Claudio Abbado, Conducts A VERDI GALA from Berlin (DVD)
Giuseppe Verdi, Scenes and Arias from “Un ballo in maschera”, “Don Carlos”, “Rigoletto”, “La Traviata”, “Falstaff” plus Johan Strauss : Maskenfest - Quadrille
Claudio Abbado has made a name for himself as one of the great Verdi conductos of our time, not least as artistic director of La Scala, Milan, from 1968 to 1986. he enjoyed his greatest acclaim in this repertory with works that are also central to the present gala: “Un ballo in maschera”, “Don Carlos” and “Falstaff”. Seconding him are not only the Brliner Philharmoniker, taking audible pleasure in their unaccustomed role as an opera orchestra, but also a number of the most successful young Verdi singers of the present day.
Andrea Rost (soprano), Alan Titus (baritone), Ramon Vargas (tenor), Larissa Diadkova (mezzo-soprano), Stella Doufexis (mezzo-soprano), Enrico Facini (tenor), Elizabeth Futral (soprano), Lucio Gallo (baritone), Massimo Giordano (tenor), Anatoly Kocherga (bass), Anthony Mee (tenor), Carmela Remigio (soprano)
Rrague Radio Choir – Chorus Master : Stanislav Bogunia
Berliner Philharmoniker : Claudio Abbado
Recorded live at the Philharmonie, Berlin, 31 December 2000
Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 anamorphic
Sound Formats : PCM Stereo DD 5.1 DTS 5.1
Subtitles : Italy, English, Deutsche, France
Region Code : 0 (Worldwide)
Disc Format : DVD 9
Running Time : 94 min
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