The Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic is the world's biggest annual classical open-air concert that takes place in the magical setting of the Schönbrunn Palace Baroque park in Vienna. This year marks the first time that Maestro Tugan Sokhiev will conduct the Summer Night Concert. The vocal soloist is world-renowned tenor Piotr Beczała, who will perform three iconic arias from: Georges Bizet’s Carmen, Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot and Emmerich Kálmán’s Gräfin Mariza. With this open-air concert in Schönbrunn, the Vienna Philharmonic wishes to provide all Viennese, as well as visitors to the city, with a special musical experience in the impressive setting of Schönbrunn Palace and its beautiful baroque gardens, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site.

Since 2004 the Vienna Philharmonic has provided an outstanding experience for the audience. The focus of this year's program is on well-known melodies from opera and operetta that lead us on a musical journey through various European landscapes und milieus.

TRACK LISTING:

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air

Die Rheinnixen: Komm zu uns und sing und tanze

L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Farandole

Carmen: Entr'acte to Act III

Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee

The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood

Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: No. 1 in C Major

Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo sinfonico

Turandot: Nessun dorma

Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Danse bacchanale

La damnation de Faust, H. 111: Marche hongroise

Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Ouvertüre

Gräfin Mariza: Wenn es Abend wird (Grüß mir mein Wien)

Giuditta: Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert

Wiener Blut, Walzer, Op. 354

Closing Credits