Duration
119 Min
Video Formats
Rolando Villazón & Friends: ¡Cincuentañero!
Concert
Haus für Mozart, Salzburg
Production Date: 21/02/2022
119 Min
Rolando Villazón, internationally renowned singer, director and writer – and Artistic Director of Salzburg’s annual Mozart Week – is the guest of honour at a gala concert at the city’s Haus für Mozart. Filmed live on 21 February, the eve of Villazón’s 50th birthday, the concert features music by Mozart alongside a wide-ranging programme of other excerpts from opera, operetta and zarzuela, and a selection of favourite songs from Europe and Latin America. Villazón is joined on stage by an array of star guests, including Plácido Domingo, Magdalena Kožená, and Regula Mühlemann, while Lithuanian conductor Giedrė Šlekytė directs the players of the Camerata Salzburg. The evening is hosted by Austrian journalist and TV presenter Barbara Rett.
- Soloists:
- Plácido Domingo (Tenor), Magdalena Kožená (Mezzo-Soprano), Regula Mühlemann (Soprano), Rolando Villazón (Tenor), Michael Volle (Baritone), Fatma Said (Soprano), Charles Castronovo (Tenor)
- Ensemble:
- Camerata Salzburg
- Conductor:
- Giedrė Šlekytė
