Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara is replacing Laura Benanti December 17 at 8 pm in The New York Pops’ long-awaited return to Carnegie Hall due to a Covid exposure in Ms. Benanti’s family. Led by Music Director and Conductor Steven ReinekeBack Home for the Holidays features The New York Pops and Ms. O’Hara in traditional carols and contemporary holiday classics.

Upcoming concerts in The New York Pops’ 2021-22 Carnegie Hall season include: Get Happy: That Nelson Riddle Sound on Friday, February 4, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. with Tony DeSare and Capathia Jenkins; and One Night Only: An Evening with Norm Lewis on Friday, March 4, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. in addition to the orchestra’s 39th Birthday Gala on Monday, April 25, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall.