The tragic story of the son of a geisha and a Scots industrialist. Susan Graham narrates.

Audra McDonald answers (almost) everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask.

Alec Baldwin and Alan Gilbert spar over programming music for new audiences.

How the girl from Pageland, South Carolina found her way onto the Broadway stage.

The Tony Award winning actress reveals how she literally and figuratively found her voice.

New Year's Eve 2010: Alec Baldwin and Lang Lang talk Tchaikovsky!

Kelly Ripa asks how 8 young dancers are able to dance while avoiding a man on stilts.

Katie Clarke on playing Clara in Lincoln Center Theater's "The Light in the Piazza".

South Pacific: Alan Alda interviews Mary Rodgers and Alice Hammerstein.

Susan Graham explores the working relationship between David Belasco and Giacomo Puccini.

The sound that put George Gershwin's music on the map.

Would you rather be Mozart working for a lousy boss, or a long-suffering employer having to put up with Mozart? Beverly Sills tells us about the tension between the composer and Archbishop Colloredo of Salzburg for the Mostly Mozart Festival of 2006.

What's the thought process behind the music of Jazz At Lincoln Center? Wynton Marsalis describes a jazz musician's greatest thrill - empty measures!

NY Philharmonic New Year's Eve 2009: Why did baritone Thomas Hampson tell Alec Baldwin to stop eating big bowls of menthol? Sitting down in Hampson's apartment, two artists at the top of their professions talk about Cole Porter, Aaron Copland, and the obligations of a performer

Joshua Bell played Saint Saens, Kreisler and Ravel with the New York Philharmonic on New Year's Eve, 2007; Renee Fleming hosted the broadcast. These two virtuosos explored the meaning of virtuosity at intermission.

Alan Gilbert's first concert with the New York Philharmonic featured Renee Fleming singing Messaien's Poems pour Mi. Alec Baldwin had a great time talking to her at intermission about singing what she loves - and what it was like singing for Alan Gilbert.

Kelly Ripa offers a rare glimpse into the world backstage at George Balanchine's The Nutcracker when she visits with New York City Ballet Technical Director Perry Silvey during an intermission at the David H. Koch Theater.

When it comes to theater at Lincoln Center, the buck stops with Bernard Gersten. For the intermission of South Pacific, Alan Alda interviews Lincoln Center Theater's Executive Producer about his career and the process of deciding what to bring to the stage.

What can a composer do to make sure his musical vision is heard? Conduct!

Maya Angelou and Wynton Marsalis collaborate on "Music, Deep Rivers in My Soul".

Beverly Sills narrates "The Two Bohemes" - composing is such a cutthroat business!

Before his retirement, Lorin Maazel reflects on his style - and that of his predecessors.

A family on stage, the actors of "The Light in the Piazza" became like a family in fact.

Alan Alda and Louis Langree discuss conducting and the joy of working with Joshua Bell.

When your boss is Wynton Marsalis, better bring your "A" game to the arranging table!

Alan Alda's conversation with Joshua Bell simply sparkled with friendship and respect..

Beverly Sills narrates "Colline and His Coat" - just what IS a "zimarra"?

South Pacific: Alan Alda, Andre Bishop and stage director Bartlett Sher.

Where does a dialect come from? Influences on the characters in "The Light in the Piazza".

Explore love's seasons with the cast and composer/lyricist of the hit Broadway musical.

Where does the New York City Ballet get all those amazing children in The Nutcracker?

Mozart made music. Mark Morris makes dances. In this piece, Morris tells us how.

Wynton Marsalis tells Alec Baldwin about swinging with Alan Gilbert and the Philharmonic.

Joel Grey discusses the impact of his pals John Kander and Fred Ebb on musical theater.

Lang Lang, Lindsey Stirling, and Regina Spektor talk about what they love about New York.

The golden-voiced singer-songwriter talks about shining a light on other people's music.

Two of opera's oddest, most exciting female roles played by two of opera's great singers.

The opera star muses on the challenges of keeping your composure on and off the stage.

Opera star Jamie Barton talks about two musical families that improve lives through song.

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The queen of jazz test-drives a song she'll perform with the New York Philharmonic.

New York Philharmonic guest conductor reveals what he's planning to do on New Year's Eve.

Can English-speaking actors communicate on Broadway if the script is in Italian?

Is a dancer like a tennis player? Choreographer Mark Morris explores bilateral symmetry.

Itzhak Perlman muses about Mozart and modern technology.

Sheep, shipyards and shenanigans - Sir James Galway recalls his Belfast boyhood.

Conductor Alan Gilbert describes an "untimely" encounter with his mom at rehearsal.

Violinist Itzhak Perlman describes his early bout with polio.

Opera star Stephanie Blythe talks about Kate Smith, inspiration for her upcoming special.

For Opening Night 2010, the New York Philharmonic joined forces with Jazz At Lincoln Center for Wynton Marsalis' Swing Symphony. Alan Gilbert tells Alec Baldwin what it's like to swing with Wynton and the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra.

Beverly Sills narrates "The Missing Act" - what DID happen to Mimi and Rodolfo after Act II? As it happens, Puccini actually wrote four acts for La Boheme. Why did he drop what started out as Act III?

Lincoln Center Theater's staging effects are one of its strengths. How do you make a hat fly on cue? Find out with this behind-the-scenes look at "The Light in the Piazza".

Lang Lang and his special guests explore the importance of art.

One New York music icon remembers another.

Josh Groban answers (almost) everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask.

Violinist Itzhak Perlman and wife Toby invite us to visit the Perlman Music Program.

Three of the stars of "Ring Them Bells!" discuss what makes Kander & Ebb musicals unique.

Kristin Chenoweth reveals (almost) everything you'd want to know but were afraid to ask.

An intimate behind the scenes profile of 2012 Richard Tucker Award winner Ailyn Pérez.

Stars from "Ring Them Bells! A Kander & Ebb Celebration" face our "Rapid Fire" questions.