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Waldbühne 1996: Italian Night – with Claudio Abbado

Waldbühne 1996: Italian Night – with Claudio Abbado

Concert

Berliner Philharmoniker

Production Date: 30/06/1996

Duration108 Min

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Claudio Abbado is on the podium at Berlin's famous "Forest Stage" for a programme celebrating the drama and excitement of Italian opera. He and the Berliner Philharmoniker are joined by soprano Angela Gheorghiu, tenor Sergei Larin and bass-baritone Bryn Terfel for arias and duets from operas by Verdi and Bellini, and the Rundfunkchor Berlin are on hand to perform favourite choruses. Abbado and his orchestra, meanwhile, are on scintillating form in some of the most famous Italian opera overtures – as well as, to close, the obligatory performance of Paul Lincke's Berliner Luft!

Soloists
Sergei Larin (Tenor), Bryn Terfel (Bass-Baritone), Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
Ensembles
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin
Conductor
Claudio Abbado
Nabucco, Act III: "Va', pensiero, sull'ali dorate" (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
2
04:37
I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Act I: "Eccomi in lieta vesta"
3
09:26
Don Carlo, Act II: "È lui! Desso, l'Infante! ... Dio, che nell'alma infodere"
4
Sergei Larin (Tenor), Bryn Terfel (Bass-Baritone)
08:39
Il Trovatore, Act II: "Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie"
5
03:05
Guillaume Tell: Overture
6
11:40
La forza del destino: Overture
7
07:28
Un ballo in maschera, Act III: "Forse la soglia attinse"
8
Sergei Larin (Tenor)
05:39
Otello, Act I: "Fuoco di gioia!"
9
03:25
Otello, Act II: "Vanne! la tua meta già vedo... Credo in un dio crudel"
10
Bryn Terfel (Bass-Baritone)
05:15
Otello, Act I: "Già nella notte densa"
11
Sergei Larin (Tenor), Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
10:03
Aida, Act II: "Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside" (Triumphal March)
12
07:58
I vespri siciliani: Overture
13
06:32
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture
14
07:43
Berliner Luft
15
06:26

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