Gala from Berlin 2025
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve concert, conducted by Kirill Petrenko and featuring tenor Benjamin Bernheim, blends operatic heartbreak with vibrant energy.
Bernheim brings us the love-sick anguish of famous operatic heroes: Don José from Bizet’s Carmen, Lenski from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Massenet’s Werther, and Gounod’s Romeo.
The tragic story of Romeo and Juliet is also told in Tchaikovsky’s eponymous Fantasy Overture. With lively music by Bizet, Chabrier, and Gershwin, Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker add sunny flair from southern France, Spain, and Cuba.
Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin, Op. 24: Polonaise; Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Introduction, Scene and Lensky’s Aria from Act 2; Gounod: Roméo et Juliette: “L’amour!”, Cavatina of Romeo from Act 2; Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture after Shakespeare; Bizet: Carmen: Overture. Allegro giocoso; Bizet: Carmen: “La fleur que tu m'avais jetée”, Aria by Don José from Act 2; Bizet: L'Arlésienne, Suite No. 2 for orchestra, No. 4 Farandole; Massenet: Werther: Prelude to Act 1; Massenet: Werther: “Pourquoi me reveiller”, Aria of Werther from Act 3; Chabrier: España, Rhapsody for orchestra; Gershwin: Cuban Overture