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Year 2012 (October)

The table below lists the performances in chronological order. 

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1 October 2012
7.30pm
Harold en Italie Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Ronald Zollman
Raphael Oleg (viola)
3 October 2012
8.00pm
La Damnation de Faust

staged production in collaboration
with the English National Opera 
and the Teatro Massimo

Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Belgium
Koor en Kinderkoor van de Vlaamse Opera
Symfonisch Orkest van de Vlaamse Opera
conductor: Dmitri Jurowski
producer: Terry Gilliam
cast
Marguerite: Maria Riccarda Wesseling
Faust: Michael Spyres
Méphistophélès: Michele Pertusi / Simon Bailey
Brander: Simon Bailey/ Gevorg Grigoryan
3 October 2012
8.00pm
Danse des Sylphes
(from La Damnation de Faust)

Liszt transcription

Festival Antichità, Mitologia e Romanticismo
[Antiquity, Mythology and Romanticism Festival]
Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantiques française, Venice, Italy
Wilhem Latchoumia (piano)
4 October 2012
8.00pm
Scène d’amour
(from Roméo et Juliette)
Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH, USA
Cleveland Orchestra
conductor: James Feddeck
5 October 2012
8.00pm
La Damnation de Faust

staged production in collaboration
with the English National Opera 
and the Teatro Massimo

Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Belgium
Koor en Kinderkoor van de Vlaamse Opera
Symfonisch Orkest van de Vlaamse Opera
conductor: Dmitri Jurowski
producer: Terry Gilliam
cast
Marguerite: Maria Riccarda Wesseling
Faust: Michael Spyres
Méphistophélès: Michele Pertusi / Simon Bailey
Brander: Simon Bailey/ Gevorg Grigoryan
5 October 2012
8.30pm
Ciné-concert symphonique : Faust 

A silent 1926 black and white German film by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau is screened to Berlioz’s music

Excerpts from:
Symphonie fantastique
Tristia, La Damnation de Faust
Les Troyens, Roméo et Juliette
Lélio ou le retour à la vie
Opéra de Limoges, Limoges, France
Orchestre de Limoges et du Limousin
conductor: Mélanie Levy-Thiébaut

Film:
screenplay : Hans Kyser, after Faust by Goethe and Dr Faustus by Marlowe
photography : Carl Hoffmann
artistic direction and costumes : Robert Herlth, Walter Röhrig
with Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frieda Richard, Wilhelm Dieterle, Yvette Guilbert, Eric Barclay, Hannah Ralph, Werner Fuetterer 
with permission from the Foundation

Music:
Concept and musical montage : Mélanie Levy-Thiébaut
Production: Orchestre de Limoges et du Limousin
6 October 2012
7.30pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain Ferryhill Church, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK 
Grampian Concert Orchestra
conductor: Tim Tricker 
6 October 2012
7.30pm
Harold en Italie Stefanie H. Weill Center for the Performing Arts, Sheboygan, WI, USA
Sheboygan Symphony
conductor: Kevin R. McMahon
Cynthia Phelps (viola)
6 October 2012
8.00pm
Scène d’amour
(from Roméo et Juliette)
Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH, USA
Cleveland Orchestra
conductor: James Feddeck
6 October 2012
8.30pm
Ciné-concert symphonique : Faust 

A silent 1926 black and white German film by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau screened to Berlioz’s music

Excerpts from:
Symphonie fantastique
Tristia, La Damnation de Faust
Les Troyens, Roméo et Juliette
Lélio ou le retour à la vie

La Fabrique Scène Conventionnée, Guéret, France
Orchestre de Limoges et du Limousin
conductor: Mélanie Levy-Thiébaut

Film:
screenplay: Hans Kyser, after Faust by Goethe and Dr Faustus by Marlowe
photography: Carl Hoffmann
artistic direction and costumes: Robert Herlth, Walter Röhrig
with Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frieda Richard, Wilhelm Dieterle, Yvette Guilbert, Eric Barclay, Hannah Ralph, Werner Fuetterer 
with permission from the Foundation

Music:
Concept and musical montage: Mélanie Levy-Thiébaut
Production: Orchestre de Limoges et du Limousin
7 October 2012
11.30am
Songs (unspecified)

The concert also includes  music by Schubert, Mozart and Chopin

A Musical Matinée
Roman River Festival 2012
St Edmund’s Church, East Mersea, Essex, UK
Julia Gooding (soprano)
Sebastian Comberti (cello)
Maggie Cole (piano)
7 October 2012
3.00pm
La Damnation de Faust

staged production in collaboration
with the English National Opera 
and the Teatro Massimo

Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Belgium
Koor en Kinderkoor van de Vlaamse Opera
Symfonisch Orkest van de Vlaamse Opera
conductor: Dmitri Jurowski
producer: Terry Gilliam
cast
Marguerite: Maria Riccarda Wesseling
Faust: Michael Spyres
Méphistophélès: Michele Pertusi / Simon Bailey
Brander: Simon Bailey/ Gevorg Grigoryan
7 October 2012
4.00pm
Ciné-concert symphonique : Faust 

A silent 1926 black and white German film by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau screened to Berlioz’s music

Excerpts from:
Symphonie fantastique
Tristia, La Damnation de Faust
Les Troyens, Roméo et Juliette
Lélio ou le retour à la vie
La Mégisserie, Saint-Junien, France
Orchestre de Limoges et du Limousin
conductor: Mélanie Levy-Thiébaut

Film:
screenplay: Hans Kyser, after Faust by Goethe and Dr Faustus by Marlowe
photography: Carl Hoffmann
artistic direction and costumes: Robert Herlth, Walter Röhrig
with Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frieda Richard, Wilhelm Dieterle, Yvette Guilbert, Eric Barclay, Hannah Ralph, Werner Fuetterer 
with permission from the Foundation

Music:
Concept and musical montage: Mélanie Levy-Thiébaut
Production: Orchestre de Limoges et du Limousin
9 October 2012
8.00pm
La Damnation de Faust

staged production in collaboration
with the English National Opera 
and the Teatro Massimo

Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Belgium
Koor en Kinderkoor van de Vlaamse Opera
Symfonisch Orkest van de Vlaamse Opera
conductor: Dmitri Jurowski
producer: Terry Gilliam
cast
Marguerite: Maria Riccarda Wesseling
Faust: Michael Spyres
Méphistophélès: Michele Pertusi / Simon Bailey
Brander: Simon Bailey/ Gevorg Grigoryan
9 October 2012
8.30pm
Ciné-concert symphonique : Faust 

A silent 1926 black and white German film by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau screened to Berlioz’s music

Excerpts from:
Symphonie fantastique
Tristia, La Damnation de Faust
Les Troyens, Roméo et Juliette
Lélio ou le retour à la vie

Espace Ventadour, Egletons, France
Orchestre de Limoges et du Limousin
conductor: Mélanie Levy-Thiébaut

Film:
screenplay: Hans Kyser, after Faust by Goethe and Dr Faustus by Marlowe
photography: Carl Hoffmann
artistic direction and costumes: Robert Herlth, Walter Röhrig
with Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frieda Richard, Wilhelm Dieterle, Yvette Guilbert, Eric Barclay, Hannah Ralph, Werner Fuetterer 
with permission from the Foundation

Music:
Concept and musical montage: Mélanie Levy-Thiébaut
Production: Orchestre de Limoges et du Limousin
10 October 2012
7.30pm
Overture Le Roi Lear

The Romantic Age
Younger Hall, St Andrews, Scotland, UK
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
conductor: Robin Ticciati
10 October 2012
8.00pm
Harold en Italie Kurhaus Wiesbaden, Friedrich-von-Thiersch-Saal, Wiesbaden, Germany
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden Orchestra
conductor: Zsolt Hamar
Luca Ranieri (viola)
11 October 2012
7.30pm
Overture Le Roi Lear

The Romantic Age
Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
conductor: Robin Ticciati
11 October 2012
8.30pm
Ciné-concert symphonique : Faust 

A silent 1926 black and white German film by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau screened to Berlioz’s music

Excerpts from:
Symphonie fantastique
Tristia, La Damnation de Faust
Les Troyens, Roméo et Juliette
Lélio ou le retour à la vie
Cinéma Le Carnot, Ussel, France
Orchestre de Limoges et du Limousin
conductor: Mélanie Levy-Thiébaut

Film:
screenplay: Hans Kyser, after Faust by Goethe and Dr Faustus by Marlowe
photography: Carl Hoffmann
artistic direction and costumes: Robert Herlth, Walter Röhrig
with Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frieda Richard, Wilhelm Dieterle, Yvette Guilbert, Eric Barclay, Hannah Ralph, Werner Fuetterer 
with permission from the Foundation

Music:
Concept and musical montage: Mélanie Levy-Thiébaut
Production: Orchestre de Limoges et du Limousin
12 October 2012
10.30am
Overture Le Carnaval romain 
Roméo et Juliette
(excerpts)
Maison Symphonique de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
conductor: Julian Kuerti
12 October 2012
7.30pm
Overture Le Roi Lear

The Romantic Age
City Halls, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
conductor: Robin Ticciati
12 October 2012
7.30pm
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Overture Hall, Madison, WI, USA
Madison Symphony Orchestra
conductor: John DeMain
12 October 2012
8.00pm
La Damnation de Faust

staged production in collaboration
with the English National Opera 
and the Teatro Massimo

Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Belgium
Koor en Kinderkoor van de Vlaamse Opera
Symfonisch Orkest van de Vlaamse Opera
conductor: Dmitri Jurowski
producer: Terry Gilliam
cast
Marguerite: Maria Riccarda Wesseling
Faust: Michael Spyres
Méphistophélès: Michele Pertusi / Simon Bailey
Brander: Simon Bailey/ Gevorg Grigoryan
12 October 2012
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Palais des Beaux-Arts, Henri le Boeuf Concert Hall, Brussels, Belgium
Orchestre national de Belgique
conductor: Andrey Boreyko
13 October 2012
7.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire  First Presbyterian Church, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Boulder Symphony
conductor: Devin Patrick Hughes
13 October 2012
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, UK 
Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Philip Mackenzie
13 October 2012
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Halle aux grains, Toulouse, France
Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse
conductor: Kazuki Yamada
13 October 2012
8.00pm
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Overture Hall, Madison, WI, USA
Madison Symphony Orchestra
conductor: John DeMain
13 October 2012 Scène d’amour
(from Roméo et Juliette)
Kenan Auditorium, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, USA
North Carolina Symphony
conductor: William Henry Curry
14 October 2012
2.30pm
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Overture Hall, Madison, WI, USA
Madison Symphony Orchestra
conductor: John DeMain
14 October 2012
3.00pm
La Damnation de Faust

staged production in collaboration
with the English National Opera 
and the Teatro Massimo

Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Belgium
Koor en Kinderkoor van de Vlaamse Opera
Symfonisch Orkest van de Vlaamse Opera
conductor: Dmitri Jurowski
producer: Terry Gilliam
cast
Marguerite: Maria Riccarda Wesseling
Faust: Michael Spyres
Méphistophélès: Michele Pertusi / Simon Bailey
Brander: Simon Bailey/ Gevorg Grigoryan
14 October 2012
3.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Palais des Beaux-Arts, Henri le Boeuf Concert Hall, Brussels, Belgium
Orchestre national de Belgique
conductor: Andrey Boreyko
14 October 2012
4.00pm
Marche hongroise 
(from La Damnation de Faust)
Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
New Mexico Philharmonic
conductor: Grant Cooper
15 October 2012
7.30pm
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini St John’s Smith Square, London, UK
Kensington Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Russell Keable
17 October 2012
8.00pm

pre-concert chat in the North Lobby with Rick Phillips, Lise de La Salle and Douglas Boyd  at 7.15pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Douglas Boyd
18 October 2012
10.00am
Symphonie fantastique Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Osesp)
conductor: Louis Langrée
18 October 2012
2.00pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Douglas Boyd
18 October 2012
9.45am (Open Rehearsal) 18 October 2012
7.30pm

pre-concert talk at 6.30pm

Symphonie fantastique Lincoln Center: Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY, USA
New York Philharmonic
conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
18 October 2012
9.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Osesp)
conductor: Louis Langrée
19 October 2012
11.00am

pre-concert talk at 10.00am

Symphonie fantastique Lincoln Center: Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY, USA
New York Philharmonic
conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
19 October 2012
10:00am (Open Rehearsal)

19 October 2012
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Majestic Theatre, San Antonio, TX, USA
San Antonio Symphony
conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing
19 October 2012
8.30pm
Symphonie fantastique 

Liszt transcription
Grand-Théâtre, Limoges, France
Roger Muraro (piano)
19 October 2012
8.45pm
Symphonie fantastique Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine, Udine, Italy 
Orchestre National de Belgique
conductor: Andrey Boreyko
19 October 2012
9.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Osesp)
conductor: Louis Langrée
20 October 2012
4.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Osesp)
conductor: Louis Langrée
20 October 2012
7.30pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Yuchi Chou or Robert G. Hasty
20 October 2012
8.00pm

pre-concert talk at 7.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Lincoln Center: Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY, USA
New York Philharmonic
conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
20 October 2012
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Majestic Theatre, San Antonio, TX, USA
San Antonio Symphony
conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing
20 October 2012
8.00pm

pre-concert lecture at 7.00pm
Roméo et Juliette
(selections)
Garde Arts Center, New London, CT, USA
Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Toshi Shimada 
21 October 2012
11.00am
Symphonie fantastique Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Osesp)
conductor: Louis Langrée
22 October 2012
7.30pm
Marche hongroise 
(from La Damnation de Faust)
Penfield High School Auditorium, Penfield, NY, USA
Penfield Symphony Orchestra
conductor: David Harman
23 October 2012
7.30pm

pre-concert talk at 6.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Lincoln Center: Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY, USA
New York Philharmonic
conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
25 October 2012
8.00pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain
Symphonie fantastique
Sugar Land Baptist Church, Sugar Land, Texas, USA
Houston Symphony
conductor: Andrés Orozco-Estrada
25 October 2012
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Konzertsaal der Hochschule für Musik, Großer Saal, Würzburg, Germany
Philharmonisches Orchester Würzburg
conductor: Enrico Calesso
26 October 2012
1.00pm
Symphonie fantastique
(4th movement)
Hub Theatre, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Open University Orchestra
conductor: Hugh Molloy
26 October 2012
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Jones Hall, Houston, USA
Houston Symphony
conductor: Andrés Orozco-Estrada
26 October 2012
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Konzertsaal der Hochschule für Musik, Großer Saal, Würzburg, Germany
Philharmonisches Orchester Würzburg
conductor: Enrico Calesso
26 October 2012
8.00pm
Les Nuits d’été Holywell Music Room, Oxford, UK
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)
Julius Drake (piano)
27 October 2012
6.00pm
Marche hongroise [Rákóczy March]
(from La Damnation de Faust)
Sha Tin Town Hall: Auditorium, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Darrell Ang
27 October 2012
7.30pm
Marche hongroise [Rákóczy March]
(from La Damnation de Faust)
Sha Tin Town Hall: Auditorium, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Darrell Ang
27 October 2012
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, Des Moines, USA
Des Moines Symphony
conductor: Joseph Giunta
27 October 2012
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Jones Hall, Houston, USA
Houston Symphony
conductor: Andrés Orozco-Estrada
27 October 2012
8.30pm
Roméo et Juliette Teatro Regio di Torino, Turin, Italy
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Regio
conductor: Gianandrea Noseda
chorus master: Claudio Fenoglio
Veronica Simeoni (mezzo-soprano)
Paolo Fanale (tenor)
Steven Humes (bass)
28 October 2012
2.30pm

pre-concert activities 
begin at 1.30pm
Symphonie fantastique
(5th movement)


Halloween Spooktacular!
Alamo Heights High School, Auditorium, San Antonio, TX, USA
San Antonio Symphony
conductor: Yaniv Dinur
28 October 2012
2.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, Des Moines, USA
Des Moines Symphony
conductor: Joseph Giunta
28 October 2012
2.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Jones Hall, Houston, USA
Houston Symphony
conductor: Andrés Orozco-Estrada
28 October 2012
3.00pm
Symphonie fantastique

“Fantastique!”
McCoy Community Center for the Arts, New Albany, USA
New Albany Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Luis Biava
28 October 2012
3.00pm
Symphonie fantastique
(4th movement)
Shafer Auditorium, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, USA
Willimantic Orchestra
conductor: David Vaughan
28 October 2012
3.00pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain Upper Darby Performing Arts Center, Upper Darby High School, Drexel Hill, PA, USA
Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra
conductor: David Wetherill
28 October 2012
4.00pm
Cléopâtre Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Orchestre national d’Île-de-France
conductor: Enrique Mazzola
Stéphanie d’Oustrac (mezzo-soprano)
28 October 2012
6.00pm
Marche hongroise [Rákóczy March]
(from La Damnation de Faust)
Sha Tin Town Hall: Auditorium, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Darrell Ang
28 October 2012
6.00pm
Symphonie fantastique
(4th movement) 

Fright Night Concert
Dvorak Concert Hall, Doudna Fine Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, USA
Eastern Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Richard Robert Rossi
28 October 2012
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy
Philharmonia Orchestra of London
conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen
30 October 2012
6.30pm
Symphonie fantastique
(selections)

Halloween Pops Concert
Drury Clara Thompson Hall, Springfield, MO, USA
Springfield-Drury Civic Orchestra 
conductor: Christopher Koch
First night performance:
30 October 2012

(see May and June 2013 for further performances)

La Damnation de Faust

 

staged production

Staatstheater Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Staatsopernchor Stuttgart
Extrachor der Oper Stuttgart
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
conductor: Kwamé Ryan
producer: Andrea Moses
chorus master: Michael Alber
video: Timo Schierhorn
costume: Christian Wiehle
cast:
Marguerite: Maria Riccarda Wesseling
Faust: Pavel Černoch/Jean-Noël Briend
Méphistophélès: Robert Hayward
Brander: Mark Munkittrick
31 October 2012
8.00pm
Villanelle
(from Les Nuits d’été)
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège
conductor: Christian Arming
Sophie Karthäuser (soprano)

September 2012   November 2012

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