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KCET Presents Acclaimed Concert Special 'Pavarotti in Central Park' on Wednesday, April 10 at 8 p.m.

By Angelica Alumia
April 8, 2013
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Burbank, CA - April 8,

2013 -KCET invites

viewers to celebrate the life of

legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti in the once-in-a-lifetime concert special 

Pavarotti

in Central Park,

 airing Wednesday, April 10 at 8 p.m. This 90-minute program is hosted by renowned opera singer and KCET's 

Open

Call

 host, Suzanna Guzmán, accompanied by

in-studio guests, mezzo-sopranos Gloria Lane and Cynthia Munzer.

Before an audience of 500,000 adoring fans, and backed by the

New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Pavarotti dazzles the crowd with a virtuoso

concert of some of the greatest opera arias of all time. Recorded live in New

York City's Central Park on June 26, 1993, this special features Pavarotti's

performances of  "Quando le sere al placido" from Verdi's

Luisa Miller; "Fra poco a me ricovero" from Donizetti's Lucia di

Lammermoor; "Il lamento di Federico" from Cilea's L'arlesiana; and

"Occi de fata" by Donza.

Throughout the special, KCET will also offer several premier

pairs of reduced priced tickets to LA Opera's performance of Tosca on Wednesday, June 5 at 7:30 p.m.

Visit www.laopera.com for

more details.

The program repeats

with an encore presentation at 9:30 p.m.; Friday, April 12 at 

12

p.m.

; and Saturday, April 13 at 8 p.m. with

an encore presentation at 9:30 p.m.           

ABOUT KCET

On-air, online and in

the community, KCET plays a vital role in the cultural and educational

enrichment of Southern and Central California. KCET offers a wide range of

award-winning local programming as well as the finest public television

programs from around the world. KCET currently produces the Emmy®,

duPont-Columbia and Peabody Award-winning SoCal Connected, a hard-hitting

prime-time weekly television news program that examines the issues and people

of Southern California. Throughout its 48-year history, KCET has won hundreds

of major awards for its local and regional news and public affairs programming,

its national drama and documentary productions, its quality educational family

and children's programs, its outreach and community services and its website,

kcet.org. KCET is a donor-supported community institution. For additional

information about KCET productions, web-exclusive content, programming

schedules and community events, please visit kcet.org.

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