Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
The table below lists the performances in chronological order.
Copyright notice: The information on this page has been compiled by us, with the generous assistance and contributions of our friends and visitors. All rights of publication or reproduction of this information in any form, including Web page use, are reserved.
| 1 January 2012 11.00am |
Overture Le Carnaval romain (transcription for eight horns) |
Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon, Lyon,
France musicians: Jean-Olivier Beydon, Michel Garcin-Marrou, Michel Molinaro, Joël Nicod Patrick Rouch, Yves Stocker, Paul Tanguy, Guillaume Tétu |
| 3 January 2012 7.30pm 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 |
| 3 January 2012 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Iş
Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra conductor: Valery Gergiev |
| 5 January 2012 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire La reine Mab scherzo Roméo au tombeau des Capulets (from Roméo et Juliette) Harold en Italie Berlioz, Byron and Shakespeare |
Symphony Centre, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir Mark Elder Lawrence Power (viola) |
| 5 January 2012 9.30pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) Red Sea International Classical Music Festival |
Hangar 6, Eilat Port, Israel Mariinsky Opera Orchestra, Choir and soloists conductor: Harvey Valery Gergiev |
| 6 January 2012 2.15pm |
“Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Opéra de Rouen, Théâtre des Arts,
Rouen, France Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
|
6 January 2012 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 |
| 6 January 2012 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver
Performing Arts Complex, Denver, USA Colorado Symphony conductor: Larry Rashleff |
| 6 January 2012 8.00pm |
La Mort d’Ophélie Club musical de Québec |
Salle Louis-Fréchette, Grand Théâtre
de Québec, Québec, Canada Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) |
| 7 January 2012 7.30pm pre-concert talk at 6.30pm in Library@ Esplanade |
Symphonie fantastique | Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore Singapore Symphony Orchestra conductor: Lan Shui |
| 7 January 2012 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver
Performing Arts Complex, Denver, USA Colorado Symphony conductor: Larry Rashleff |
| 7 January 2012 7.30pm |
Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts) | New World Center, Miami Beach, USA New World Symphony conductor: James Conlon |
| 7 January 2012 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire La reine Mab scherzo Roméo au tombeau des Capulets (from Roméo et Juliette) Harold en Italie Berlioz, Byron and Shakespeare |
Symphony Centre, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir Mark Elder Lawrence Power (viola) |
| 7 January 2012 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC,
Canada Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conductor: Rossen Milanov |
| 8 January 2012 2.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC,
Canada Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conductor: Rossen Milanov |
| 8 January 2012 2.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts) | New World Center, Miami Beach, USA New World Symphony conductor: James Conlon |
| 8 January 2012 2.15pm |
“Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Opéra de Rouen, Théâtre des Arts,
Rouen, France Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
| 8 January 2012 5.30pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) Concert du Nouvel An [New Year Concert] |
Salle d’Animation, Nogaro, France Orchestre symphonique du Sud-Ouest conductor: Bernard Salles |
| 8 January 2012 6.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain New Year Concert |
Alte Oper, Großer Saal, Frankfurt, Germany Junge Deutsche Philharmonie conductor: Ilan Volkov |
| 9 January 2012 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC,
Canada Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conductor: Rossen Milanov |
| 10 January 2012 7.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire La reine Mab scherzo Roméo au tombeau des Capulets (from Roméo et Juliette) Harold en Italie Berlioz, Byron and Shakespeare |
Symphony Centre, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir Mark Elder Lawrence Power (viola) |
| 10 January 2012 8.00pm introductory talk at 7.30pm |
Les Troyens –:
Acts I and II: La Prise de Troie |
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 Chorèbe: Armin Kolarczyk Panthée: Lucas Harbour Helenus: Sebastian Kohlhepp Ascagne: Stefanie Schaefer Cassandre: Christina Niessen |
| 11 January 2012 8.00pm introductory talk at 7.30pm |
Les Troyens –:
Acts III, IV and V: Les Troyens à Carthage |
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 |
| 11 January 2012 8.00pm |
La Captive* La mort d’Ophélie “Convergence” |
Amphithéâtre, Opéra Bastille,
Paris, France Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano) Hélène Lucas (piano) Raphaël Merlin (cello) * with cello |
| 11 January 2012 8.00pm |
Songs (unspecified) “Opium – Mélodies françaises” |
Prinzregententheater, Munich, Germany Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) Jérôme Ducros (piano) |
| 12 January 2012 8.30pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) Concert du Nouvel An [New Year Concert] |
Salle d’Animation, Aire sur
l’Adour, France Orchestre symphonique du Sud-Ouest conductor: Bernard Salles |
| 13 January 2012 7.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Auditorio Nacional de Música, Sala
Sinfónica, Madrid, Spain Orquesta Nacional de España Coro Nacional de España conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Suzanne Mentzer (Marie) Gilles Cachemaille (Joseph) Roman Trekelbarítono (Hérode) Agustín Prunell-Friend (Narrator) Alain Coulombe (Polydorus) |
| 13 January 2012 8.00pm |
Songs (unspecified) “Opium – Mélodies françaises” |
Zeughauskonzerte, Neuss, Germany Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) Jérôme Ducros (piano) |
| 13 January 2012 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie | La Halle aux Grains, Toulouse, France Orchestra National du Capitole de Toulouse conductor: Tugan Sokhiev Antoine Tamestit (viola) |
| 13 January 2012 | Symphonie fantastique | Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música conductor: Christoph König |
| 14 January 2012 7.00pm 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 |
| 14 January 2012 7.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Auditorio Nacional de Música, Sala
Sinfónica, Madrid, Spain Orquesta Nacional de España Coro Nacional de España conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Suzanne Mentzer (Marie) Gilles Cachemaille (Joseph) Roman Trekelbarítono (Hérode) Agustín Prunell-Friend (Narrator) Alain Coulombe (Polydorus) |
| 14 January 2012 7.30pm pre-concert talk at 6.30pm in Library@Esplanade |
Harold en Italie | Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore Singapore Symphony Orchestra conductor: Lan Shui Zhang Manchin (viola) |
| 14 January 2012 8.00pm |
Ballet des Sylphes Marche Hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) Symphonie fantastique (4th and 5th movements) |
Count Basie Theater, Red Bank, USA New Jersey Symphony Orchestra conductor: Jacques Lacombe |
| 14 January 2012 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Saenger Theatre, Pensacola, USA Pensacola Symphony Orchestra conductor: Peter Rubardt |
| 14 January 2012 8.30pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) Concert du Nouvel An [New Year Concert] |
Salle des Fêtes, Bordes, France Orchestre symphonique du Sud-Ouest conductor: Bernard Salles |
|
15 January 2012 |
L’Enfance du Christ | Auditorio Nacional de Música, Sala
Sinfónica, Madrid, Spain Orquesta Nacional de España Coro Nacional de España conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Suzanne Mentzer (Marie) Gilles Cachemaille (Joseph) Roman Trekelbarítono (Hérode) Agustín Prunell-Friend (Narrator) Alain Coulombe (Polydorus) |
| 15 January 2012 3.00pm |
Ballet des Sylphes Marche Hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) Symphonie fantastique (4th and 5th movements) |
Bergen Performing Arts Center, Englewood, USA New Jersey Symphony Orchestra conductor: Jacques Lacombe |
| 15 January 2012 3.30pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) Concert du Nouvel An [New Year Concert] |
Salle des Fêtes, Morlaàs, France Orchestre symphonique du Sud-Ouest conductor: Bernard Salles |
| 17 January 2012 | Symphonie fantastique | National Arts Centre, Southam Hall,
Ottawa, Canada Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and National Arts Centre Orchestra conductor: Pinchas Zukerman |
| 17 January 2012 | “Childe, essai chorégraphique
sur une symphonie de Berlioz” Contemporary dance inspired by Harold en Italie |
Théâtre Paul Eluard, Bezons,
France composer : Hector Berlioz choreographer, dancer: Jesus Sevari company : Absolutamente |
| 19 January 2012 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été Voyage en Fantaisie |
Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon, Lyon,
France Orchestre national de Lyon conductor: Ilan Volkov Nathalie Stutsmann (contralto) |
| 19 January 2012 8.00pm |
“Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Oberrheinhalle, Offenburg, Germany Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
| 19 January 2012 | Les Nuits d’été | Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Lisbon,
Portugal Chamber Orchestra of Europe conductor: Thomas Adès Toby Spence (tenor) |
| 20 January 2012 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Times-Union Performing Arts Center, Jacoby
Symphony Hall, Jacksonville, Florida, USA Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra conductor: Fabio Mechetti |
| 20 January 2012 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Toledo Museum of Arts Peristyle, Toledo, Ohio,
USA Toledo Symphony Orchestra conductor: Jeffrey Pollock |
| 21 January 2012 6.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été Voyage en Fantaisie |
Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon, Lyon,
France Orchestre national de Lyon conductor: Ilan Volkov Nathalie Stutsmann (contralto) |
| 21 January 2012 7.45pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Ravensbourne School, Bromley, Kent,
UK Bromley Symphony Orchestra conductor: Adrian Brown |
| 21 January 2012 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Times-Union Performing Arts Center, Jacoby
Symphony Hall, Jacksonville, Florida, USA Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra conductor: Fabio Mechetti |
| 21 January 2012 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Toledo Museum of Arts Peristyle, Toledo, Ohio,
USA Toledo Symphony Orchestra conductor: Jeffrey Pollock |
| 21 January 2012 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique « La France fantastique » |
Salle Desjardins-Telus, Rimouski, Québec,
Canada Orchestre Symphonique de l’Estuaire conductor: Luc Chaput |
| 21 January 2012 8.30pm pre-performance talk by Florence Pourdu at 5.30pm |
“Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
L’Arc, Le Creusot, France Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
| 21 January 2012 | Rencontre: Orphée et Eurydice A talk in conjunction with a production at the Théatre National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine in May 2012 |
Théâtre National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France |
| 22 January 2012 6.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conductor: Carlo Rizzari Sonia Ganassi (mezzo-soprano) |
| 22 January 2012 8.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust
English National
Opera production in |
Teatro Massimo, Palermo, Italy Orchestra et Coro del Teatro Massimo (chorus master: Andrea Faidutti) Coro di voci bianche del Teatro Massimo (chorus master: Salvatore Punturo) conductor: Roberto Abbado producer: Terry Gilliam video designer: Finn Ross Faust: Gianluca Terranova / Shalva Mukeria Méphistophélès: Lucio Gallo/Carlo Cigni Marguerite: Anke Vondung |
| 23 January 2012 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy Filarmonica della Scala conductor: Valery Gergiev |
| 24 January 2012 6.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust
English National
Opera production in |
Teatro Massimo, Palermo, Italy Orchestra et Coro del Teatro Massimo (chorus master: Andrea Faidutti) Coro di voci bianche del Teatro Massimo (chorus master: Salvatore Punturo) conductor: Roberto Abbado producer: Terry Gilliam video designer: Finn Ross Faust: Gianluca Terranova / Shalva Mukeria Méphistophélès: Lucio Gallo/Carlo Cigni Marguerite: Anke Vondung |
| 24 January 2012 7.30pm Live broadcast on BBC Radio 3 |
Symphonie fantastique | Barbican Hall, London, UK London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas |
| 24 January 2012 7.30pm 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 |
| 24 January 2012 8.00pm |
“Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Teatro Communale, Treviso, Italy Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
| 24 January 2012 9.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conductor: Carlo Rizzari Sonia Ganassi (mezzo-soprano) |
| 25 January 2012 6.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust
English National
Opera production in |
Teatro Massimo, Palermo, Italy Orchestra et Coro del Teatro Massimo (chorus master: Andrea Faidutti) Coro di voci bianche del Teatro Massimo (chorus master: Salvatore Punturo) conductor: Roberto Abbado producer: Terry Gilliam video designer: Finn Ross Faust: Gianluca Terranova / Shalva Mukeria Méphistophélès: Lucio Gallo/Carlo Cigni Marguerite: Anke Vondung |
| 25 January 2012 7.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conductor: Carlo Rizzari Sonia Ganassi (mezzo-soprano) |
| 25 January 2012 7.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, California,
USA Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
| 26 January 2012 6.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust
English National
Opera production in |
Teatro Massimo, Palermo, Italy Orchestra et Coro del Teatro Massimo (chorus master: Andrea Faidutti) Coro di voci bianche del Teatro Massimo (chorus master: Salvatore Punturo) conductor: Roberto Abbado producer: Terry Gilliam video designer: Finn Ross Faust: Gianluca Terranova / Shalva Mukeria Méphistophélès: Lucio Gallo/Carlo Cigni Marguerite: Anke Vondung |
| 26 January 2012 8.45pm |
“Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Teatro nuovo Giovanni da Udine,
Udine, Italy Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
| 27 January 2012 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center for the Performing
Arts, University of California, Davis, USA Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
| 27 January 2012 8.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Église Saint-Eustache, Paris,
France Orchestre Colonne Chœur de l’Orchestre Colonne conductor: Laurent Petitgirard chorus master: Francis Bardot Hubert Claessens (Hérode) Philippe Do (récitant - Centurion) Caroline Casadesus (Sainte Marie) Philippe Kahnle (père de famille) Nicolas Lépolard (Saint Joseph - Polydorus) |
| 28 January 2012 8.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust
English National
Opera production in |
Teatro Massimo, Palermo, Italy Orchestra et Coro del Teatro Massimo (chorus master: Andrea Faidutti) Coro di voci bianche del Teatro Massimo (chorus master: Salvatore Punturo) conductor: Roberto Abbado producer: Terry Gilliam video designer: Finn Ross Faust: Gianluca Terranova / Shalva Mukeria Méphistophélès: Lucio Gallo/Carlo Cigni Marguerite: Anke Vondung |
| 28 January 2012 8.45pm |
“Shakespeare Notes” A Musical Lyrique Spectacle Text from Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Music from: Berlioz (Béatrice et Benedict), Charles Gounod (Roméo et Juliette), Paul Puget (Beaucoup de bruit pour rien) Richard d’Ivry (les Amants de Vérone), Ambroise Thomas (Mignon) Transcribed for two accordions by Elodie Soulard |
La Barbacane, Beynes, France stage direction: Edouard Signolet adaptation: Jeanne Roth accordions: Elodie Soulard and Pierre Cussac/or Sven Riondet singers: Ainhoa Zuazua (soprano) and Rémy Poulakis (tenor) actors: Karine Texier-Drieux and Nicolas Gaudart |
| 28 January 2012 9.00pm |
La Prière du matin La Captive Le Ballet des ombres Béatrice et Bénédict (excerpts) and more Concert dedicated to Berlioz, entitled: “Chants profanes et sacrés” |
Église Sainte-Pauline, Le Vésinet,
France Le Petit Chœur d’O Musica solo numbers will be sung by: Guillaume Neel (baritone) Jeanne de Lartigue (mezzo-soprano) |
| 28 January 2012 | “Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Teatro Communale, Vicenza, Italy Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
| 29 January 2012 5.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust
English National
Opera production in |
Teatro Massimo, Palermo, Italy Orchestra et Coro del Teatro Massimo (chorus master: Andrea Faidutti) Coro di voci bianche del Teatro Massimo (chorus master: Salvatore Punturo) conductor: Roberto Abbado producer: Terry Gilliam video designer: Finn Ross Faust: Gianluca Terranova / Shalva Mukeria Méphistophélès: Lucio Gallo/Carlo Cigni Marguerite: Anke Vondung |
| 29 January 2012 | “Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Teatro Communale, Vicenza, Italy Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
| 30 January 2012 | “Roméo et Juliette”
Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Teatro Sociale, Trento, Italy Malandain Ballet Biarritz choreography: Thierry Malandain decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié |
December 2011 
February 2012
Back to Concert Archive main page