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Viva Italia! In their season finale concert, the Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko transform the Waldbühne into a slice of Italy. Start tenor Jonas Kaufmann, who has sung his way to the top of the global opera scene, performs some of the most beautiful arias from Italian operas, allowing us to dream of the South under the Berlin stars. With Respighi’s evocative tone poems Pini di Roma and Fontane di Roma, we walk through the Eternal City – from the pines of the Villa Borghese to the glittering Trevi Fountain.
Artists
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Jonas Kaufmann tenor
Programme
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Pagliacci: "Si, può?", Prologue of Tonio
Jonas Kaufmann tenor
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Pagliacci: Intermezzo
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Pagliacci: “Recitar ... Vesti la giubba”, Aria of Canio
Jonas Kaufmann tenor
Giuseppe Verdi
La forza del destino: Overture
Licinio Refice
Ombra di nube
Jonas Kaufmann tenor
Ottorino Respighi
Fontane di Roma
Interval
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
Francesco Cilea
L'Arlesiana: “È la solita storia”, Aria of Frederico
Jonas Kaufmann tenor
Umberto Giordano
Fedora: “Amor ti vieta”, Aria of Loris
Jonas Kaufmann tenor
Ottorino Respighi
Pini di Roma
Additional information
Please note the organisational information provided by the concert organiser concert conxept.
High temperatures are expected on Saturday evening. We recommend that you stay well hydrated, use sun protection and wear light clothing. Please allow a little extra time for your journey and check the weather forecast before travelling. Free drinking water will be available at water stations throughout the venue, and additional first-aid personnel will be on duty. If you feel unwell at any time, please speak to a member of the security team or contact the first-aid service directly.
The regulations that normally apply to major events regarding items you may bring with you have been extended for this evening as follows:
You are welcome to bring:
- Your own food and drink for personal consumption
(per person: 2 drinks each in a 0.5-litre Tetra Pak or 0.5-litre PET bottle) - One picnic bag, rucksack or bag per person, up to a maximum size of 40 cm × 40 cm × 35 cm
- Plastic cutlery
- Small foldable umbrellas
- Blankets
(Please note: no chairs are permitted in the inner area; seating is on the ground. If you hold an inner-area ticket, we recommend bringing a blanket.)
Please do not bring:
- Walking-stick umbrellas
- Camping chairs
- Bulky or dangerous items, glass in any form, or drinks cans
- Picnic bags/rucksacks/bags larger than 40 cm × 40 cm × 35 cm
Important:
- Please pack any food you bring in transparent packaging (e.g. zip-lock bags or similar).
Dates and tickets
Waldbühne
Ticket sale by Concert Concept Veranstaltungs-GmbH
Background
The unknown Verdi
9 facts you (perhaps) didn’t know about Verdi
You can hum along to “La donna è mobile” in your sleep, and you know of course that Aida, Rigoletto and Nabucco are not varieties of Italian grapes. But did you know that the world-famous opera composer Giuseppe Verdi was also a vintner, a member of parliament and a keen foodie? We have found out little-known facets and facts about the composer.
“A big chest and a big mouth”
On the myth of the tenor
A tenor’s high C remains the non plus ultra of male singing. For centuries, tenors have been at the centre of the musical world: Enrico Caruso, Mario Del Monaco, Giuseppe Di Stefano and Franco Corelli were all fêted like rock stars. But this is about far more than mere vocal acrobatics, a point amply demonstrated by Benjamin Bernheim, the soloist of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s forthcoming New Year’s Eve Concert. We examine the myth of the tenor.
Biography
Kirill Petrenko
Kirill Petrenko has been chief conductor and artistic director of the Berliner Philharmoniker since the 2019/20 season. Born in Omsk in Siberia, he received his training first in his home town and later in Austria. He established his conducting career in opera with positions at the Staatstheater Meiningen and the Komische Oper Berlin. From 2013 to 2020, Kirill Petrenko was general music director of Bayerische Staatsoper. He has also made guest appearances at the world’s leading opera houses, including Wiener Staatsoper, Covent Garden in London, the Opéra national in Paris, the Metropolitan Opera in New York and at the Bayreuth Festival.
Moreover, he has conducted the major international symphony orchestras – in Vienna, Munich, Dresden, Paris, Amsterdam, London, Rome, Chicago, Cleveland and Israel. Since his debut in 2006, a variety of programmatic themes have emerged in his work together with the Berliner Philharmoniker. These include work on the orchestra’s core Classical-Romantic repertoire, most notably with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony when he took up his post. Unjustly forgotten composers such as Josef Suk and Bernd Alois Zimmermann are another of Kirill Petrenko’s interests. In opera performances with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Richard Strauss’ Elektra and Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly have recently attracted attention.
Jonas Kaufmann
Jonas Kaufmann is one of the leading tenors of his generation. He is a regular guest at the Vienna State Opera, New York’s Metropolitan Opera, London’s Royal Opera House and other major houses. An exceptionally versatile singer, he is in great demand in the Italian, French and German repertoire: he has sung Lohengrin in Bayreuth and at La Scala in Milan, appeared as Massenet’s Werther in Paris, Vienna and New York, and performed at the Bavarian State Opera under Kirill Petrenko as Otello and Tristan.
Since 2003, the Munich-born tenor has been a frequent guest with the Berliner Philharmoniker, including as Don José in performances of Bizet’s Carmen conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, and in the 2023 New Year’s Eve concerts under Kirill Petrenko. Alongside his operatic and concert appearances, he maintains an active recital career. He studied at the Academy of Music in Munich. His recordings have received numerous awards, and publications including Opernwelt, Diapason and Musical America have named him “Singer of the Year” on multiple occasions.
Visitor information
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Ticket information
Tickets for the end-of-season concert are sold by Concert Concept Veranstaltungs-GmbH. Further information can be found on the Waldbühne website.
Admission regulations
Food and drinks, umbrellas, bags? You can find the admission regulations further up under our service information.