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Premieres Friday, March 4, 2022 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. Experience René Pape as the tortured tsar caught between ambition and paranoia in this production by Stephen Wadsworth. Conductor Sebastian Weigle leads Mussorgsky’s Russian masterwork in its original 1869 version.

Premieres Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, Jan. 2 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand. Ring in the new year in Austria at the Musikverein with the Vienna Philharmonic and host Hugh Bonneville in this annual concert of waltzes by Strauss and more under the baton of guest conductor Daniel Barenboim.

Premieres Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021 at 3 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Sunday, Dec. 26 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. Enjoy a holiday performance from the famed bass-baritone in Wales' Brecon Cathedral featuring Welsh traditional folk group Calan. The program includes festive favorites, Lerner and Loewe's "Little Prince" and more.

Premieres Friday, Dec. 31, 2021 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. Celebrate the new year with Met stars Angel Blue, Pretty Yende, Javier Camarena and Matthew Polenzani performing arias, duets and ensembles and more from the Parktheater in Augsburg, Germany.

Premieres Friday, Nov. 26, 2021 at 9 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 28 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand. Enjoy this contemporary reboot of the 1870 classical ballet favorite. Blending live action ballet with CGI, the film features ballet stars Michaela DePrince and Daniel Camargo.

Premieres Friday, Nov. 19, 2021 at 9 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand. Celebrate opening night of San Francisco Symphony's 110th season as it welcomes its new GRAMMY-winning music director Esa-Pekka Salonen, featuring music by John Adams, Esperanza Spalding and Wayne Shorter and performances by Alonzo King LINES Ballet.

Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022 at 3:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with KPBS Passport! Experience a concert of works by legendary composer John Williams from Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer home at Tanglewood including Williams' new violin concerto performed by virtuoso Anne-Sophie Mutter and other works conducted by Andris Nelsons.

Friday, Oct. 8, 2021 at 10 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 10 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2 (not available on demand). Enjoy the talent of Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva as she performs arias by Verdi, Puccini and more from the Baroque Library in Schussenried Cloister in southwest Germany accompanied by Julien Quentin on piano.

Friday, Jan. 20, 2023 at 9 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 22 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with KPBS Passport! Go backstage on Broadway from 1959 to the early 1980s through interviews with theater legends including Carol Burnett, Liza Minnelli, Dick Van Dyke and more touching on a variety of classic shows like "Bye, Bye Birdie," "Pippin" and "A Chorus Line."

Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand