The Berlin Concert - Live From the 'Waldbuhne'

Deutsche Grammophon brings "the greatest voices of their day" to DVD with World Cup concert starring Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, and Plácido Domingo.

On July 7, the Waldbühne amphitheatre in Berlin was host to "the greatest voices of their day" (Die Welt am Sonntag) as more than 20,000 spectators gathered to hear Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, and Plácido Domingo in an open-air concert celebrating the close of the World Cup tournament.

Deutsche Grammophon is bringing this extraordinary event - described by the Berliner Morgenpost as "the stuff of myth" - to DVD as a special rush release.

Three mega-stars performing music by Verdi, Puccini, Lehár, and many other beloved melodies.

This live broadcast had an international audience of more than 8 million viewers in Germany, Austria, Norway, France, Italy, Mexico, India and South America, generating waves of enthusiastic acclaim in the international press - considered as the biggest live classical broadcast event since The Three Tenors.

"The greatest voices of their day came together again on Friday evening... Domingo still works his magic... Netrebko symbolizes the combination of skill, charisma and naturalness... Villazón is the perfect masculine counterpart... Great opera needs protagonists like these."
-DIE WELT AM SONNTAG, BERLIN

"The vocalism consistently stood out as superior... Domingo at 65 remains a phenomenon... His junior colleagues never lapsed vocally below their wonted high levels."
-MUSICALAMERICA.COM

"For all the reek of marketing hype, there's a real sense of occasion, our greatest living tenor benignly crowning superstar successors who promise comparable art and intelligence." BBC Music Magazine, March 2007 *****