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New Year’s Eve Concert 1998 – Songs of Love and Desire

Mirella Freni soprano | Christine Schäfer soprano | Marcelo Alvarez tenor | Simon Keenlyside baritone
Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado

Songs of Love and Desire was the theme of the 1998 New Year's Eve concert of the Berlin Philharmonic under the musical direction of Claudio Abbado.


Christine Schäfer, Simon Keenlyside, and Marcelo Àlvarez excelled in famous arias and scenes from Mozart, Verdi, and Tchaikovsky, and were joined by Primadonna assoluta Mirella Freni.

Repertoire

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro: Overture; Die Zauberflöte: “Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen”; Don Giovanni: „Deh, vieni alla fi nestra”, “Fin ch’han dal vino”, “La ci darem la mano”

Bizet: L’Arlésienne: Carillon, Farandole 

Rossini: La gazza ladra: Overture

Verdi: Rigoletto: “È il sol dell’anima – Addio speranza ed anima”, “Caro nome che il mio cor”, “La donna è mobile”; La Traviata: “Libiamo ne’ lieti calici”

Berlioz: Le Carnaval Romain

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin: Polonaise, Letter Scene

Facts DVD Blu-ray

Item number
2013108
UPC number
880242131089
Region code
0
Picture format
NTSC 16:9
Sound format
PCM Stereo
Release
Total running time
89 mins
No. of discs
1
Recording
1998