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The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1998

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1998 (1998)

1h 29m | PG-13

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The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond. On New Year‘s Eve, the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala. Together, the musicians bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new. The 1998 concert was conducted by Claudio Abbado and featured Marcelo Álvarez (tenor), Mirella Freni (soprano), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Christine Schäfer (soprano) performing: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Excerpts), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni (Excerpts), Georges Bizet: L'Arlésienne (Excerpts), Gioachino Rossini: La gazza ladra: Overture, Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Excerpts), Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Excerpts), Hector Berlioz: Le Carnaval Romain, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (Excerpts), Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata (Excerpts).

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Studio: EuroArts

Genre: Music

Video: 720p

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Cast

Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado

as Self - Conductor

Marcelo Álvarez

Marcelo Álvarez

as Self - Tenor

Mirella Freni

Mirella Freni

as Self - Soprano

Simon Keenlyside

Simon Keenlyside

as Self - Baritone

Christine Schäfer

Christine Schäfer

as Self - Soprano