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 Great Performances
 Great Performances, the
longest-running performing arts anthology on television,
launches its fall season with a
celebration of the late
opera great Luciano Pavarotti in “Pavarotti: A Life in Seven
Arias” Sunday, Sept. 14 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Spotlighting
Pavarotti’s vocal talent and extraordinary international
impact, this new performance documentary looks back over his
legendary career, from his humble origins in Modena, Italy,
to his London debut in La Boheme, his triumph in La fille du
regiment, and his iconic rendition of “Nessun Dorma.”
 The
series then returns to Carnegie Hall for opening night—and a
special tribute to Leonard Bernstein by the San Francisco
Symphony under the baton Michael on Thomas, joined by
soprano Dawn Upshaw, baritone Thomas Hampson and cellist
Yo-Yo Ma—on Wednesday, Oct. 29 from 8-10 p.m.
Then Great
Performances brings us the best seat in the house for “Dance
in America: The Nutcracker from San Francisco Ballet” on
Wednesday, Dec. 17 from 7-9 p.m.
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Making the world’s greatest artists
accessible to home viewers in virtually every corner of the
United States, Live from Lincoln Center launches the fall
season with “New York Philharmonic Opening Night Gala
With Sir James Galway” on Wednesday, Sept. 17 from
7-8:30 p.m.