Actors/Artists:  Amy Wehrell, Trent Haaga, Brian Kolodziej, Scott W. McKinlay, Vince Marinelli, Gerald Emerick

Director:  Brian Adams, Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra

Aspect Ratio:

Widescreen (Anamorphic)

Audio:

		Dolby® Digital 5.1
		APCM
		DTS® 5.1 Surround

Subtitles:   English, French, German

DC-DVD Price: £23.75

Gala Concert in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the reopening of the Vienna State Opera after the Second World War.

Disc 1
Opening · Vorspann · Générique début
Beethoven - FIDELIO conducted by Seiji Ozawa
Ouvertüre "Leonore III", Op.72
Mozart - DON GIOVANNI conducted by Zubin Mehta
"Questo non picciol libro ... Madamina, il catalogo é questo" - Ferrucio Furlanetto (Leporello)
"Crudele? ... Non mi dir, bell'idol mio" - Edita Gruberova (Donna Anna)
Arias of Don Giovanni and Zerlina & Finale from Act I:
   · "Bravo! Arcibravo! ... Fin ch'han dal vino"
   · "Masetto, senti un po'!"
   · "Batti, batti, o bel Masetto"
   · "Guarda un po' come seppe"
   · "Presto, presto, pria ch'ei venga"
   · "Bisogna aver coraggio"
   · "Riposate, vezzose ragazze!"
- Thomas Hampson (Don Giovanni), Ildikó Raimondi (Zerlina), Boaz Daniel (Masetto), Soile Isokoski (Donna Elvira), Edita Gruberova (Donna Anna), Michael Schade (Don Ottavio), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Leporello)
Strauss - DER ROSENKAVALIER conducted by Christian Thielemann
Final Trio and Duet from Act III:
   · "Marie Theres!"
   · Ist ein Traum, kann nicht wirklich sein"
- Angelika Kirchschlager (Octavian), Soile Isokoski (Marschallin), Genia Kühmeier (Sophie), George Tichy (Faninal)

Disc 2
Verdi - AIDA conducted by Daniele Gatti
Act III ("Nile Act"):
   · "O tu che sei d'Osiride"
   · "Qui Radamès verrà!"
   · "Ciel! Mio Padre!"
   · "Pur ti riveggo, mia dolce Aida"
   · "Fuggiam gli ardori inospiti"
   · "Tu! Amonasro! Tu! Il Re?"
- Ferruccio Furlanetto (Ramfis), Nadio Krasteva (Amneris), Violeta Urmana (Aida), Franz Grundheber (Amonasro), Johan Botha (Radamès)
Duet from Act IV, Scene 1:
   · "L'aborrita rivale a me sfuggia"
   · "Già i sacerdoti adunansi"
- Agnes Baltsa (Amneris), Plácido Domingo (Radamès)
Wagner - DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÃœRNBERG conducted by Christian Thielmann
Vorspiel zum 1. Aufzug
"Was duftet doch der Flider" Bryn Terfel (Hans Sachs)
"Wach auf, es nahet gen den Tag"
Strauss - DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN conducted by Franz Welser-Möst
Excerpts & Finale from Act III:
   · "Mir anvertraut"
   · "Trifft mich sein Lieben nicht"
   · "Nun will ich jubeln"
   · "Vater, dir drohet nichts"
- Falk Struckmann (Barak), Deborah Polaski (Färberin), Johan Botha (Kaiser), Ricarda Merbeth (Kaiserin), Janina Baechle, Bori Keszei, Nadia Krasteva, Cornelia, Saljie, Michaela Selinger, Ileana Tonca (Die Stimmen der Ungeborenen)
Beethoven - FIDELIO conducted by Seiji Ozawa
Finale from Act II:
   · "Heil sei dem Tag"
   · "Des besten Königs Wink and Wille"
   · "Wer ein holdes Weib errungen"
- Thomas Hampson (Don Fernando), Walter Fink (Rocco), Falk Struckman (Pizarro), Deborah Polaski (Leonore), Ildikó (Marzelline), Johan Botha (Florestan), Herwig Pecoraro (Jaquino)
Credits · Abspann · Générique fin