Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado - New Year's Eve Concert 1998 Songs of Love and Desire [DVD]

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Format: DVD
Catalogue No.: 0880242131089
Release Date: 5th March 2021
Genre: Classical

Songs of Love and Desire was the theme of the 1998 New Year's Eve concert of the Berliner Philharmoniker 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.

• The singers impressed not only through vocal splendour, but also by their dramatic versatility. Christine Schäfer perfectly conveyed the subtle differences between the genuine desire of Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto and the doubting affection of Zerlina in Don Giovanni. Marcelo Àlvarez as the Duke in Rigoletto pursues his conquests with a gentle, but no less insidious seductiveness. Simon Keenlyside portrays a Don Giovanni who constantly changes between charm and lasciviousness.
• A highlight of this evening was the appearance of Mirella Freni, whose connection with the Berliner Philharmoniker goes back to 1972. She performed the letter scene from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin as a miniature drama in which doubt, determination and unconditional love struggle for supremacy.

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

New Year's Eve Concert 1998 - Songs of Love and Desire

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro
Overture 4:45
"Deh vieni, non tardar, o gioia bella" 4:25
Don Giovanni
"Deh, vieni alla finestra" 2:27
Die Zauberflöte
"Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen" 3:14
Don Giovanni
"Fin ch'han dal vino" 1:36
"La ci darem la mano" 3:38

Georges Bizet
L'Arlésienne
Carillon 4:23
Farandole 4:00

Gioachino Rossini
La gazza ladra: Overture 9:42

Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto
"È il soldell'anima - Addio sperenza ed anima" 5:05
Caro nome che il mio cor" 2:05
"La donna è mobile" 2:20
Un ballo in maschera
"Eri tu che macchiavi quell'anima" 4:54

Hector Berlioz
Le Carnaval Romain 8:46

Pyotr. I. Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin
Polonaise 4:50
Letter Scene 14:33

Giuseppe Verdi
La Traviata
"Libiamo ne'lieti calici" 3:26

Live from the Philharmonie Berlin, 31 December 1998, directed by Hans Hulscher