On July 7th, the Waldbühne amphitheatre in Berlin was host to “the greatest voices of their day” (Die Welt am Sonntag) as more than 20,000 spectators gathered to hear Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, and Plácido Domingo in an open-air concert celebrating the close of the World Cup tournament. Deutsche Grammophon has brought this extraordinary event – described by the Berliner Morgenpost as “the stuff of myth” – to DVD, featuring the three mega-stars performing music by Verdi, Puccini, Lehár, and many other beloved melodies.

This live broadcast had an international audience of more than 8 million viewers in Germany, Austria, Norway, France, Italy, Mexico, India and South America, generating waves of enthusiastic acclaim in the international press - considered as the biggest live classical broadcast event since The Three Tenors.

“The greatest voices of their day came together again on Friday evening. . . Domingo still works his magic . . . Netrebko symbolizes the combination of skill, charisma and naturalness . . . Villazón is the perfect masculine counterpart. . . Great opera needs protagonists like these” - Die Welt am Sonntag, Berlin

“The vocalism consistently stood out as superior . . . Domingo at 65 remains a phenomenon; . . . His junior colleagues never lapsed vocally below their high levels” - MusicalAmerica.com

“Gooseflesh at the ‘Summit Meeting of the Stars’.” Die Welt, Berlin

“They harmonized as though they’ve been appearing together forever.” Gala, Hamburg

Repertoire:

1. Nabucco - Ouvertüre
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

2. L'Arlesiana – ‘E la solita storia’
Plácido Domingo
Francesco Cilea (1866-1950)

3. Gianni Schicchi - "O mio babbino caro"
Anna Netrebko
Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)

5. Otello - 'Già nella notte densa'
Anna Netrebko & Plácido Domingo
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

6. Carmen - Entr`acte Georges
Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)

7. Les Pêcheurs de Perles - 'Au fond du temple saint'
Plácido Domingo & Rolando Villazón
Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)

8. Semiramide - Ouvertüre
Gioacchino Rossini ( 1792 – 1868)

9. 'Júrame'
Rolando Villazón
Maria Grever (1885 - 1951)

10. Giuditta - 'Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß'
Anna Netrebko
Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948)

11. 'Non ti scordar di me'
Plácido Domingo & Rolando Villazón
Ernesto de Curtis (1875 - 1937)

12. La Bohème – ‘O soave fanciulla’
Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazón
Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)

13. Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo
Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)

14. 'Vurría'
Plácido Domingo
Furio Rendine (1920 - 1987)

15. West Side Story - 'Tonight'
Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazón
Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)

La Bohème – ‘Quando m’en vo’ (Musettas Walzer)
Anna Netrebko
Giacomo Puccini

La Taberna del Puerto – ‘No puede ser’
Plácido Domingo
Pablo Sorozabál

La Traviata – ‘Brindisi’
Anna Netrebko, Plácido Domingo & Rolando Villazón
Giuseppe Verdi

Das Land des Lächelns - ‘Dein ist mein ganzes Herz’
Anna Netrebko, Plácido Domingo & Rolando Villazón
Franz Lehár

Total Playing Time: 1 hour 49 minutes