Artists

Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano
Juliane Banse, soprano
Grace Bumbry, mezzo-soprano
Michèle Crider, soprano
Vesselina Kasarova, mezzo-soprano
Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzo-soprano
Anne Schwanewilms, soprano
Charles Castronovo, tenor
Vladimir Galouzine, tenor
Salvatore Licitra, tenor
René Pape, bass

Berlin Deutsche Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Kent Nagano, conductor

Label: EuroArts, 2011 (re-issue), 2003 (original)
Catalogue No: 2053589
Recorded live at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2003
Sounds formats DVD: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
Running time: 78 mins

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Description

As performed on November 8, 2003, this opera gala was mounted to raise money for the German AIDS Foundation. It brings numerous celebrated classical vocalists together with the chorus and orchestra of the Deusche Oper Berlin and the conductor Kent Nagano; the ensemble performs extracts from works by such composers as Richard Strauss (Der Rosenkavalier), Ruggero Leoncavallo (Pagliacci), Mozart (Le Nozze di Figaro) and many others.

Proceeds from the sales of this title go to support the work of the German AIDS Foundation

On the DVD Adrianne Performs:

Dvorak: Mesícku na nebi hlubokém ‘Song to the Moon’ (from Rusalka)
Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano)

Strauss, R: Marie Theres’! … Hab mir’s gelobt (from Der Rosenkavalier)
Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano), Juliane Banse (soprano), Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo)