1996 Europakonzert from St. Petersburg with Claudio Abbado
There are not many opera houses that deserve the attribute “legendary”, but the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg is certainly one of them. In 1996, the Berliner Philharmoniker and Claudio Abbado held their Europakonzert there, presenting a Russian-German programme full of colour and verve – which included Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet (which had received its premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre) and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
Anatoli Kotcherga
Kolja Blacher
© 1996 EuroArts Music International
Our recommendations
- Claudio Abbado conducts Mozart at the 1991 Europakonzert from Prague
- 1994 Europakonzert from Meiningen with Claudio Abbado and Daniel Barenboim
- Claudio Abbado conducts works with a maritime theme at the 1998 Europakonzert from Stockholm
- Claudio Abbado conducts Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the 2000 Europakonzert from Berlin
- 2002 Europakonzert from Palermo with Claudio Abbado and Gil Shaham
- Europakonzert 2011 from Madrid with Simon Rattle and Cañizares
