Performed in the opulence and grandeur of Vienna's foremost concert hall, the Musikverein, Salute to Vienna celebrates some of the world's greatest composers in one spectacular concert. Now, for the first time on DVD, experience this exclusive, one-time-only Salute to Vienna gala concert, featuring exuberant favorites by Strauss and Gershwin, as well as the music of Lehar and Copland, performed by some of Europe's leading singers and musicians! This memorable event, hosted by legendary Academy Award winning actor Gregory Peck, also includes the historic world-premiere paring of the Vienna Boys' Choir and the Boys Choir of Harlem, as well as Peck's own show-stopping performance of the "Finale" from Copland's Lincoln Portrait. Popular excerpts from The Merry Widow, The Gypsy Baron, and Die Fledermaus as well as Gershwin standards from Porgy and Bess and Of Thee I Sing make this extraordinary evening irresistible to music lovers everywhere. Filmed live in Vienna and presented in the brilliant sound of Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS Surround, you have the best seats in the house for what the critics are calling "the most spectacular and exclusive event of the year." 140 minutes. Paul Groves, tenor; Georg Lehner, baritone, Eva Lind, soprano, Herbert Lippert, tenor, Elizabeth Norman, soprano, Martina Serafin, soprano; the Boys Choir of Harlem; Vienna Choir Boys; Henry Cuesta, clarinet; Peter Guth, conductor; John Morris Russell, conductor.
