Waldbühne 2026: Viva Italia!

With the Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko & Jonas Kaufmann. Live signal available 27 June 2026, 20:15 CET.

Viva Italia! In their season finale concert, the Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko transform the Waldbühne into a slice of Italy and welcome Jonas Kaufmann as a soloist. The star tenor sings some of the most beautiful arias from Italian operas, allowing us to dream of the South under the Berlin stars. With Respighi’s evocative tone poems Pini di Roma and Fontane di Roma, we walk through the Eternal City, from the pines of the Villa Borghese to the glittering Trevi Fountain.

Genre Orchestral Music
Recording location Waldbühne Berlin
Recording date Saturday 27 June 2026, 20:15 CET
Production year 2026
Duration 100'
Video format HD
Production Company EuroArts Music, rbb
TV Director Henning Kasten
Distribution TV EuroArts Music International
English title of music work Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci: "Si, può?", Prologue of Tonio; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci: “Recitar ... Vesti la giubba”, Aria of Canio; Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino: Overture; Ottorino Respighi: Fontane di Roma; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana: “È la solita storia”, Aria of Frederico; Umberto Giordano: Fedora: “Amor ti vieta”, Aria of Loris; Ottorino Respighi: Pini di Roma
Orchestra / Band Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor Kirill Petrenko
Soloist Jonas Kaufmann, tenor