Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
The table below lists the performances in chronological order.
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1 April 2012 3.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse conductor: Tugan Sokhiev |
1 April 2012 3.00pm |
La mort d’Ophélie (from Tristia) Les Nuits d’été Inspired by the Bard |
Southern Theatre, Columbus, OH, USA Columbus Symphony Orchestra Columbus Symphony Women’s Chorus conductor: Jean-Marie Zeitouni Michèle Losier (mezzo-soprano) Alisa Jordheim (soprano) |
1 April 2012 3.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Saint-Jacques du Haut-Pas, Paris, France
Orchestre Impromptu conductor: Maxime Pascal |
1 April 2012 5.00pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini “Noblesse Oblige” |
Centre de
Congrès, Angers, France Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire conductor: John Axelrod |
1 April 2012 5.00pm |
Works unspecified The programme includes also works by Purcell, Rossini, Mendelssohn, Vivaldi and other composers. |
Théâtre de l’hôtel
de Pen Bron, La Turballe, France
Ensemble vocal « Voix de femmes » |
3 April 2012 8.30pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini “Noblesse Oblige” |
La Cité, Nantes, France Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire conductor: John Axelrod |
4 April 2012 7.15pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict
Sung in English with surtitles in English and Welsh Welsh National Opera 1994 production |
Theatre Royal, Plymouth, UK Welsh National Opera conductor: Michael Hofstetter director: Elijah Moshinsky set designer: Michael Yeargan costume designer: Dona Granata lighting designer: Howard Harrison cast includes: Sara Fulgoni: Beatrice Robin Tritschler: Benedict Laura Mitchell: Hero Gary Griffiths: Claudio Anna Burford: Ursula Donald Maxwell: Somarone |
4 April 2012 8.30pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini “Noblesse Oblige” |
La Cité, Nantes, France Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire conductor: John Axelrod |
4 April 2012 8.30pm |
Works unspecified | Teatro comunale
Paolo Grassi, Cisternino, Italy Apluvia Small Orchestra conductor: Silvestro Sabatelli |
5 April 2012 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Théâtre de la ville, Longueuil, Québec, Canada Orchestre Symphonique de Longueil conductor: Marc David |
5 April 2012 8.30pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini “Noblesse Oblige” |
Centre de
Congrès, Angers, France Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire conductor: John Axelrod |
7 April 2012 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict | First and Summerfield Methodist Church, New Haven,
Connecticut, USA Delphi Chamber Orchestra conductor: Gregory Robbins |
11 April 2012 7.15pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict
Sung in English with surtitles in English and Welsh Welsh National Opera 1994 production |
The Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol, UK Welsh National Opera conductor: Michael Hofstetter director: Elijah Moshinsky set designer: Michael Yeargan costume designer: Dona Granata lighting designer: Howard Harrison cast includes: Sara Fulgoni: Beatrice Robin Tritschler: Benedict Laura Mitchell: Hero Gary Griffiths: Claudio Anna Burford: Ursula Donald Maxwell: Somarone |
11 April 2012 7.30pm |
La mort d’Ophélie | Musikverein, Brahms-Saal,
Vienna, Austria Anna Prohaska (soprano) Eric Schneider (piano) |
12 April 2012 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Palais des Sports, Bordeaux, France Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine conductor: Hannu Lintu Nicolas Mouret (viola) |
13 April 2012 7.30pm |
La mort d’Ophélie | Musikverein, Brahms-Saal,
Vienna, Austria Anna Prohaska (soprano) Eric Schneider (piano) |
13 April 2012 7.00pm |
Erlkönig [Le
Roi des Aulnes] (Schubert, orch. Berlioz) Symphonie fantastique |
Stiftskirche-Oberkaufungen, Oberkaufungen, Kaufungen, Germany Landesjugendsinfonieorchester Hessen conductor: Nicolás Pasquet Julian Prégardien (tenor) |
13 April 2012 7.30pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) Special concert in cooperation with the Archäologischen Landesmuseum and its current “1636 – ihre letzte Schlacht” [1636 – its last battle] exhibition |
Brandenburger Theater, Großes Haus, Brandenburg an der
Havel, Germany Brandenburger Symphoniker conductor: Marc Niemann |
14 April 2012 7.30pm |
Sur les lagunes (from Les Nuits d’été) A Musical Tour of Europe |
First Presbyterian Church Great Hall, Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina, USA Long Bay Symphony Orchestra conductor: Dr. Charles Jones Evans Jeffrey Jones (baritone) |
14 April 2012 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
The Trinity Anglican Church, Aurora, Canada York Symphony Orchestra conductor: Raphael Luz |
14 April 2012 | Rencontre: Roméo et Juliette A talk in conjunction with a ballet production (see performances at the Opéra Bastille in May 2012) |
Amphithéâtre, Opéra Bastille, Paris, France |
15 April 2012 3.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Saint-Marcel,
Paris, France
Orchestre Impromptu conductor: Maxime Pascal |
15 April 2012 4.00pm |
Sur les lagunes (from Les Nuits d’été) A Musical Tour of Europe |
All Saints Church, Pawleys Island, South Carolina, USA Long Bay Symphony Orchestra conductor: Dr. Charles Jones Evans Jeffrey Jones (baritone) |
15 April 2012 4.30pm |
Works unspecified
Programme also includes works by Julius Fucik, Johann Strauss, Georges Bizet, Giuseppe Verdi, Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven, John Williams and Sydney Bechet « musique entr’amis » [music among friends] |
Église Saint Piat, Roncq, France concert performed by two brass bands: Philharmonie de Roncq Harmonie du Blanc-Four conductors: Régis Vanovermeir and Frédéric Baert |
15 April 2012 5.00pm |
Marche hongroise (Rákóczy March) (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Chicago College of Performing Arts, Music Conservatory,
Ganz Hall, Chicago, USA Roosevelt University Orchestra conductor: Alondra de la Parra |
15 April 2012 6.00pm |
Erlkönig [Le
Roi des Aulnes] (Schubert, orch. Berlioz) Symphonie fantastique |
Staatstheater Darmstadt, Großes Haus, Darmstadt,
Germany LandesJugendSinfoniorchesters Hessen conductor: Nicolás Pasquet Julian Prégardien (tenor) |
15 April 2012 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
The Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, Richmond Hill, Canada York Symphony Orchestra conductor: Raphael Luz |
17 April 2012 8.30pm |
“Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Éspace Malraux, Joué-lès-Tours,
France Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
18 April 2012 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Lighthouse, Poole, UK Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes |
18 April 2012 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Avery
Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, USA Juilliard Orchestra conductor: Emmanuel Villaume Lei Xu (soprano) Nathalie Mittelbach (mezzo-soprano) Spencer Lang (tenor) |
19 April 2012 2.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA San Francisco Symphony conductor: Stéphane Denève |
19 April 2012 7.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict
Sung in English with surtitles in English and Welsh Welsh National Opera 1994 production |
Swansea Grand Theatre, Swansea, UK Welsh National Opera conductor: Michael Hofstetter director: Elijah Moshinsk set designer: Michael Yeargan costume designer: Dona Granata lighting designer: Howard Harrison cast includes: Sara Fulgoni: Beatrice Robin Tritschler: Benedict Laura Mitchell: Hero Gary Griffiths: Claudio Anna Burford: Ursula William Robert Allenby: Somarone |
20 April 2012 7.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire Vive La France! |
Hilbert Circle Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conductor: Jun Märkl |
20 April 2012 7.305pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini | Palace of Arts, Belá Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest,
Hungary Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Zoltán Kocsis |
20 April 2012 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts) “The Romance of Classical Music” |
Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conductor: Gianandrea Noseda |
20 April 2012 8.00pm |
Cléopâtre | Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall, Hong Kong Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Edo de Waart Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) |
20 April 2012 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA San Francisco Symphony conductor: Stéphane Denève |
21 April 2012 7.30pm |
Te Deum |
Paisley Abbey, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK City of Glasgow Chorus Glasgow Youth Choir Orchestra of Scottish Opera conductor: Graham Taylor Jonathan Cooke(tenor) John Langdon (organ) |
21 April 2012 7.30pm |
L’Invitation à la valse Weber; orch. Berlioz |
St Andrew’s Church, Oxford, UK St Giles Orchestra conductor: Geoffrey Bushell |
21 April 2012 7.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire Vive La France! |
Hilbert Circle Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conductor: Jun Märkl |
21 April 2012 8.00pm |
Cléopâtre | Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall, Hong Kong Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Edo de Waart Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) |
21 April 2012 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts) “The Romance of Classical Music” |
Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conductor: Gianandrea Noseda |
21 April 2012 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA San Francisco Symphony conductor: Stéphane Denève |
22 April 2012 2.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA San Francisco Symphony conductor: Stéphane Denève |
22 April 2012 2.30pm Explore & Engage Workshop at 1.30pm: Found in Translation: Berlioz’s Romeo and Juliet, led by teaching artist Christina Farrell, Dorothy Porter Simmons Regency Rooms (Lower Level, Heinz Hall) |
Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts) “The Romance of Classical Music” |
Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conductor: Gianandrea Noseda |
22 April 2012 3.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été “A Symphonic Dawn, an Afternoon Daydream and an Evening Song” |
Washington-Lee Auditorium, Washington-Lee High School, Arlington, VA, USA Arlington Philharmonic conductor: A. Scott Wood, Jessica Stecklein (soprano) |
23 April 2012 7.30pm Talking Music at 6.30pm |
Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette) |
Assembly Rooms, Derby, UK Sinfonia ViVA conductor: Nicholas Collon |
23 April 2012 8.15pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Festsaal Neue Aula, Tübingen, Germany Brussels Philharmonic conductor: Michel Tabachnik |
24 April 2012 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Meistersingerhalle, Nürnberg, Germany Brussels Philharmonic conductor: Michel Tabachnik |
24 April 2012 8.30pm |
Orphée et Eurydice
Gluck, Berlioz version 1859 |
Maison de la Culture (MC2),
Auditorium, Grenoble, France Orchestre de Pays de Savoie conductor: Nicolas Chalvin Solistes de Lyon-Bernard Tétu with: Cécile Van de Sant (mezzo-soprano) Katia Velletaz (soprano) Bénédicte Tauran (soprano) |
25 April 2012 6.45pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, USA New York Philharmonic conductor: Alan Gilbert |
25 April 2012 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Opéra Bastille, Paris,
France Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris conductor: Michel Plasson |
26 April 2012 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Musikverein, Großer Saal,
Vienna, Austria Brussels Philharmonic conductor: Michel Tabachnik |
26 April 2012 7.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, USA New York Philharmonic conductor: Alan Gilbert |
26 April 2012 7.30pm |
La Mort d’Ophélie |
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, Australia Susan Graham ( mezzo-soprano) Malcolm Martineau ( piano) |
27 April 2012 2.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, USA New York Philharmonic conductor: Alan Gilbert |
27 April 2012 8.30pm |
Works unspecified concert also includes choral works by Saint-Saens, Josquin, Duruflé and Ligeti |
Église Saint-Léger,
Trélon, France Chœur Vocalis conductor: Stefan Moriamez (probably with organ accompaniment by Misao Yamauchi) |
28 April 2012 7.30pm pre-concert talk at 6.45pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Folly Theater, Kansas City, Missouri, USA Kansas City Civic Orchestra conductor: Christopher Kelts |
28 April 2012 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, USA New York Philharmonic conductor: Alan Gilbert |
28 April 2012 8.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été (selection) |
Église St Salvy, Almayrac, France Camille Balssa (soprano) Anne-Laure Marc (piano |
29 April 2012 3.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Festival van Vlaanderen Kortrijk |
Stadsschouwburg, Kortrijk, Belgium Brussels Philharmonic conductor: Michel Tabachnik |
29 April 2012 4.00pm |
Works unspecified concert also includes choral works by Bach, Gounod, Fauré and Rachmaninov |
Abbatiale de
Conques, Conques Chorale Darius Milhaud d’Aix-en-Provence (director: Jean-François Sénar) Les Chœurs de l’Aubrac de Laguiole (director: Isabelle Bessières) Chantal de Zeeuw (organ) |
30 April 2012 | Les Nuits d’été “Summer Nights” |
Caddebostan Cultural Center, Istanbul,
Turkey Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic conductor: Sascha Goetzel Anna Labkovskaja (mezzo-soprano) |