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.[1] The CD album of the concert reached No. 26 on the Austrian charts. It also charted in Germany, Belgium (in both Flanders and Wallonia), and the Netherlands.[2]
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Directed by | Humphrey Burton |
Starring | Plácido Domingo Sarah Brightman Helmut Lotti Riccardo Cocciante |
Distributed by | Sony Music Entertainment |
Release date | 24 November 1998 (1998-11-24) |
Running time | 74 min. |
A CD of the songs was also released.
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."[3]
Chart[2][4] | Peak position |
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Austria | 26 |
Belgium (Flanders) | 42 |
Belgium (Wallonia) | 27 |
Germany | 33 |
Netherlands | 56 |
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The Three Tenors |
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