001 Season 26, Episode 6: Lincoln Center Festival ‘01
22 August 2001 Season 26, Episode 7: Mostly Mozart 2001
Season 27
20 September 2001 Season 27, Episode 1: New York Philharmonic Memorial Concert - Johannes Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requ
14 October 2001 Season 27, Episode 2: An Evening of Beethoven
19 December 2001 Season 27, Episode 3: Nutcracker Swing
20 March 2002 Season 27, Episode 4: New York City Opera: The Gershwins' "Porgy and Bess"
30 May 2002 Season 27, Episode 5: The New York City Ballet's Diamond Project: Ten Years of New Choreography
18 July 2002 Season 27, Episode 6: New York Philharmonic: Kurt Masur’s 75th Birthday and Farewell
Season 29
Season 29, Episode 1:
Season 30
31 March 2005 Season 30, Episode 1: Passion
Season 31
Season 31, Episode 1:
Season 32
Season 32, Episode 1:
Season 33
17 September 2008 Season 33, Episode 1: New York Philharmonic Opening Night Gala With Sir James Galway
Season 33
31 December 2008 Season 33, Episode 2: New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve Gala Concert
08 May 2008 Season 33, Episode 3: Camelot
09 June 2009 Season 33, Episode 4: The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma
12 August 2009 Season 33, Episode 5: Joshua Bell and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
Season 34
26 March 2009 Season 34, Episode 1: “An Evening With…Wynton “An Evening With…Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz
21 May 2009 Season 34, Episode 2: NYC Ballet: Romeo + Juliet
09 June 2009 Season 34, Episode 3: The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma
12 August 2009 Season 34, Episode 4: Mostly Mozart Festival 2009 with Joshua Bell
16 September 2009 Season 34, Episode 5: New York Philharmonic Opening Night Gala with Renée Fleming
31 December 2009 Season 34, Episode 6: New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve: “Hampson, Gershwin, Copland, and Bro
Season 35
21 January 2010 Season 35, Episode 1: Joshua Bell With Friends @ The Penthouse
05 May 2010 Season 35, Episode 2: Ax, Perlman and Ma
18 August 2010 Season 35, Episode 3: South Pacific
23 September 2010 Season 35, Episode 4: New York Philharmonic: Opening Night Concert 2010
19 December 2010 Season 35, Episode 5: Baroque Holiday With the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
31 December 2010 Season 35, Episode 6: New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve With Lang Lang
Season 36
13 February 2011 Season 36, Episode 1: Beethoven and Brahms With the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
02 August 2011 Season 36, Episode 2: Mostly Mozart Festival Opening Night
21 September 2011 Season 36, Episode 3: New York Philharmonic Opening Night With Deborah Voigt
13 October 2011 Season 36, Episode 4: Wynton at 50
14 December 2011 Season 36, Episode 5: George Balanchine's The Nutcracker
31 December 2011 Season 36, Episode 6: Bernstein and Gershwin
Season 37
06 April 2012 Season 37, Episode 1: Renée Fleming @ the Penthouse
27 September 2012 Season 37, Episode 2: The Philharmonic Opening Gala With Itzhak Perlman
13 December 2012 Season 37, Episode 3: The Richard Tucker Opera Gala
31 December 2012 Season 37, Episode 4: One Singular Sensation: Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch
Season 38
15 February 2013 Season 38, Episode 1: Ring Them Bells! A Kander & Ebb Celebration
24 March 2013 Season 38, Episode 2: Kristin Chenoweth: The Dames of Broadway...All of 'Em!!!
12 April 2013 Season 38, Episode 3: Josh Groban: All That Echoes
19 April 2013 Season 38, Episode 4: Celebration: Stephanie Blythe Meets Kate Smith
26 April 2013 Season 38, Episode 5: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel With the New York Philharmonic
24 May 2013 Season 38, Episode 6: Audra McDonald in Concert: Go Back Home
31 December 2013 Season 38, Episode 7: New York Philharmonic Gala With Yo-Yo Ma
Season 39
10 January 2014 Season 39, Episode 1: Richard Tucker at 100: An Opera Celebration
28 March 2014 Season 39, Episode 2: Patina Miller in Concert
04 April 2014 Season 39, Episode 3: James Naughton: The Songs of Randy Newman
11 April 2014 Season 39, Episode 4: Jason Isbell: Moving Forward
26 September 2014 Season 39, Episode 5: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
10 October 2014 Season 39, Episode 6: The Nance: Starring Nathan Lane
12 December 2014 Season 39, Episode 7: Curtain Up: The School of American Ballet Workshop Performances
31 December 2014 Season 39, Episode 8: New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Gershwin Celebration With Dianne Reeves
Season 40
23 January 2015 Season 40, Episode 1: Richard Tucker Opera Gala: A New Century
03 April 2015 Season 40, Episode 2: Billy Porter: Broadway & Soul
10 April 2015 Season 40, Episode 3: Norm Lewis: Who Am I?
24 September 2015 Season 40, Episode 4: New York Philharmonic Opening Gala With Lang Lang
16 October 2015 Season 40, Episode 5: Kern & Hammerstein's Show Boat
30 October 2015 Season 40, Episode 6: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton
13 November 2015 Season 40, Episode 7: Act One
18 December 2015 Season 40, Episode 8: Sinatra: Voice for a Century
31 December 2015 Season 40, Episode 9: New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: La Vie Parisienne
Season 41
05 February 2016 Season 41, Episode 1: From Bocelli to Barton: Richard Tucker Opera
15 October 2016 Season 41, Episode 2: Kern & Hammerstein's Show Boat
04 November 2016 Season 41, Episode 3: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
25 November 2016 Season 41, Episode 4: Lang Lang's New York Rhapsody
16 December 2016 Season 41, Episode 5: Joshua Bell: Seasons of Cuba
31 December 2016 Season 41, Episode 6: New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve
Season 42
09 September 2016 Season 42, Episode 1: Simple Gifts: Chamber Music Society at Shaker Village
31 December 2016 Season 42, Episode 2: New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve
03 February 2017 Season 42, Episode 3: 50 Years of Mostly Mozart
27 October 2017 Season 42, Episode 4: Falsettos
31 December 2017 Season 42, Episode 5: NY Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway
Season 43
20 April 2018 Season 43, Episode 1: Sutton Foster in Concert
27 April 2018 Season 43, Episode 2: Leslie Odom Jr. in Concert
04 May 2018 Season 43, Episode 3: Stephanie J. Block in Concert
11 May 2018 Season 43, Episode 4: Andrew Rannells in Concert
31 December 2018 Season 43, Episode 5: New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve with Renée Fleming
Season 44
08 February 2019 Season 44, Episode 1: Pipeline
10 May 2019 Season 44, Episode 2: Cynthia Erivo in Concert
17 May 2018 Season 44, Episode 3: Annaleigh Ashford in Concert
24 May 2019 Season 44, Episode 4: Megan Hilty
06 September 2019 Season 44, Episode 5: ODYSSEY Chamber Music Society in Greece
31 December 2019 Season 44, Episode 6: New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve 2019: Celebrating Sondheim