Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
The table below lists the performances in chronological order.
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1 March 2011 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict |
Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium/ Perelman Stage, New York, USA The Philadelphia Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
4 March 2011 7.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conductor: Antony Walker |
4 March 2011 8.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Auditorium Rainier III, Monaco Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo conductor: Yakov Kreizberg |
5 March 2011 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena, CA,
USA Colburn Orchestra music director: Yehuda Gilad Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano) |
6 March 2011
Commences at 9.15am |
Overture Le Carnaval romain arr. Frank Wright Test piece for the Regional Brass Band Championship – Yorkshire |
St George’s Hall, Bradford, UK performers: contesting brass bands |
6 March 2011 3.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Paddington Town Hall, Sydney, New South Wales,
Australia Orchestra Romantique conductor: Nicholas Carter |
6 March 2011 3.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Rashi Auditorium, Newton, Massachusetts, USA Newton Symphony Orchestra conductor: James M. Orent |
6 March 2011 4.00pm |
Choral work (not specified) (probably La Mort d’Ophélie) Programme also includes choral works by Mendelssohn, Morley, Purcell, Vaughan Williams et Verdi, Dvořák and Charpentier Music inspired by Shakespeare plays |
Salle des Congrès, Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val,
France La Schola du Moustier chef de chœur: Nathalie Accault Micheline Pinoncely (piano) |
6 March 2011 4.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Broad Stage, Santa Monica, CA, USA Colburn Orchestra music director: Yehuda Gilad Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano) |
6 March 2011 4.00pm |
Les Troyens | Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (director: William Spaulding) Opernballett der Deutschen Oper Berlin conductor: Donald Runnicles director: David Pountney artistic-production manager: Christian Baier choreography: Renato Zanella cast: Énée: Ian Storey Didon: Daniela Barcellona Cassandre: Anna Caterina Antonacci Chorèbe: Markus Brück Anna: Liane Keegan Narbal: Reinhard Hagen Panthée: Krzysztof Szumanski Ascagne: Jana Kurucová Hylas, Iopas: Yosep Kang Priam: Lenus Carlson A Greek chief: Nathan De’Shon Myers Ghost of Hector: Hyung-Wook Lee Hélénus: Gregory Warren Trojan soldiers: Jörn Schümann, John Paul Huckle Mercure: Hyung-Wook Lee |
6 March 2011 7.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Te Deum |
Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing
Arts, Davis, CA, USA University of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra UC Davis University Chorus and Alumni Chorus (conductor: Jeffrey Thomas) Sacramento Children's Chorus (artistic director: Lynn Stevens) Pacific Boychoir (artistic director: Kevin Fox) Davis Children’s Chorale (conductor: Rachel Kessler) Wesley Rogers (tenor) David Deffner (organ) conductors: Nicolas Waldvogel (Overture Le Carnaval romain) Jeffrey Thomas (Te Deum) |
6 March 2011 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Auditorio y Centro de Congresos Victor Villegas, Murcia,
Spain Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo conductor: Yakov Kreizberg |
8 March 2011 12.30pm |
Villanelle (from Les Nuits d’été) |
St Mary’s Church, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire,
UK Lyn Parkyns (soprano) Andrew Parkyns (piano) |
8 March 2011 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Auditorio Nacional de Música de Vergara , Madrid, Spain Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo conductor: Yakov Kreizberg |
9 March 2011 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes, Valladolid, Spain Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo conductor: Yakov Kreizberg |
9 March 2011 8.00pm |
Orphée et Eurydice
Gluck; Berlioz version (1859), sung in French Stockholm Royal Opera production |
Grand Théâtre, Genève, Switzerland Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Ballet du Grand Théâtre Chœur du Grand Théâtre conductor: Jonathan Darlington stage director: Mats Ek Annette Seiltgen (Orphée) Svetlana Doneva (Eurydice) Clémence Tilquin (Amour) |
10 March 2011 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Auditorio Principe Felipe, Oviedo, Spain Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo conductor: Yakov Kreizberg |
11 March 2011 5.00pm |
Les Troyens | Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (director: William Spaulding) Opernballett der Deutschen Oper Berlin conductor: Donald Runnicles director: David Pountney artistic-production manager: Christian Baier choreography: Renato Zanella cast: Énée: Ian Storey Didon: Daniela Barcellona Cassandre: Anna Caterina Antonacci Chorèbe: Markus Brück Anna: Liane Keegan Narbal: Reinhard Hagen Panthée: Krzysztof Szumanski Ascagne: Jana Kurucová Hylas, Iopas: Yosep Kang Priam: Lenus Carlson A Greek chief: Nathan De’Shon Myers Ghost of Hector: Hyung-Wook Lee Hélénus: Gregory Warren Trojan soldiers: Jörn Schümann, John Paul Huckle Mercure: Hyung-Wook Lee |
11 March 2011 5.30pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Auditorium, Asheville Civic Center. Asheville, NC, USA Asheville-Buncombe Youth Orchestra conductor: Ronald D. Clearfield |
11 March 2011 6.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain 2011 PYO Gala Dinner and Concert |
The Union League of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Philadelphia Youth Orchestra conductor: Louis Scaglione |
11 March 2011 8.00pm |
Orphée et Eurydice
Gluck; Berlioz version (1859), sung in French Stockholm Royal Opera production |
Grand Théâtre, Genève, Switzerland Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Ballet du Grand Théâtre Chœur du Grand Théâtre conductor: Jonathan Darlington stage director: Mats Ek Annette Seiltgen (Orphée) Svetlana Doneva (Eurydice) Clémence Tilquin (Amour) |
11 March 2011 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Uihlein Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts,
Milwaukee, USA Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra conductor: Edo de Waart |
12 March 2011 3.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire Test piece for the West of England Regional Brass Band Championship |
The Forum, Riviera International Conference Centre,
Torquay, UK Aldbourne Band conductor: David Johnson |
12 March 2011 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Uihlein Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts,
Milwaukee, USA Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra conductor: Edo de Waart |
12 March 2011 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Vive La France ! |
Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, Memphis,
Tennessee, USA Memphis Symphony Orchestra conductor: Mei-Ann Chen |
12 March 2011 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Pikes Peak Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Colorado Springs Philharmonic conductor: Ward Stare |
12 March 2011 8.30pm |
Rêverie et Caprice | Gallia Théâtre, Saintes,
France Jeune Orchestre Atlantique conductor and solo violin: Alexander Janiczek |
13 March 2011 2.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Vive La France ! |
Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, Memphis,
Tennessee, USA Memphis Symphony Orchestra conductor: Mei-Ann Chen |
13 March 2011 2.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Pikes Peak Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Colorado Springs Philharmonic conductor: Ward Stare |
13 March 2011 2.30pm |
EUPHONIA Promenade concert inspired by Berlioz’s ideal city, Euphonia |
Musée de la Musique, Cité de la Musique,
Paris, France Ensemble les Lunaisiens |
13 March 2011 4.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Harold en Italie Concert dedicated to the memory of Emanuel Vardi beloved music director of the Adelphi Chamber orchestra and champion of the viola |
River Dell Regional Middle
School, River Edge, New Jersey, USA Adelphi Chamber Orchestra conductor: Jeffrey Grogan Brett Deubner (viola) |
13 March 2011 4.00pm |
“Nuit d’ivresse . . .” [duet
of Aeneas and Dido] “Inutiles regrets . . .” [air of Aeneas] (from Les Troyens) Concert also includes opera arias and duets from Puccini’s Tosca, Verdi’s Aida, Il Trovatore and Macbeth Memorial concert in honour of Shirley Verrett, New Orleans born internationally renowned opera singer |
Xavier University Recital Hall, New Orleans, LA, USA Danielle Wilson (mezzo-soprano) Aubry Bryan (tenor) Dr. Wilfred Delphin (piano) Other performers were: |
13 March 2011 5.00pm |
Orphée et Eurydice
Gluck; Berlioz version (1859), sung in French Stockholm Royal Opera production |
Grand Théâtre, Genève, Switzerland Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Ballet du Grand Théâtre Chœur du Grand Théâtre conductor: Jonathan Darlington stage director: Mats Ek Annette Seiltgen (Orphée) Svetlana Doneva (Eurydice) Clémence Tilquin (Amour) |
15 March 2011 8.00pm |
Orphée et Eurydice
Gluck; Berlioz version (1859), sung in French Stockholm Royal Opera production |
Grand Théâtre, Genève, Switzerland Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Ballet du Grand Théâtre Chœur du Grand Théâtre conductor: Jonathan Darlington stage director: Mats Ek Annette Seiltgen (Orphée) Svetlana Doneva (Eurydice) Clémence Tilquin (Amour) |
16 March 2011 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie | Neuberinhaus Reichenbach, Reichenbach, Germany Philharmonie Greiz-Reichenbach conductor: Jiří Malát Tatjana Masurenko (viola) |
16 March 2011 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich, Germany Münchner Symphoniker conductor: Georg Schmöhe |
17 March 2011 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain French Concert Classics |
Aberystwyth Arts Centre Concert Hall, Aberystwyth,
Wales, UK BBC National Orchestra of Wales conductor: Christophe Mangou |
17 March 2011 7.30pm Recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 22 March |
Harold en Italie | The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK The Hallé conductor: Sir Mark Elder Lawrence Power (viola) |
17 March 2011 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie
Liszt transcription |
Marlborough College Memorial Hall, Marlborough,
Wiltshire, UK Philip Dukes (viola) Piers Lane (piano) The concert featured a Stradivarius viola from the Royal Academy of Music Collection. |
17 March 2011 7.30pm |
La Mort d’Ophélie | St Paul’s Church, Birmingham, UK Thaleia (a women’s choir with 18 singers, all members of Birmingham Conservatoire) conductor: Myriam Toumi Alexander Norman (piano) |
17 March 2011 8.00pm |
Orphée et Eurydice
Gluck; Berlioz version (1859), sung in French Stockholm Royal Opera production |
Grand Théâtre, Genève, Switzerland Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Ballet du Grand Théâtre Chœur du Grand Théâtre conductor: Jonathan Darlington stage director: Mats Ek Annette Seiltgen (Orphée) Svetlana Doneva (Eurydice) Clémence Tilquin (Amour) |
17 March 2011 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Prinzregententheater, Munich, Germany Münchner Symphoniker conductor: Georg Schmöhe |
17 March 2011 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Symphony Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
18 March 2011 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Prinzregententheater, Munich, Germany Münchner Symphoniker conductor: Georg Schmöhe |
18 March 2011 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, CA, USA San Diego Symphony conductor: Jahja Ling Cynthia Phelps (viola) |
19 March 2011 2.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Suntory Hall, Main Hall, Tokyo, Japan Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra conductor: Eliahu Inbal |
19 March 2011 7.30pm |
Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem) | St Bartholomew’s Church, Brighton, East Sussex,
UK Sussex Symphony Orchestra Southern Festival Chorus conductor: Mark Andrew James chorus master: Gavin Carr Neil Jenkins (tenor) |
19 March 2011 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Concert Hall, Culture and Convention Centre, Lucerne, Switzerland Philharmonie Baden Baden conductor: Manfred Obrecht |
19 March 2011 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Symphony Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
19 March 2011 8.00pm |
Orphée et Eurydice
Gluck; Berlioz version (1859), sung in French Stockholm Royal Opera production |
Grand Théâtre, Genève, Switzerland Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Ballet du Grand Théâtre Chœur du Grand Théâtre conductor: Jonathan Darlington stage director: Mats Ek Annette Seiltgen (Orphée) Svetlana Doneva (Eurydice) Clémence Tilquin (Amour) |
19 March 2011 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, CA, USA San Diego Symphony conductor: Jahja Ling Cynthia Phelps (viola) |
19 March 2011 | Overture Le Carnaval romain arr. Frank Wright Test piece for the Welsh Regional Brass Band Championship – First Section |
Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales, UK performers: contesting brass bands |
20 March 2011 2.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, CA, USA San Diego Symphony conductor: Jahja Ling Cynthia Phelps (viola) |
20 March 2011 3.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain French Concert Classics |
Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, UK BBC National Orchestra of Wales conductor: Christophe Mangou |
20 March 2011 3.00pm |
Harold en Italie Liszt transcription |
Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London, UK Piers Lane (piano) Philip Dukes (viola) |
20 March 2011 4.00pm |
Les Troyens | Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (director: William Spaulding) Opernballett der Deutschen Oper Berlin conductor: Donald Runnicles director: David Pountney artistic-production manager: Christian Baier choreography: Renato Zanella cast: Énée: Ian Storey Didon: Daniela Barcellona Cassandre: Anna Caterina Antonacci Chorèbe: Markus Brück Anna: Liane Keegan Narbal: Reinhard Hagen Panthée: Krzysztof Szumanski Ascagne: Jana Kurucová Hylas, Iopas: Yosep Kang Priam: Lenus Carlson A Greek chief: Nathan De’Shon Myers Ghost of Hector: Hyung-Wook Lee Hélénus: Gregory Warren Trojan soldiers: Jörn Schümann, John Paul Huckle Mercure: Hyung-Wook Lee |
20 March 2011 6.00pm |
Tristia | Espace Fusterie, Genève, Switzerland Nouvel Orchestre de Genève Ensemble vocal Orphée conductor: Matthieu Schweyer |
20 March 2011 7.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Forum Algäu, Kempten, Germany Münchner Symphoniker conductor: Georg Schmöhe |
20 March 2011 7.30pm pre-concert talk at 6.45pm |
Symphonie fantastique | The Weston Auditorium, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK De Havilland Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Robin Browning |
20 March 2011 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia YouTube Symphony Orchestra conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas |
22 March 2011 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Symphony Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
22 March 2011 8.30pm |
“Roméo et Juliette”
Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy Corpo di Ballo Teatro San Carlo director: Alessandra Panzavolta choreography: Amedeo Amodio Orchestra, Solisti, Primi Ballerini e Corpo di Ballo gust star: Roberto Bolle guest principal dancer: Alessandro Macario |
22 March 2011 | “Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
La Mals, Théâtre de
Sochaux, Sochaux, France Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
23 March
2011 11.00am |
“Roméo et Juliette” (suite)
Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy Corpo di Ballo Teatro San Carlo director: Alessandra Panzavolta choreography: Amedeo Amodio guest principal dancer: Alessandro Macario |
23 March 2011 7.00pm |
“Roméo et Juliette”
Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy Corpo di Ballo Teatro San Carlo director: Alessandra Panzavolta choreography: Amedeo Amodio Orchestra, Solisti, Primi Ballerini e Corpo di Ballo gust star: Roberto Bolle guest principal dancer: Alessandro Macario |
24 March
2011 11.00am |
“Roméo et Juliette” (suite)
Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy Corpo di Ballo Teatro San Carlo director: Alessandra Panzavolta choreography: Amedeo Amodio guest principal dancer: Alessandro Macario |
25 March
2011 11.00am |
“Roméo et Juliette” (suite)
Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy Corpo di Ballo Teatro San Carlo director: Alessandra Panzavolta choreography: Amedeo Amodio guest principal dancer: Alessandro Macario |
25 March 2011 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie | Vogtlandhalle, Großer Saal, Greiz, Germany Philharmonie Greiz-Reichenbach conductor: Jiří Malát Tatjana Masurenko (viola) |
25 March 2011 8.00pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini | Lyric Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri, USA Kansas City Symphony conductor: Larry Rachleff |
25 March 2011 8.30pm |
“Roméo et Juliette”
Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy Corpo di Ballo Teatro San Carlo director: Alessandra Panzavolta choreography: Amedeo Amodio Orchestra, Solisti, Primi Ballerini e Corpo di Ballo gust star: Roberto Bolle guest principal dancer: Alessandro Macario |
26 March 2011 6.00pm |
Te Deum | Suntory Hall, Main Hall, Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Symphony Orchestra Tokyo Symphony Chorus The Little Singers of Tokyo conductor: Hubert Soudant Kei Fukui (tenor) Alexander Gavrylyuk (pianoforte) |
26 March 2011 8.00pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini | Lyric Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri, USA Kansas City Symphony conductor: Larry Rachleff |
26 March 2011 8.30pm |
Chanson de Méphistophélès (from La damnation de Faust) |
Eglise St Pierre de Limours,
Limours-en-Hurepoix, France Orchestre symphonique d’Orsay conductor: Martin Barral Jean-Philippe Biojout (bass baritone) |
26 March 2011 | “Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Opéra de Massy, Massy,
France Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
27 March 2011 2.00pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini | Lyric Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri, USA Kansas City Symphony conductor: Larry Rachleff |
27 March 2011 5.00pm |
“Roméo et Juliette”
Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy Corpo di Ballo Teatro San Carlo director: Alessandra Panzavolta choreography: Amedeo Amodio Orchestra, Solisti, Primi Ballerini e Corpo di Ballo gust star: Roberto Bolle guest principal dancer: Alessandro Macario |
27 March 2011 7.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été | St John’s Church, London, UK Barnet Symphony Orchestra conductor: Martin Loveday Sarah Power (soprano) |
27 March 2011 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | King Henry VIII School, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire,
Wales, UK Abergavenny Symphony Orchestra conductor: Brian Weir |
27 March 2011 7.30pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict | Wiener Konzerthaus, Großer Saa, Vienna, Austria Mahler Chamber Orchestra conductor: Robin Ticciati |
29 March 2011 7.00pm |
“Roméo et Juliette”
Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy Corpo di Ballo Teatro San Carlo director: Alessandra Panzavolta choreography: Amedeo Amodio Orchestra, Solisti, Primi Ballerini e Corpo di Ballo gust star: Roberto Bolle guest principal dancer: Alessandro Macario |
29 March 2011 8.45pm |
Chanson de Méphistophélès (from La damnation de Faust) |
Grand amphithéâtre du
campus d’Orsay, Orsay, France Orchestre symphonique d’Orsay conductor: Martin Barral Jean-Philippe Biojout (bass baritone) |
29 March 2011 | Overture Le Carnaval romain | Arsenal, Metz,
France Orchestre national de Lorraine conductor: Jacques Mercier |
31 March 2011 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, Costa Mesa,
CA, USA Pacific Symphony conductor: Justin Brown |