Live
Only on
Certain chapters are not available.
Thank you for your understanding.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23

1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito

Charles Gounod, Romeo and Juliet

I: "Je veux vivre" (Juliette)

Georges Bizet, Carmen

II: "Votre toast... je peux..." - "Toréador, en garde" (Escamillo, Pastia, Zuniga, Carmen, Chorus, Frasquita, Lilas Pastia, Dancaïre)

Gaetano Donizetti, La Fille du Régiment

I.1 Overture

Gaetano Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor

III: "Il dolce suono"

Giacomo Puccini, Tosca

III: "E lucevan le stelle"

Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo

II, Restate!

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Seven Romances, Op. 47

No. 6 Does the day reign

Sergei Rachmaninov, Italian Polka for piano four hands in E-flat minor, TN II/21

Mikhail Glinka, Ruslan and Lyudmila

Overture

Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto

I, 2: "È il sol dell'anima" - "Addio... speranza ed anima"

Umberto Giordano, Andrea Chénier

III: "Nemico della patria"

Jacques Offenbach, Robinson Crusoé

II: Edwige's Waltz "Take Me Away to the One I Adore"

Giacomo Puccini, Turandot

III, 1: "Nessun dorma!"

II, 2: "In questa Reggia"

Agustín Lara, Granada

Nikolai Devitte/Evgeny Grebenka, "Dark eyes"

Russian song "Kalinka"

⚽ 2018 World Cup Gala Concert – With Anna Netrebko, Plácido Domingo, Denis Matsuev, Valery Gergiev...

From Moscow's Red Square

Cast

Anna Netrebko — Soprano

Plácido Domingo — Baritone

Juan Diego Flórez — Tenor

Denis Matsuev — Pianist

Program notes

Bands of brothers striving toward glory, fighting a battle in which there can be only one champion. While this might sound like the high drama of the opera stage, it also describes one of sports’ biggest events: the FIFA World Cup! At the Gala Concert, the spectacular worlds of opera and football come together for a musical evening featuring some of the biggest stars of the international stage!

Russia is hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and to open the exciting tournament they have pulled out all the stops. The great Russian pianist Denis Matsuev has brought together an impressive line-up of classical musicians for the event, including opera stars Plácido Domingo and Juan Diego Flórez (both reportedly big football fans!), Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eivazov, Ildar Abdrazakov, Aida Garifullina, and Albina Shagimuratova. At their sides Russian maestro Valery Gergiev leads the Mariinsky Orchestra, one of Russia’s most prestigious musical institutions. The concert continues the tradition of opening sporting events with performances from opera stars, as did Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and Jose Carreras at the 1990 Italian World Cup (available here).


medici.tv thanks Channel 1 (Russia) for their support and collaboration.

Anna Netrebko appears courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon.
Ildar Abdrazakov appears courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon.
Plácido Domingo appears courtesy of Sony Classical.
Juan Diego Flórez appears courtesy of Sony Classical.
Aida Garifullina appears courtesy of Decca Classics.



A closer look: featured composers

Further listening: featured works

medici.tv - Back to medici.tv

The world’s premier resource for classical music programming: stunning live events from the world’s most prestigious halls, plus thousands of concerts, operas, ballets, and more in our VOD catalogue!

Our programs

Learn more

Useful links

  • Cookie Settings

Follow us

© MUSEEC SAS 2025 . With the support of Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union and the CNC.

Europe media CNC