Claudio Abbado conducts a Verdi gala for the 2000 New Year’s Eve Concert The music of Verdi is very close to Claudio Abaddo’s heart – after all, he led La Scala in Milan from 1968 to 1986, the worldwide centre of Verdi interpretation. In this New Year’s Eve Concert from 2000, audiences were able to discover this side of the conductor, with excerpts from Rigoletto , La Traviata and Falstaff . Abbado was joined by leading Verdi singers, including Andrea Rost, Ramón Vargas and Alan Titus.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
Andrea Rost
Ramón Vargas
Alan Titus
© 2000 EuroArts Music International
Giuseppe Verdi Un ballo in maschera : “Volta la terrea fronte” · “Signori: oggi d’Ulrica” · “Ve’ se di notte” · “Saper vorreste” Andrea Rost Soprano Carmela Remigio Soprano Ramón Vargas Tenor Massimo Giordano Tenor Alan Titus Baritone Lucio Gallo Baritone Anatoli Kotcherga Bass Prague Philharmonic Choir Stanislav Bogunia Chorus Master Giuseppe Verdi Don Carlos : “Que de fleurs et que d’étoiles” Carmela Remigio Soprano Stella Doufexis Mezzo-Soprano Prague Philharmonic Choir Stanislav Bogunia Chorus Master Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto : “Questa o quella” · “La donna è mobile” Ramón Vargas Tenor Giuseppe Verdi La traviata : “Libiamo ne’ lieti calici” (Brindisi) · “Sempre libera” Andrea Rost Soprano Stella Doufexis Mezzo-Soprano Ramón Vargas Tenor Massimo Giordano Tenor Alan Titus Baritone Lucio Gallo Baritone Anatoli Kotcherga Bass Prague Philharmonic Choir Stanislav Bogunia Chorus Master Giuseppe Verdi Falstaff : “Alice” – “Meg” – “Nannetta” Carmela Remigio Soprano Elizabeth Futral Soprano Larissa Diadkova Mezzo-Soprano Stella Doufexis Mezzo-Soprano Massimo Giordano Tenor Enrico Facini Tenor Anthony Mee Tenor Lucio Gallo Baritone Anatoli Kotcherga Bass Giuseppe Verdi Falstaff : “Quand’ero paggio” Carmela Remigio Soprano Elizabeth Futral Soprano Stella Doufexis Mezzo-Soprano Larissa Diadkova Mezzo-Soprano Anthony Mee Tenor Massimo Giordano Tenor Enrico Facini Tenor Lucio Gallo Baritone Alan Titus Baritone Anatoli Kotcherga Bass Prague Philharmonic Choir Stanislav Bogunia Chorus Master Giuseppe Verdi Falstaff : “Alto là!” – “Chi va là?” Carmela Remigio Soprano Elizabeth Futral Soprano Stella Doufexis Mezzo-Soprano Larissa Diadkova Mezzo-Soprano Anthony Mee Tenor Massimo Giordano Tenor Enrico Facini Tenor Lucio Gallo Baritone Alan Titus Baritone Anatoli Kotcherga Bass Prague Philharmonic Choir Stanislav Bogunia Chorus Master Johann Strauss Un ballo in maschera , Quadrille on themes from Verdi’s opera 
