New Year’s Eve at the Philharmonie Berlin
Kirill Petrenko and Daniil Trifonov
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.
Main Auditorium
New Year’s Eve Concert
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Benjamin Bernheim tenor
Works by
Works by Peter Tschaikowsky, Charles Gounod, Georges Bizet, Jules Massenet, Emmanuel Chabrier and George Gershwin
Piotr Tchaikovsky
Eugen Onegin, op. 24: Polonaise
Piotr Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin, op. 24: Introduction, Scene and Lensky’s Aria from Act 2
Benjamin Bernheim tenor
Gabriel Faure
Pelléas et Mélisande, orchestral suite, op. 80: 3rd Movement Sicilienne
Charles Gounod
Roméo et Juliette: “L’amour!”, Cavatina of Romeo from Act 2
Benjamin Bernheim tenor
Piotr Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture after Shakespeare
Interval (not on 31.12.2025)
Jules Massenet
Werther: Prelude to Act 1
Jules Massenet
Werther: “Pourquoi me réveiller”, Aria of Werther from Act 3
Benjamin Bernheim tenor
Georges Bizet
L'Arlésienne: Suite No. 2 for orchestra: No. 4 Farandole
Georges Bizet
Carmen: “La fleur que tu m'avais jetée”, Aria by Don José from Act 2
Benjamin Bernheim tenor
Emmanuel Chabrier
España, Rhapsody for orchestra
George Gershwin
Cuban Overture
All transmissions
Digital Concert Hall
Tue 31 December 2025, from 17:30
45 minutes before the concert begins, we offer you a special accompanying programme.
Wed 1 January 2026, from 8:00
Rerun of the recording from the previous evening
On the radio and TV
Tue 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.