Bryn Terfel, Claudio Abbado, Gil Shaham, Sudtiroler Kinderchor, Roberto Alagna, Orfeon Donostiarra de San Sebastian, Mikhail Pletnev & Anne Sophie von Otter
Gala from Berlin 1997 - A Salute to Carmen
Artist: Bryn Terfel, Claudio Abbado, Gil Shaham, Sudtiroler Kinderchor, Roberto Alagna, Orfeon Donostiarra de San Sebastian, Mikhail Pletnev & Anne Sophie von Otter - Soloist: Bryn Terfel, Gil Shaham, Roberto Alagna, Mikhail Pletnev & Anne Sophie von Otter - Producer: Bob Coles - Conductor: Claudio Abbado - Chorus: Sudtiroler Kinderchor - Composer: Manuel de Falla, Johannes Brahms, Georges Bizet, Maurice Ravel & Sergei Rachmaninoff - Orchestra: Orfeon Donostiarra de San Sebastian
Gala from Berlin 1997 - A Salute to Carmen
The 1997 Berlin Gala was dedicated to Georges Bizet’s Carmen with all works somehow connected to the opera. Featuring star soloists like Anne Sofie von Otter, Roberto Alagna, Bryn Terfel, Véronique Gen and Stella Doufexis, the Berliner Philharmoniker and Italian conductor Claudio Abbado, the program included selections from Carmen itself. Sergei Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Pablo de Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy op. 25, Maurice Ravel’s Rhapsodie Espagnol, Manuel de Falla’s Ritual Fire Dance, and Johannes Brahms’s Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor. The other soloists of this evening are Gil Shaham (violin) and Mikhail Pletnev (piano).