As part of the big musical concert, musical stars Carin Filipcic, Maya Hakvoort, Vanessa Heinz, Wietske van Tongeren, Gino Emnes, Oedo Kuipers, Lukas Perman and Mark Seibert perform the most beautiful melodies from the famous musicals Tanz der Vampire (Dance of the Vampires), Mozart!, I am from Austria, Don Camillo & Peppone, Rebecca, Elisabeth, Der Besuch der alten Dame (The Visit) and Schikaneder in the amazing atmosphere of the Vienna Ronacher. The Gala is hosted by VBW’s Artistic Director Christian Struppeck.
Nerone
Arrigo Boito’s libretti, including those for Giuseppe Verdis’s Otello and Falstaff, are some of the most outstanding achievements in operatic history and his own completed opera Mefistofele is present on the opera stages. On his opera Nerone Boito started working in 1862, but struggeled to complete it immediately, leaving it unfinished for several decades. It became his life’s work and it was only after his death that the conductor Arturo Toscanini created a performable version. The world premiere was held at La Scala Milan in 1924. Boito´s opera Nerone is here available for the first time on DVD/Blu-ray “Musically it´s brilliant.“ (Wiener Zeitung) and “Rafael Rojas triumphs in the murderous role of Nero, Lucio Gallo (Mago) is a great prince of darkness“ (Süddeutsche Zeitung).
Three Tenors – Voices for Eternity
The documentary Three Tenors – Voices for Eternity, tells the story of the most successful concert in the history of classical music, featuring recent interviews with José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Zubin Mehta, Pavarotti‘s widow Nicoletta Mantovani, Lalo Schifrin, Brian Large, Mario Dradi, Paul Potts, Sir Bryn Terfel, Norman Lebrecht, Didier de Cottignies and many more. Behind-the-scenes-footage, showing the emotional highlights of the first concert and the sequel in Los Angeles offers a fascinating insight into what takes place beyond the spotlight and it includes excerpts from the legendary concert of the Original Three Tenors – José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti, conducted by Zubin Mehta at the Terme di Caracalla, Rome 1990 on the eve of the Football World Cup..