BERLIN PHIHARMONIC: NEW YEAR'S CONCERT 2000

TITLE: NEW YEAR'S CONCERT 2000

WORKS: VERDI: Scenes from Un Ballo in Maschera, Don Carlos, Rigoletto,
La Traviata, Falstaff

ARTISTS: Andrea Rost, Ramon Vargas, Lucio Gallo, Alan Titus, Prague Radio Choir,
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Catalogue Number: DV-SG2000
Picture Format: 16:9
Sound Format: LPCM, AC3 Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Total Timing: 85 minutes
Region Code: All
Subtitle Languages: GB, F, D, IT, JAP & SP
Cut Off Date: 14th December 2001
Release Date: 27th December 2001

This New Year's Eve concert was performed to celebrate the end of the year 2000 and the beginning of the Verdi year of celebrations. This spectacular turn of the century performance features excerpts from Don Carlos (the ball scene from act III, previously removed from the Italian version), Rigoletto, La Traviata and Falstaff, under the outstanding direction of Claudio Abbado.