A Gala Christmas in Vienna


A Gala Christmas in Vienna or Christmas in Vienna V is a DVD released in 1998. Plácido Domingo, Sarah Brightman, Helmut Lotti and Riccardo Cocciante perform traditional, European and American Christmas songs in Vienna, Austria. The orchestra was the Vienna Symphony, conducted by Steven Mercurio. The CD album of the concert reached No. 26 on the Austrian charts. It also charted in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

Cast

Track listing

A CD of the songs was also released.

CD

  1. "Christmas Prologue"
  2. "Deck the Halls"
  3. "The Closing of the Year"
  4. "Tu scendi dalle stelle"
  5. "Walking in the Air"
  6. "Adeste Fideles"
  7. "Away in a Manger"
  8. "An Old-Fashioned Christmas"
  9. "First of May"
  10. "Il Re Gesù"
  11. ""
  12. "Cantemos Rapaces"
  13. "Christmas Is Here Again"
  14. "Child in a Manger"
  15. "Angels from the Realms of Glory"
  16. "Another Christmas Song"
  17. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
  18. "Happy Christmas (War is Over)"
  19. "Silent Night"
  20. "First of May" –

Reception

Entertainment Weekly gave the video a C+, writing that "as long as gorgeous-voiced stars like Placido Domingo and Sarah Brightman stick to traditional fare like Deck the Halls and European carols, all is bright", and cautioned "but when Domingo bellows over Trevor Horn's bombastic The Closing of the Year, and Brightman attempts to rock on Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, they're just schlockin' around the Christmas tree."

CD chart performance

ChartPeak
position
Austria26
Belgium 42
Belgium 27
Germany33
Netherlands56