Soloist: Banse, Juliane

Soloist: Bumbry, Grace

Soloist: Castronovo, Charles

Soloist: Crider, Michele

Soloist: Galouzine, Vladimir

Soloist: Kasarova, Vesselina

Soloist: Kirchschlager, Angelika

Soloist: Licitra, Salvatore

Soloist: Pape, Rene

Soloist: Pieczonka, Adrianne

Soloist: Schwanewilms, Anne

Choir: Berlin Deutsche Opera Chorus

Orchestra: Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra

Conductor: Nagano, Kent

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Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Composer: Puccini, Giacomo

Composer: Dvorak, Antonin

Composer: Wagner, Richard

Composer: Strauss, Richard

Composer: Saint-Saens, Camille

Composer: Massenet, Jules

Composer: Leoncavallo, Ruggero

Composer: Lehar, Franz

Composer: Strauss II, Johann

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Venue: Deutsche Oper Berlin

Date of Concert: 08-11-2003

Playing Time: 01:12:51

Television Director: Darvas, Janos

Producer: Diekmann, Dorothea

Catalogue Number: EuroArts5358

UPC: 0880242535887

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This opera gala, recorded live at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, on November 8, 2003, marked the 10th anniversary of the annual benefit for the German AIDS Foundation. Conducted by Kent Nagano, then Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Berlin Deutsche Symphony Orchestra founded 1923. This recording features an illustrious roster of international artists from Germany, Austria, Italy, Russia, Bulgaria, the United States and Canada.