New Year’s Eve at the Philharmonie Berlin
Kirill Petrenko and Benjamin Bernheim
Also in cinemas
Broadcast in many cinemas in Germany and worldwide
Live-streaming
In the Digital Concert Hall, on Arte or on Radio 3
The Berliner Philharmoniker and chief conductor Kirill Petrenko will bring the year to a close with an emotional roller coaster.
Benjamin Bernheim, one of today’s leading lyric tenors, brings us the love-sick anguish of famous operatic heroes: Don José from Bizet’s Carmen, Lenski from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Massenet’s Werther, and Gounod’s Romeo. The tragic story of Romeo and Juliet is also told in Tchaikovsky’s eponymous Fantasy Overture. With lively music by Bizet, Chabrier, and Gershwin, Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker also take us to the sun: to southern France, Spain, and Cuba.
You can experience the programme in a number of ways: directly in the Philharmonie, as a live broadcast in the Digital Concert Hall, on Arte or Radio 3, or in one of many cinemas near you.
All transmissions
Digital Concert Hall
Wed 31 December 2025, from 17:30
30 minutes before the concert begins, we offer you a special accompanying programme.
Thu 1 January 2026, from 8:00
Rerun of the recording from the previous evening
On the radio and TV
Wed 31 December 2025
- radio3 (formerly rbbKultur) broadcasts live from 17:30
- Arte TV Deutschland broadcasts on delay starting at 18:37
- Arte TV Frankreich broadcasts on delay starting at 18:06
In cinemas
The concert, including the accompanying programme, will also be broadcast in many cinemas in Germany and around the world.
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