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Gala from Berlin 1998 - Songs of Love and Desire

Mirella Freni, Christine Schäfer, Marcelo Alvarez, Simon Keenlyside
Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado

Love is the motto of the 1998 New Year's Eve Concert. And who wrote better music about love than Mozart and Verdi? Maestro Claudio Abbado has chosen two of the best Mozart interpreters of our day, Christine Schäfer and Simon Keenlyside, for this traditionally meaningful event. Marcelo Álvarez from Argentina, compared by some to a young Domingo, sings highlights of the tenor repertoire, and Italian Primadonna Mirella Freni tops the occasion with a breathtaking performance of the Letter scene of Tchaikovsky's Eugen Onegin.

Facts

Prog. No.
1310
Music genre
Orchestral Music
Length
90 mins
Lenght short
60
Director
Hans Hulscher
Producers
In co-operation with Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft, Deutsche Welle tv, NHK, VIDEAL/brilliant media, coproduced by Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, EuroArts Music International
Production year
1998