Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
The table below lists the performances in chronological order.
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1 August 2011 7.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire Bregenzer Festspiele |
Festspielhaus, Bregenz,
Austria Wiener Symphoniker conductor: Kirill Petrenko |
4 August 2011 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Colorado Music Festival |
Colorado Chautauqua, Boulder, Colorado, USA Colorado Music Festival Orchestra conductor: Michael Christie |
4 August 2011 8.00pm |
Marche hongroise (from La damnation de Faust) Peninsula Music Festival |
Door Community Auditorium, Fish Creek, Wisconsin, USA Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra conductor: Victor Yampolsky |
5 August 2011 6.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Aspen Music Festival and School 2011 |
Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, USA Aspen Chamber Symphony conductor: Larry Rachleff |
5 August 2011 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Colorado Music Festival |
Colorado Chautauqua, Boulder, Colorado, USA Colorado Music Festival Orchestra conductor: Michael Christie |
5 August 2011 9.30pm |
“Roméo et Juliette” Maurice Béjart’s 1966 ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Parque Santa Catalina, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,
Canary Islands, Spain Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo direction, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
6 August 2011 9.30pm |
“Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s 1966 ballet created in 1966 |
Parque Santa Catalina, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,
Canary Islands, Spain Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo direction, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
9 August 2011 9.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Société des Arts Technologiques, Montréal, Canada Orchestre de la Francophonie conductor: Jean-Philippe Tremblay The performance of the Fantastique was preceded by an electronic prelude and followed by an electronic postlude inspired by music of Berlioz, presented by a disk jockey. |
9 August 2011 9.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédicte (excerpts) Les Nuits d’été (excerpts) Festival Piano Classique – closing concert |
Espace Bellevue, Biarritz, France Amaya Dominguez (soprano) Abdellah Lasri (tenor) Martin Surot (piano) |
10 August 2011 |
“Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Gare du Midi, Biarritz,
France Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
11 August 2011 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie Peninsula Music Festival |
Door Community Auditorium, Fish Creek, Wisconsin, USA Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra conductor: Victor Yampolsky Kristin Figard (Viola) |
12 August 2011 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Domaine Forget, Charlevoix, Canada Orchestre de la Francophonie conductor: Jean-Philippe Tremblay |
12 August.2011 8.00pm introduction to concert at 7.00 |
Symphonie fantastique Young Euro Classic Festival |
Konzerthaus, Großer Saal, Berlin, Germany Polska Orkiestra Sinfonia Iuventus conductor: Tadeusz Wojciechowski |
12 August 2011 9.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Liszt transcription Musique en Sol Festival 2011 |
Abbatiale de Paunat, Paunat,
Pays de Bergerac, France Roger Muraro (piano) |
12 August 2011 |
“Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Gare du Midi, Biarritz,
France Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
13 August 2011 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane, Australia Queensland Symphony Orchestra conductor: Guillaume Tourniaire |
13 August 2011 |
“Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Gare du Midi, Biarritz,
France Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
14 August 2011 6.00pm |
Villanelle Le spectre de la rose (from Les Nuits d’été) The recital also includes unspecified pieces from: La damnation de Faust (Marguerite) Les Troyens (Cassandre) |
Cathédrale Saint-Gervais,
Lectoure, Gers, France Béatrice Uria-Monzon (mezzo-soprano) Jean-Marc Bouget (piano) |
14 August 2011 6.30pm |
Les Troyens(excerpts): some of Didon’s arias Lucerne Festival |
Kultur-und Kongresszentrum, Concert Hall, Lucerne,
Switzerland Les Talens Lyriques conductor: Christophe Rousset Véronique Gens (soprano) |
16 August 2011 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA, USA Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos |
18 August 2011 10.00am |
Roméo et Juliette |
Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Orquestra do Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo State Orchestra-Osesp) Coro da Osesp conductor: Stéphane Denève Kristine Jepson (soprano) Rúben Araújo (tenor) Mikhail Petrenko (baritone) |
18 August 2011 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Door Community Auditorium, Fish Creek, Wisconsin, USA Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra conductor: Victor Yampolsky |
18 August 2011 9.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Les Nuits d’été Festival Berlioz 2011 |
Château Louis XI,
La Côte-Saint-André, France La Chambre Philharmonique conductor: Emmanuel Krivine Anna-Caterina Antonacci (soprano |
18 August 2011 9.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette |
Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Orquestra do Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo State Orchestra-Osesp) Coro da Osesp conductor: Stéphane Denève Kristine Jepson (soprano) Rúben Araújo (tenor) Mikhail Petrenko (baritone) |
19 August 2011 5.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Liszt transcription Festival Berlioz 2011 |
Église, La
Côte-Saint-André, France Roger Muraro (piano) |
19 August.2011 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Young Euro Classic Festival |
Konzerthaus, Großer Saal, Berlin, Germany European Union Youth Orchestra conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy |
19 August 2011 9.00pm |
Rêverie et caprice Festival Berlioz 2011 |
Château Louis XI, La
Côte-Saint-André, France Le Cercle de l’Harmonie conductor: Jérémie Rhorer Julien Chauvin (violin) |
19 August 2011 9.00pm Live broadcast on France Musique |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Les Nuits d’été Bicentenaire Liszt Festival de La Chaise-Dieu 2011 |
Abbatiale Saint-Robert, La
Chaise-Dieu, France La Chambre Philharmonique conductor: Emmanuel Krivine Karine Deshayes (soprano) |
19 August 2011 9.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette |
Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Orquestra do Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo State Orchestra-Osesp) Coro da Osesp conductor: Stéphane Denève Kristine Jepson (soprano) Rúben Araújo (tenor) Mikhail Petrenko (baritone) |
19 August 2011 9.00pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini L’Invitation a la valse Weber; orch. Berlioz |
Teatro Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Centro Internacional
Acapulco, Acapulco, Mexico Orquesta Filarmonica de Acapulco conductor: Eduardo Álvarez |
20 August 2011 4.30pm |
Roméo et Juliette |
Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Orquestra do Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo State Orchestra-Osesp) Coro da Osesp conductor: Stéphane Denève Kristine Jepson (soprano) Rúben Araújo (tenor) Mikhail Petrenko (baritone) |
20 August 2011 9.00pm |
Tristia Festival Berlioz 2011 |
Château Louis XI,
La Côte-Saint-André, France Les Siècles La Cigale de Lyon – Anne-Marie Cabut conductor: François-Xavier Roth |
21 August 2011 5.00pm |
Scènes de la damnation de Faust Hector Berlioz / Schad Festival Berlioz 2011 |
Église, Le bourg, Penol, France David Violi (piano) |
21 August 2011 6.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été
(selections) Rencontres musicales du Magnoac |
Manoir de la Grange,
Castelnau-Magnoac, France Jacques-François L’Oiseleur-Des-Longchamps (bariton) Alina Pavalache (piano) |
23 August 2011 5.00pm |
Scènes de Faust music by Berlioz, Gounod and Dassié Festival Berlioz 2011 |
Salle des fêtes,
Brézins, France Ensemble Carpe Diem |
23 August 2011 7.00pm |
Sous le balcon d’Hector music by Berlioz, Liszt/Horowitz, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky and Weber transcribed for accordion Festival Berlioz 2011 |
Garden of the Musée Hector Berlioz, La Côte-Saint-André, France Elodie Soulard (accordion) Pierre Cussac (accordion) Yuri Shishkin (accordion) Ainhoa Zuazua (soprano) Cycle of short concerts around Berlioz’s music in collaboration with the Musée Hector Berlioz |
23 August 2011 9.00pm |
Les Orages désirés an opera inspired by Berlioz’s youth by Gérard Condé (music) and Christian Wasselin (libretto) Festival Berlioz 2011 |
Château Louis
XI, La Côte-Saint-André, France Orchestre de l’Opéra de Reims conductor: Jean-Yves Aizic stage design: Sugeeta Fribourg |
23 August 2011 9.00pm |
Songs (unspecified) programme includes also works by Brahms, Gounod, Grieg, Rossini and Liszt L’Europe Romantique Musiques Festiv’ 2011 |
Cinéma, Cadillac, France Marianne Dellacasagrande (mezzo-soprano) Roland Daugareil (violin) Shigeru Ikushima (clarinet) Tamayo Ikeda and Patrick Zygmanowski (piano) |
24 August 2011 7.00pm |
Sous le balcon d’Hector music by Berlioz, Liszt/Horowitz, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky and Weber transcribed for accordion Festival Berlioz 2011 |
Garden of the Musée Hector Berlioz, La Côte-Saint-André, France Elodie Soulard (accordion) Pierre Cussac (accordion) Yuri Shishkin (accordion) Ainhoa Zuazua (soprano) Cycle of short concerts around Berlioz’s music in collaboration with the Musée Hector Berlioz |
24 August 2011 9.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Festival Berlioz 2011 |
Château Louis
XI, La Côte-Saint-André, France Anima Eterna Brugge conductor: Jos van Immerseel |
25 August 2011 7.00pm |
Sous le balcon d’Hector music by Berlioz, Liszt/Horowitz, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky and Weber transcribed for accordion Festival Berlioz 2011 |
Garden of the Musée Hector Berlioz, La Côte-Saint-André, France Elodie Soulard (accordion) Pierre Cussac (accordion) Yuri Shishkin (accordion) Ainhoa Zuazua (soprano) Cycle of short concerts around Berlioz’s music in collaboration with the Musée Hector Berlioz |
25 August 2011 9.00pm pre concert talk: « Fantastique de Berlioz et concerto de Liszt » by Jean-Jacques Griot at 6.30pm Salle Richelieu, La Chaise-Dieu |
Symphonie fantastique concert also includes Liszt’s piano concert no. 2 Bicentenaire Liszt Festival de la La Chaise-Dieu 2011 |
Abbatiale Saint-Robert, La
Chaise-Dieu, France Anima Eterna conductor: Jos van Immerseel |
26 August 2011 7.00pm |
Sous le balcon d’Hector music by Berlioz, Liszt/Horowitz, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky and Weber transcribed for accordion Festival Berlioz 2011 |
Garden of the Musée Hector Berlioz, La Côte-Saint-André, France Elodie Soulard (accordion) Pierre Cussac (accordion) Yuri Shishkin (accordion) Ainhoa Zuazua (soprano) Cycle of short concerts around Berlioz’s music in collaboration with the Musée Hector Berlioz [concert cancelled because of storm and heavy rain] |
26 August.2011 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Nikolaisaal, Potsdam, Germany Kammerakademie Potsdam conductor: Antonello Manacorda Barbara Hendricks (mezzo-soprano) |
26 August 2011 9.00pm |
Harold en Italie Festival Berlioz 2011 |
Château Louis
XI, La Côte-Saint-André, France Orchestre National d’Île de France conductor: Yoël Levi Maxim Rysanov (viola) |
26 August 2011 9.00pm pre concert talk: « Fantastique de Berlioz et concerto de Liszt » by Jean-Jacques Griot at 12.00noon Salle Richelieu, La Chaise-Dieu |
Symphonie fantastique concert also includes Liszt’s piano concert no. 2 Bicentenaire Liszt Festival de la La Chaise-Dieu 2011 |
Abbatiale Saint-Robert, La
Chaise-Dieu, France Anima Eterna conductor: Jos van Immerseel |
26 August 2011 9.00pm |
Songs (unspecified) programme includes also works by Brahms, Gounod, Franck, Liszt, Massenet and Schumann L’Europe Romantique Musiques Festiv’ 2011 |
Chapelle Royale de Condat,
Libourne, France Marianne Dellacasagrande (mezzo-soprano) Roland Daugareil (violin) Shigeru Ikushima (clarinet) Tamayo Ikeda and Patrick Zygmanowski (piano) |
27 August 2011 4.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été Musikfestival Grafenegg |
Reitschule [Riding School],
Grafenegg, Austria Adrian Eröd (baritone) Justus Zeyen (piano) |
27 August 2011 6.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Lucerne Festival |
Kultur-und Kongresszentrum, Concert Hall, Lucerne,
Switzerland The Philadelphia Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
27 August 2011 7.00pm |
Sous le balcon d’Hector music by Berlioz, Liszt/Horowitz, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky and Weber transcribed for accordion Festival Berlioz 2011 |
Garden of the Musée Hector Berlioz, La Côte-Saint-André, France Elodie Soulard (accordion) Pierre Cussac (accordion) Yuri Shishkin (accordion) Ainhoa Zuazua (soprano) Cycle of short concerts around Berlioz’s music in collaboration with the Musée Hector Berlioz |
27 August 2011 7.15pm pre-concert talk by Walter Weidringer at 6.00pm in Reitschule |
Symphonie fantastique Lélio ou le retour à la vie Musikfestival Grafenegg |
Wolkenturm, Grafenegg,
Austria Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich Český filharmonický sbor Brno (chorus master: Petr Fiala) conductor: Andrés Orozco-Estrada dramatic setting: Walter Weidringer Robert Stadlober (narrator) Michael Schade (tenor) Adrian Eröd (baritone) |
27 August 2011 8.30pm |
Le Cinq Mai specially transcribed for brass band and chorus by Bertrand Hainaut Aisne-Orphéon, de la musique populaire au XIXe siècle |
Forum, Chauny,
France Atelier départemental d’orchestre d’harmonie de l’Aisne Chœur de l’Atelier départemental (director: Valérie Wuillème) conductor: Philippe Da Silva or Vincent Odiot |
27 August 2011 9.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette Festival Berlioz 2011 | Château Louis
XI, La Côte-Saint-André, France Orchestre National de Lyon conductor: Eliahu Inbal |
28 August 2011 5.00pm Read a review of this concert by Pierre-René Serna (in French) |
Works unspecified music by Berlioz, Gounod, Bizet, Massenet, Liszt and Debussy Festival Berlioz 2011 |
Église, La Côte Saint-André,
France Trio George Sand Jennifer Tani (soprano) |
28 August 2011 7.00pm |
Sous le balcon d’Hector music by Berlioz, Liszt/Horowitz, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky and Weber transcribed for accordion Festival Berlioz 2011 |
Garden of the Musée Hector Berlioz, La Côte-Saint-André, France Elodie Soulard (accordion) Pierre Cussac (accordion) Yuri Shishkin (accordion) Ainhoa Zuazua (soprano) Cycle of short concerts around Berlioz’s music in collaboration with the Musée Hector Berlioz |
28 August.2011 8.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust |
Weimarhalle - Großer Saal, Weimar, Germany Hungarian National Philharmonic and Chorus conductor: Zoltán Kocsis Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo-soprano) Raymond Very (tenor) Christian Miedl (baritone) Rubén Amoretti (bass) |
28 August 2011 9.00pm Read a review of this concert by Pierre-René Serna (in French) |
de Meyer/Berlioz : Marche Marocaine de Meyer/Berlioz : Marche d’Isly Martini/Berlioz : Plaisir d’amour Rouget de l’Isle/Berlioz : Hymne des Marseillais Berlioz : Huit scènes de Faust Berlioz : Marche hongroise Festival Berlioz 2011 |
Château Louis
XI, La Côte-Saint-André, France Orchestre Européen Hector Berlioz Chœur Britten – Jeune Chœur Symphonique (director Nicole Corti) conductor: François-Xavier Roth |
31 August 2011 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Edinburgh International Festival |
Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Philadelphia Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |