Opera Night – famous arias from Mozart, Puccini, Massenet, Wagner, Lehar, Strauss, and others

A glamorous Opera Night featuring an exclusive cast of renowned singers performing a program from opera highlights by Mozart, Puccini, Wagner, Massenet, Leoncavallo, Dvořák, Saint-Saëns, Lehár and Strauss. They are accompanied by the Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, conducted by Kent Nagano. The benefit gala for the German AIDS Foundation was held in 2003 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Enjoy famous arias from operas such as Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Tosca, Rusalka, Lohengrin, Der Rosenkavalier, Turandot, Samson et Dalila, I Pagliacci, Das Land des Lächelns, Die Fledermaus, and Werther. Program: (00:00) George Frideric Handel, Music for the Royal Fireworks, La Réjouissance (01:51) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio, Le nozze di Figaro | Angelika Kirchschläger (Mezzo-soprano) (05:38) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Voi, che sapete che cosa è amor, Le nozze di Figaro | Angelika Kirchschläger (Mezzo-soprano) (08:52) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Madamina, il catalogo è questo, Don Giovanni | René Pape (Bass) (15:15) Giacomo Puccini, Vissi d’arte, Tosca | Michèle Crider (Soprano) (20:14) Antonín Dvořák, Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém, Rusalka | Adrianne Pieczonka (Soprano) (26:56) Richard Wagner, Einsam in trüben Tagen hab’ ich zu Gott gefleht, Lohengrin | Anne Schwanewilms (Soprano) (33:19) Richard Strauss, Marie Theres‘! - Hab mir’s gelobt, Der Rosenkavalier | Juliane Banse (Soprano), Angelika Kirschschlager (Mezzo-soprano), Adrianne Pieczonka (Soprano) (39:07) Giacomo Puccini, Nessun dorma, Turandot | Salvatore Licitra (Tenor) (43:17) Camille Saint-Saëns, Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix, Samson et Dalila | Grace Bumbry (Mezzo-soprano) (49:50) Jules Massenet, Werther! Qui m´aurait dit - Des cris joyeux, Werther | Vesselina Kasarova (Mezzo-sopran) (59:13) Ruggero Leoncavallo, Recitar! - Vesti la giubba, I Pagliacci | Vladimir Galouzine (Tenor) (1:02:26) Franz Lehár, Dein ist mein ganzes Herz, Das Land des Lächelns | Charles Castronovo (Tenor) (1:07:08) Johann Strauss II, Brüderlein und Schwesterlein, Die Fledermaus | Charles Castronovo (Tenor) Soloists: Angelika Kirchschlager (Mezzo-soprano) Vesselina Kasarova (Mezzo-soprano) René Pape (Bass) Michèle Crider (Soprano) Adrianne Pieczonka (Soprano) Anne Schwanewilms (Soprano) Salvatore Licitra (Tenor) Grace Bumbry (Mezzo-soprano) Vladimir Galouzine (Tenor) Charles Castronovo (Tenor) © 2003 RBB/Deutsche AIDS-Stiftung/EuroArts Listen to more arias in our opera playlist: Enjoy more concerts in your personal concert hall: Subscribe to DW Classical Music: #operaarias #operamusic #arias