Each year, the traditional Festive Opera Gala combines real musical delight and the joy of charity. The gala, which is organised for the benefit of the German AIDS Foundation, has for years been one of the social highlights on the German agenda. In the years 2005 and 2006 conductor Lawrence Foster was the responsible leader of the choir and the orchestra of the German Opera Berlin.
Part 1
1 Opening credits
Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Aria: Dalla sua pace
Cosi fan tutte, K. 588, Act I: Terzet: E voi ridete?
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) (excerpts)
2 Act I: Cavatina: Una voce poco fa
3 Act II: Aria: Cessa di piu resistere
Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act I: Mesicku na nebi hlubokem
Aleko: Cavatina: Ves' tabor spit. Luna nad nim
Ave Maria (after Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo)
La sonnambula (The Sleepwalker), Act III: Ah! Non giunge uman pensiero
I due Foscari, Act II: Notte! Perpetua notte … Non maledirmi, o prode
Macbeth (excerpts)
4 Act IV: Pieta, rispetto, amore
5 Act I: Vieni! t'affretta … Or tutti suggete
Samson et Dalila, Act II: Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta vox …
Mignon, Act II: Je suis Titania
Werther, Act III: Pourquoi me reveiller
La traviata, Act I: Libiamo ne' lieti calici
6 Curtain calls and end credits