Claudio Abbado conducts Mozart and Verdi's greatest songs of love and desire
With Christine Schäfer, Mirella Freni, Marcelo Raúl Àlvarez, and Simon Keenlyside
Cast
Christine Schäfer — Soprano
Mirella Freni — Soprano
Marcelo Raúl Álvarez — Tenor
Simon Keenlyside — Baritone
Claudio Abbado — Conductor
Program notes
Love is the motto of the 1998 New Year's Eve Concert.
And who wrote better music about love than Mozart and Verdi?
Maestro Claudio Abbado has chosen two of the best Mozart interpreters of our day, Christine Schäfer and Simon Keenlyside, for this traditionally meaningful event.
Marcelo Álvarez from Argentina, compared by some to a young Domingo, sings highlights of the tenor repertoire, and Italian Primadonna Mirella Freni tops the occasion with a breathtaking performance of the "Letter" scene of Tchaikovsky's Eugen Onegin.
