Claudio Abbado, Christine Schäfer, Marcelo Alvarez, Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Keenlyside & Mirella Freni
Gala from Berlin 1998 - Songs of Love and Desire
Artist: Claudio Abbado, Christine Schäfer, Marcelo Alvarez, Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Keenlyside & Mirella Freni - Soloist: Christine Schäfer, Marcelo Alvarez, Simon Keenlyside & Mirella Freni - Producer: EuroArts - Conductor: Claudio Abbado - Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Guiseppe Verdi & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Gala from Berlin 1998 - Songs of Love and Desire
Featuring W. A. Mozart and Giuseppe Verdi, love is the theme of this 1998 New Year's Eve concert. Maestro Claudio Abbado selected two of the best Mozart interpreters, Christine Schäfer and Simon Keenlyside, for this traditionally meaningful event. Marcelo Álvarez from Argentina, who some compare to a young Domingo, sings highlights of the tenor repertoire, and Italian prima donna Mirella Freni tops the occasion with a breath-taking performance of the letter scene from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Eugen Onegin.