Live From Lincoln Center: Season 31 (2006)

The 31st-season opener celebrates the Juilliard School's 100th birthday with help from past and present students, including Christine Baranski and Bradley Whitford; sopranos Renee Fleming and Leontyne Price; jazz artists Wynton Marsalis, Victor L. Goines and Wycliffe Gordon; pianist Emanuel Ax; violinist Itzhak Perlman; pianist Peng Peng; the Juilliard String Quartet; the Juilliard Dance Ensemble; and the Juilliard Orchestra, led by John Williams and Andrea Quinn. Beverly Sills hosts.

A look back at memorable performances from the show's first 30 years, featuring clips of Leonard Bernstein, Beverly Sills, Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Zubin Mehta, Isaac Stern, Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Andre Watts, Stephen Sondheim, Wynton Marsalis, the New York City Ballet, Peter Martins and Natalia Makarova.

"The Light in the Piazza," the Adam Guettel-Craig Lucas musical, which won six 2005 Tonys, including Score (Guettel) and Best Actress (Victoria Clark). In the summer of 1953, an American mother (Clark) and daughter (Katie Clarke) visit Florence, Italy, where the young woman meets a Florentine (Aaron Lazar) and they fall in love. Giuseppe: Michael Berresse. Franca: Sarah Uriarte Berry. Signora Naccarelli: Patti Cohenour. Signor Naccarelli: Chris Sarandon. Roy Johnson: Beau Gravitte.

Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the Mostly Mozart Festival gets under way with conductor Louis Langree leading the Mostly Mozart Orchestra in Piano Concerto No. 26, featuring Garrick Ohlsson; and the Mass in C, with soprano Hei-Kyung Hong; mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly; tenor Matthew Polenzani; bass-baritone John Relyea; and the Concert Chorale of New York.

Lorin Maazel leads the New York Philharmonic in Beethoven's "Egmont Overture" and Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica"). Also: pianists Emanuel Ax and Yefim Bronfman perform Mozart's Concerto in E flat major for Two Pianos, K. 316.

Drawing on songs from her recent "Build a Bridge" CD, four-time Tony winner Audra McDonald brings her classically trained soprano to the world of contemporary pop, performing selections by the likes of Elvis Costello and Rufus Wainwright. Her longtime music director Ted Sperling leads the instrumental ensemble.