Best-selling author Amy Tan hosts the commemorative concert and narrates the historical mini-documentaries woven throughout the special.

Celebrate Yiddish theater pioneers Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky in this new work by their grandson, Michael Tilson Thomas, Artistic Director of the New World Symphony.

Opera stars Dawn Upshaw and Thomas Hampson, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and Broadway’s Christine Ebersole perform some of Leonard Bernstein's most beloved songs.

Learn more about the performers from "Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2008: A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein."

Opera stars Dawn Upshaw and Thomas Hampson, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and Broadway’s Christine Ebersole join Michael Tilson Thomas and the SF Symphony in Carnegie Hall Opening Night 08.

Learn more about the musical selections from "Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2008: A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein."

View the production credits for "Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2008: A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein."