The annual New Years Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond On New Years Eve the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala Together the musicians bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new The 1998 concert was conducted by Claudio Abbado and featured Marcelo Álvarez tenor Mirella Freni soprano Simon Keenlyside baritone Christine Schäfer soprano performing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Le nozze di Figaro Excerpts Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni Excerpts Georges Bizet LArlésienne Excerpts Gioachino Rossini La gazza ladra Overture Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto Excerpts Giuseppe Verdi Un ballo in maschera Excerpts Hector Berlioz Le Carnaval Romain Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin Excerpts Giuseppe Verdi La Traviata Excerpts
