DVD 1: Gala Concert from the Vienna State Opera - Lucia Aliberti, Agnes Baltsa, Daniela Barcellona, Deborah Sasson, Sandra Schwarzhaupt, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Gunther Emmerlich, Kurt Rydl, Vincenzo La Scola, Neil Shicoff, Prague Symphony Orchestra; Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg; Penderecki Festival Orchestra, Roland Seiffarth, Oleg Caetani (Item No: 2054028).
DVD 2: Claudio Abbado – A Verdi Gala from Berlin - Andrea Rost, Ramón Vargas, Alan Titus, Elizabeth Futral, Stella Doufexis , Lucio Gallo, Prague Radio Choir, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado (Item No: 2050858).
DVD 3: Great Stars of Opera - Lucia Aliberti, Agnes Baltsa, Daniela Barcellona, Deborah Sasson, Sandra Schwarzhaupt, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Gunther Emmerlich, Kurt Rydl, Vincenzo La Scola, Neil Shicoff, Prague Symphony Orchestra; Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg; Penderecki Festival Orchestra, Roland Seiffarth, Oleg Caetani (Item No: 2054028)
The greatest names in opera take to the stage for these galas from three musical centres that have come to stand as symbols of rebirth – Vienna, Berlin and Dresden. Vienna celebrates the 50th anniversary of the State Opera House’s reopening with music of humanity and rejoicing from Rosenkavalier to Fidelio, international stars fill the Dresden night with the sounds of operatic favourites, and Claudio Abbado conducts a New Year’s Eve tribute to Verdi in Berlin, closing with the life-affirming fugue the brings that curtain down on the master’s last opera, Falstaff.
Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9 and PAL 16:9
Sounds formats DVD: PCM Stereo, DD 5.0, DTS 5.0
Region code: 0
Booklet notes: English, German, French
Subtitles: DVD1: English, German, French, Spanish; DVD2: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish; DVD3: English, German, French
Running time: DVD1: 188 mins (disc1: 74 mins, disc2: 114 mins); DVD2: 94 mins; DVD3: 103 mins
Audience: all
FSK: 0