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Season 27

17 episodes · 1996

  1. 1

    Carnegie Hall Opening Night 1998

    Jan 1, 1996

  2. 2

    Les Misérables in Concert

    Mar 1, 1996

    The story of the fall and redemption of Jean Valjean, arrested for stealing some bread for his starving family. In prison he's constantly bothered by the hard-nosed lawman Javert. Valjean is paroled, but runs away and becomes the mayor of a small town. He meets a dying woman named Fantine and swears to raise her daughter. Javert catches up to him, but Valjean escapes. The daughter, Cosette, grows up and falls in love with Marius, a student. An ill-fated, student-led revolution makes the mother of all climaxes for this beauty of a production. And the end with the 50 or so Valjeans is pretty impressive!

  3. 3

    Episode 3

    Apr 3, 1996

  4. 4

    Pavarotti & Friends for the Children of Liberia

    Dec 2, 1996106 min★ 6.6

  5. 5

    A Streetcar Named Desire

    Dec 10, 1996166 min★ 7.4

  6. 6

    From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1999

  7. 7

    The Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty

    ★ 7.6

  8. 8

    Episode 8

  9. 9

    Episode 9

  10. 10

    Episode 10

  11. 11

    Episode 11

  12. 12

    Episode 12

  13. 13

    Episode 13

  14. 14

    Star Crossed Lovers

  15. 15

    Swingin' with Duke: The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

  16. 16

    Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing

    129 min★ 8.2

  17. 17

    Parsifal: The Search for the Grail

    ★ 4.8