Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
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1 December 2011 8.00pm introductory talk at 7.30pm |
Les Troyens –:
Acts III, IV and V: Les Troyens à Carthage
(Acts I and II (La Prise de Troie) were performed on 30 November 2011) |
Badische Staatstheater Karlsruhe – Grosses Haus,
Karlsruhe, Germany Badische Staatstheater Karlsruhe orchestra and chorus, and other artists conductor: Justin Brown producer: David Hermann cast: Énée: John Treleaven / Lance Ryan L’ombre de Chorèbe: Armin Kolarczyk Panthée: Lucas Harbour Narbal: Konstantin Gorny / Nicolai Karnolsky Iopas: Eleazar Rodriguez Ascagne: Stefanie Schaefer L’ombre de Cassandre: Christina Niessen Didon: Heidi Melton / Katharine Tier Anna: Karine Ohanyan / Rebecca Raffell Hylas: Sebastian Kohlhepp Spectre de Priam: Luiz Molz L’ombre d’Hector/Le dieu Mercure: Avtandil Kaspeli Un prêtre de Pluton: Andrey Grabovsky Polyxène: Veronika Pfaffenzeller Soldat troyen: Marcelo Angulo Soldat troyen: Alexander Huck Un soldat/Un chef grec: Florian Kontschak |
1 December 2011 8.00pm Präludium [prelude] at 7.30pm |
Overture Les Francs-Juges |
Prinzregententheater, Munich, Germany Münchner Symphoniker conductor: Georg Schmöhe |
1 December 2011 9.00pm |
Menuet des feux follets Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Espace culturel
Georges-Brassens, Saint-Martin-Boulogne, France Orchestre symphonique de Talence conductor: Jean-Marie Pétrou |
1 December 2011 9.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, Italy Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela conductor: Diego Matheuz |
2 December 2011 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Seoul Arts Center, Concert Hall, Seoul, South Korea Orchestre de Paris conductor: Paavo Järvi |
2 December 2011 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Teatro Valli, Reggio Emilia, Italy Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela conductor: Diego Matheuz |
3 December 2011 6.00pm |
L’Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) Concert de Noël |
Église St Paul, Chalon sur Saône,
France Chœur Jubilate Cluny conductor: Gregory Johnson Pasacle Poulard (organ) |
3 December 2011 7.30pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict |
Oaklands Catholic School, Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK Havant Symphony Orchestra conductor: Peter Craddock |
3 December 2011 7.30pm |
Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts) |
Kulturpalast, Festsaal, Dresden, Germany Dresdner Philharmonie conductor: Anu Tali |
3 December 2011 7.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Fremantle Town Hall, Fremantle, Western Australia,
Australia Fremantle Chamber Orchestra conductor: Christopher van Tuinen Courtney Pitman (mezzo-soprano) |
3 December 2011 7.30pm |
Works unspecified (probably L’Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille, from L’Enfance du Christ) Concert For Advent |
St Peter’s Church, Burnley, Lancashire, UK Burnley Municipal Choir Burnley Municipal Symphony Orchestra conductor: Nick Concannon Hodges |
3 December 2011 7.30pm |
Works unspecified (probably L’Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille, from L’Enfance du Christ) “Let Heaven & Nature Sing” Christmas concert |
Church of the Good Shepherd, Milford, PA, USA Pike County Choral Society Henry Repp (organ) conductor: Charles D. Osborne |
3 December 2011 8.00pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Irvine Auditorium, Main Hall, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, USA University of Pennsylvania Wind Ensemble conductor: Brad Smith |
3 December 2011 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Seoul Arts Center, Concert Hall, Seoul, South Korea Orchestre de Paris conductor: Paavo Järvi |
3 December 2011 |
Les Nuits d’été
(selections) « Le Spectre de la Rose » concert in conjunction with the “Théophile Gautier, dans son cadre” Exhibition |
Musée de l’Ile-de-France,
Château de Sceaux, Sceaux, France Ensemble TM+ Sylvia Vadimova (mezzo-soprano) Gilles Burgos and Anne-Cécile Cuniot (flute) Marc Desmons (viola) Anne Ricquebourg (harp) |
4 December 2011 2.30pm |
Overture Le carnaval romain |
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain (Under 13 Orchestra) conductor: Roger Clarkson |
4 December 2011 3.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Perth Town Hall, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Fremantle Chamber Orchestra conductor: Christopher van Tuinen Courtney Pitman (mezzo-soprano) |
4 December 2011 3.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London, UK Philharmonia Orchestra conductor: Tugan Sokhiev |
4 December 2011 3.00pm pre-concert talk at 2.15pm |
Symphonie fantastique (4th movement: Marche au supplice) |
Toronto Centre for the Arts, George Weston Recital
Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Orchestra Toronto conductor: Danielle Lisboa |
4 December 2011 3.00pm |
Trio for 2 flutes and harp (from L’Enfance du Christ) A Chamber Noël |
Silver Ballroom, Sheraton Read House, Chattanooga,
Tennessee, USA Musicians from the Chattanooga Symphony conductor: Kayoko Dan |
4 December 2011 4.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict | Théâtre du
Châtelet, Paris, France Orchestre-Atelier Ostinato conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud |
4 December 2011 5.00pm |
L’Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) Concert de Noël |
Église Notre
Dame, Cluny, France Chœur Jubilate Cluny conductor: Gregory Johnson Pasacle Poulard (organ) |
4 December 2011 7.30pm |
Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts) |
Kulturpalast, Festsaal, Dresden,
Germany Dresdner Philharmonie conductor: Anu Tali |
5 December 2011 8.30pm |
Un Bal Songe d’une Nuit de Sabbat (from Symphonie fantastique) Liszt transcription programme of the recital also includes music by Mendelssohn, Liszt, Chopin, Solal and Liszt/Wagner |
Théâtre du
Gymnase Marie Bell, Paris, France Eric Ferrand-N’Kaoua (piano) |
6 December 2011 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain “American Orchestras” |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor: Ludovic Marlot |
7 December 2011 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Symphonie fantastique |
Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry,
UK Philharmonia Orchestra conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy |
8 December 2011 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London, UK Philharmonia Orchestra conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy |
8 December 2011 7.30pm In Conversation, 6.15pm. Sir Mark Elder discusses L’Enfance du Christ with Berlioz scholar David Charlton |
L’Enfance du Christ |
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK Britten Sinfonia Britten Sinfonia Voices conductor: Sir Mark Elder Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Allan Clayton (tenor) Roderick Williams (baritone) Neal Davies (bass) |
8 December 2011 9.00pm |
Menuet des follets (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Médoquine,
Bordeaux, France Orchestre symphonique de Talence conductor: Jean-Marie Pétrou |
8 December 2011 | Roméo et Juliette |
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Auditori, Valencia, Spain Orquesta de la Comunitat Valenciana Coro de la Generalitat Valenciana conductor: Valery Gergiev chorus master: Francisco Perales Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano) Antonio Poli (tenor) Mikhail Petrenko (bass) |
8 December 2011 | Overture Le Carnaval romain |
The Granada Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA, USA Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor: Ludovic Marlot |
9 December 2011 7.30pm live broadcast on BBC Radio 3 |
L’Enfance du Christ Nativity Tale |
St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales, UK BBC National Orchestra of Wales BBC National Chorus of Wales RWCMD Chorus conductor: Thierry Fischer Anna Stéphany (mezzo-soprano) Barry Banks (tenor) Vincent Le Texier (baritone) [RWCMD = Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama] |
9 December 2011 7.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ |
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, UK Britten Sinfonia Britten Sinfonia Voices conductor: Sir Mark Elder Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Allan Clayton (tenor) Roderick Williams (baritone) Neal Davies (bass) |
9 December 2011 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Symphonie fantastique |
Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, UK Philharmonia Orchestra conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy |
9 December 2011 8.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Eglise St. Jean des Peres Jesuites, Achrafieh, Monot,
Lebanon Orchestre philharmonique du Liban [Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra] conductor: Wojciech Czepiel Ghada Ghanem (soprano) |
9 December 2011 | Roméo et Juliette |
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Auditori, Valencia, Spain Orquesta de la Comunitat Valenciana Coro de la Generalitat Valenciana conductor: Valery Gergiev chorus master: Francisco Perales Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano) Antonio Poli (tenor) Mikhail Petrenko (bass) |
10 December 2011 7.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ |
Brighton Dome, Concert Hall, Brighton, UK Britten Sinfonia Britten Sinfonia Voices conductor: Sir Mark Elder Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Allan Clayton (tenor) Roderick Williams (baritone) Neal Davies (bass) |
10 December 2011 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Lincoln Theater, West Hartford, CT, USA Hartt Symphony Orchestra conductor: Edward Cumming |
10 December 2011 7.30pm |
L’Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
Free Methodist Church, Lawrence, KS, USA Lawrence Civic Choir conductor: Steve Eubank accompanist: Geoffrey Wilcken |
11 December 2011 5.00pm |
Marche
au supplice (from Symphonie fantastique) Concert de la Sainte-Cécile |
Salle des fêtes,
Quarouble, Pays de Condé, France Orchestre d’harmonie la Renaissance conductor: Thierry Huvelle |
11 December 2011 6.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ |
Christuskirche am Dom-Pedro-Platz, Munich, Germany Satori-Ensemble Chor der Christuskirche conductor: Andreas Hantke Dorothea Spilger (mezzo-soprano) Mauro Peter (tenor) Franz Schlecht (baritone) Alban Lenzen (bass) |
11 December 2011 6.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette | Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain Orquesta de la Comunitat Valenciana Coro de la Generalitat Valenciana conductor: Valery Gergiev chorus master: Francisco Perales Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano) Antonio Poli (tenor) Mikhail Petrenko (bass) |
14 December 2011 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique
Liszt transcription |
Salle Molière,
Lyon, France Roger Muraro (piano) |
15 December 2011 10.00am (general rehearsal) 15 December 2011 9.00pm |
Menuet des Follets (from La Damnation de Faust) Délices de France |
Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Osesp) conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier |
16 December 2011 7.30pm |
Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette) |
St James’s Church, Piccadilly, London, UK Corinthian Chamber Orchestra conductor: Adrian Brown |
16 December 2011 pre-performance talk by Andrea Moses at 45 minutes before the performance in Foyer I |
La Damnation de Faust
New staged production |
Staatsoper Stuttgart, Opernhaus, Stuttgart,
Germany Staatsoper Stuttgart Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Kwamé Ryan producer: Andrea Moses chorus master: Michael Alber Marguerite: Maria Riccarda Wesseling Faust: Pavel Cernoch Méphistophélès: Robert Hayward Brander: Roland Bracht |
16 December 2011 9.00pm |
Menuet des Follets (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Osesp) conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier, Brazil |
17 December 2011 4.30pm |
Menuet des Follets (from La Damnation de Faust) Délices de France |
Sala São Paulo, São Paulo Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Osesp) conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier |
17 December 2011 7.30pm |
L’Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) A Christmas Celebration |
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, UK New London Singers conductor: Ivor Setterfield with organ accompaniment |
17 December 2011 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Max-Littmann-Saal, Bad Kissingen, Germany Münchner Symphoniker conductor: Georg Schmöhe |
18 December 2011 7.00pm |
Songs (unspecified) |
Occidental College, Thorne Hall, Los Angeles, CA, USA Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano) Serouj Kradjian (piano) |
19 December 2011 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Philharmonie am Gasteig, Munich,
Germany Wiener Symphoniker conductor: Fabio Luisi |
19 December 2011 8.00pm |
La Fuite en Egypte (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
Théâtre Capitol, Moncton, Canada Symphonie Nouveau-Brunswick conductor: Michael Newnham |
20 December 2011 7.30pm |
La Fuite en Egypte (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
Delta Hotel, Fredericton, Canada Symphonie Nouveau-Brunswick conductor: Michael Newnham |
20 December 2011 8.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Amphion, Doetinchem,
Netherlands Het Gelders Orkest Laurens Collegium m.m.v. studenten Codarts – koor conductor: Roberto Benzi Marcel Reijans (Récitant) Lenneke Ruiten (Sainte Marie) Maarten Koningsberger (Saint Joseph) Jean-Michel Borgeaud (Hérode) Jelle Draaijer (Polydorus) Robert Coope (Centurion) |
21 December 2011 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Wiener Konzerthaus, Großer
Saal, Vienna, Austria Wiener Symphoniker conductor: Fabio Luisi |
21 December 2011 8.00pm |
La Fuite en Egypte (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
Théâtre Imperial, Saint John, Canada Symphonie Nouveau-Brunswick conductor: Michael Newnham |
22 December 2011 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Wiener Konzerthaus, Großer
Saal, Vienna, Austria Wiener Symphoniker conductor: Fabio Luisi |
22 December 2011 pre-performance talk by Andrea Moses at 45 minutes before the performance in Foyer I |
La Damnation de Faust
New staged production |
Staatsoper Stuttgart, Opernhaus, Stuttgart, Germany Staatsoper Stuttgart Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Kwamé Ryan producer: Andrea Moses chorus master: Michael Alber Marguerite: Maria Riccarda Wesseling Faust: Pavel Cernoch Méphistophélès: Robert Hayward Brander: Roland Bracht |
22 December 2011 8.15pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Musis Sacrum, Arnhem,
Netherlands Het Gelders Orkest Laurens Collegium m.m.v. studenten Codarts – koor conductor: Roberto Benzi Marcel Reijans (Récitant) Lenneke Ruiten (Sainte Marie) Maarten Koningsberger (Saint Joseph) Jean-Michel Borgeaud (Hérode) Jelle Draaijer (Polydorus) Robert Coope (Centurion) |
23 December 2011 7.30pm |
L’Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) Celebration of ChristmasCarols |
Lighthouse, Poole, UK Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Bournemouth Symphony Chorus Bournemouth Symphony Youth Chorus conductor : Rui Pinheiro presenter: Stewart Collins |
23 December 2011 8.15pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | De Vereeniging, Nimègue,
Netherlands Het Gelders Orkest Laurens Collegium m.m.v. studenten Codarts – koor conductor: Roberto Benzi Marcel Reijans (Récitant) Lenneke Ruiten (Sainte Marie) Maarten Koningsberger (Saint Joseph) Jean-Michel Borgeaud (Hérode) Jelle Draaijer (Polydorus) Robert Coope (Centurion) |
24 December 2011 3.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | De Doelen, Rotherdam,
Netherlands Het Gelders Orkest Laurens Collegium m.m.v. studenten Codarts – koor conductor: Roberto Benzi Marcel Reijans (Récitant) Lenneke Ruiten (Sainte Marie) Maarten Koningsberger (Saint Joseph) Jean-Michel Borgeaud (Hérode) Jelle Draaijer (Polydorus) Robert Coope (Centurion) |
26 December 2011 2.15pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Musis Sacrum, Arnhem,
Netherlands Het Gelders Orkest Laurens Collegium m.m.v. studenten Codarts – koor conductor: Roberto Benzi Marcel Reijans (Récitant) Lenneke Ruiten (Sainte Marie) Maarten Koningsberger (Saint Joseph) Jean-Michel Borgeaud (Hérode) Jelle Draaijer (Polydorus) Robert Coope (Centurion) |
28 December 2011 pre-performance talk by Andrea Moses at 45 minutes before the performance in Foyer I |
La Damnation de Faust
New staged production |
Staatsoper Stuttgart, Opernhaus, Stuttgart, Germany Staatsoper Stuttgart Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Kwamé Ryan producer: Andrea Moses chorus master: Michael Alber Marguerite: Maria Riccarda Wesseling Faust: Pavel Cernoch Méphistophélès: Robert Hayward Brander: Roland Bracht |