New Year’s Eve Concert

Don José from Bizet's Carmen, Lensky 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 fantasy overture of the same name.


With exhilarating music by Bizet, Chabrier, and Gershwin, Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic also transport the audience to the sun: to the South of France, Spain, and Cuba.


Cast

• Berlin Philharmonic
  
• Kirill Petrenko, Conductor
  
• Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor
  

Program

Peter Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Polonaise

Peter Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Introduction, Scene, and "Kuda, kuda vï udalilis," Lensky's Aria from Act 2
Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor

Charles Gounod
Roméo et Juliette: "L'amour!", Romeo's Cavatine from Act 2
Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor

Peter Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture after Shakespeare

Intermission (not on December 31, 2025)

Georges Bizet
Carmen: Overture. Allegro giocoso


Georges Bizet
Carmen: “La fleur que tu m’avais jetée”. Flower aria by Don José from the 2nd act
Benjamin Bernheim tenor


Georges Bizet
L'Arlésienne. Suite No. 2 for Orchestra – No. 4 Farandole


Jules Massenet
Werther: Prelude to Act 1


Jules Massenet
Werther: “Pourquoi me reveiller”, Werther’s aria from the third act
Benjamin Bernheim tenor


Emmanuel Chabrier
España, Rhapsody for Orchestra


George Gershwin
Cuban Overture