Berliner Philharmoniker 2023 LIVE: NYE Concert

Sunday 31st December 2023 at 4.00pm

Kirill Petrenko conductor
Vida Miknevičiūtė soprano
Jonas Kaufmann tenor
Georg Zeppenfeld bass

Siegmund in Richard Wagner’s Walküre is a signature role for Jonas Kaufmann.
The world-renowned tenor is passionate, radiant and combative in his portrayal of
the tragic hero at the centre of a love triangle that confronts us with the emotional
extremes of revenge, incest and lover’s bliss. To celebrate the end of the year, chief
conductor Kirill Petrenko, an acclaimed interpreter of Wagner, conducts the first act
of the opera at the Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert, broadcast
live to cinemas. The programme opens with excerpts from Tannhäuser that
encapsulate the grandeur of Wagner’s great work.

Programme:
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg: Overture and Der Venusberg
(Vienna version)
Richard Wagner
Die Walküre: Act 1