Great Performances: Season 39 (2011 - 2012)

Edward Villella's Miami City Ballet performs George Balanchine's "Square Dance" (music by Antonio Vivaldi and Arcangelo Corelli) and "Western Symphony" (music by Hershy Kay); and Twyla Tharp's "The Golden Section" (music by David Byrne). Andy Garcia hosts.

This performance of the Daniel Catan opera +Postino performed at the Los Angeles Opera House features vocalists such as Placido Domingo, Charles Castronovo, and Cristina Gallardo-Domas, in the leading roles.

Tenor Andrea Bocelli performs with the New York Philharmonic in New York's Central Park, where he's joined by Céline Dion; Tony Bennett; Chris Botti; David Foster; sopranos Ana María Martínez and Pretty Yende; bass baritone Bryn Terfel; violinist Nicola Benedetti; flutist Andrea Griminelli; and the Westminster Symphonic Choir. Selections include "La donna ? mobile" from "Rigoletto"; "Ave Maria (Ellens dritter Gesang)"; "'O Sole Mio"; "Once Upon a Time in the West"; "Volare"; and "Amazing Grace."

The San Francisco Ballet performs an adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's "The Little Mermaid," starring Yuan Yuan Tan in the title role. Choreographed by the Hamburg Ballet's John Neumeier, who also designed the sets, costumes and lighting.

The Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna Boys' Choir celebrate the New Year with a concert of Strauss family favorites at Vienna's Musikverein. Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Host: Julie Andrews.

An all-Gershwin gala with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel, and jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. The orchestra performs "Rhapsody in Blue" and "An American in Paris"; Hancock performs "Someone to Watch Over Me." From Walt Disney Concert Hall in L.A.

Anna Deavere Smith performs "Let Me Down Easy," her one-woman show in which she explores health issues through the experiences of real-life individuals (some famous, some not).

The making of Tony Bennett's 2011 chart-topping "Duets II" album, which features some of his greatest hits recast as duets with various singers, is documented. The sessions include "Body and Soul" with Amy Winehouse; "The Lady Is a Tramp" with Lady Gaga; "How Do You Keep the Music Playing" with Aretha Franklin; "Stranger in Paradise" with Andrea Bocelli; "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" with Michael Bublé; "Speak Low" with Norah Jones; and "On the Sunny Side of the Street" with Willie Nelson.

A performance of the Tony Award-winning musical "Memphis," about a white high-school dropout in 1950s Tennessee who becomes a disc jockey in order to promote the music of a black singer he's fallen for.