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Year 2013 (February)

The table below lists the performances in chronological order. 

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1 February 2013
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami, FL, USA 
The Cleveland Orchestra [Miami Residency]
conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
2 February 2013
5.00pm
Les Troyens  Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Großes Haus, Karlsruhe, Germany
Badische Staatstheater Karlsruhe orchestra and chorus, and other artists
conductor: Justin Brown
stage director: David Hermann
2 February 2013
7.30pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain De Montfort Hall, Leicester, UK
The Bardi Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Claus Efland 
2 February 2013
7.30pm 

pre-concert talk at 6.30pm
Les Nuits d’été
Huit Scènes de Faust
Albertinum, Lichthof, Dresden, Germany
Dresdener Philharmonie
Philharmonischer Chor Dresden
conductor: Francois-Xavier Roth
chorus master: Gunter Berger
Camilla Nylund (soprano)
Marie Lenormand (mezzo-soprano)
Julien Dran (tenor)
Luc Bertin (bass)
2 February 2013
7.30pm
Scène d’amour
(from Roméo et Juliette)
Stockport Town Hall, Stockport, UK
Stockport Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Richard Davis
2 February 2013
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami, FL, USA 
The Cleveland Orchestra (Miami Residency)
conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
3 February 2013
7.30pm 

pre-concert talk at 6.30pm
Les Nuits d’été
Huit Scènes de Faust
Albertinum, Lichthof, Dresden, Germany
Dresdener Philharmonie
Philharmonischer Chor Dresden
conductor: Francois-Xavier Roth
chorus master: Gunter Berger
Camilla Nylund (soprano)
Marie Lenormand (mezzo-soprano)
Julien Dran (tenor)
Luc Bertin (bass)
6 February 2013
8.00pm
Te Deum Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA 
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
conductor: Charles Dutoit
Paul Groves (tenor)
7 February 2013
6.30pm
Les Nuits d’été Théâtre de l’Ile Saint-Louis Paul Rey, Paris, France 
Ahmet Ortatchdah (tenor)
Yifang Luo (piano)
7 February 2013
8.00pm
Te Deum Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA  
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
conductor: Charles Dutoit
Paul Groves (tenor)
8 February 2013
7.00pm
Symphonie fantastique

“Français Fantastique”

First Presbyterian Church, Boulder, Colorado, USA  
Boulder symphony
conductor: Devin Patrick Hughes
8 February 2013
8.00pm
La Damnation de Faust Hall aux Grains, Toulouse, France
Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse
Chœur Orfeón donostiarra (director: José Antonio Sainz alfaro)
La Lauzeta, Chœur d’enfant de Toulouse (director: François Terrieux )
conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
Olga Borodina: Marguerite
Bryan Hymel: Faust
Alastair Miles: Méphistophélès
Brander: René Schirrer

co-production of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and Salle Pleyel, with support from the Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantique française.
9 February 2013
7.00pm
Grands messe des Morts (Requiem)
(5 movements)
Gaisburger Kirche, Stuttgart-Ost, Germany
Akademischer Chor und Akademisches Orchester der Universität Stuttgart
conductor: Veronika Stoertzenbach
tenor soloist: Georg Kalmbach or Jonathan Holzwarth
9 February 2013
7.30pm
Harold en Italie Church of St Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park, London, UK
West London Sinfonia
music director: Philip Hesketh
David Hesketh (viola)
9 February 2013
8.00pm
Te Deum Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA  
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
conductor: Charles Dutoit
Paul Groves (tenor)
10 February 2013
2.00pm
Te Deum Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA 
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
conductor: Charles Dutoit
Paul Groves (tenor)
10 February 2013
4.00pm
Grands messe des Morts (Requiem)
(5 movements)
Leonhardskirche, Stuttgart, Germany
Akademischer Chor und Akademisches Orchester der Universität Stuttgart
conductor: Veronika Stoertzenbach
tenor soloist: Georg Kalmbach or Jonathan Holzwarth
11 February 2013
8.00pm

Read a review of this concert by
Christian Wasselin (in French)

La Damnation de Faust Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse
Chœur Orfeón donostiarra
conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
Olga Borodina: Marguerite
Bryan Hymel: Faust
Alastair Miles: Méphistophélès
Brander:René Schirrer

co-production of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and Salle Pleyel, with support from the Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantique française.
9 February 2013
7.30pm
Harold en Italie Church of St Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park, London, UK
West London Sinfonia
music director: Philip Hesketh
David Hesketh (viola)
13 February 2013
9.00pm
Les Nuits d’été Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari, Italy 
Orchestra del Teatro Petruzzelli
conductor: Asher Fisch
Stefanie Iranyi (mezzo-soprano)
14 February 2013
8.00pm 

pre-concert talk at 7.10pm
Roméo et Juliette
(orchestral excerpts)
Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Roberto Minczuk
14 February 2013 La Damnation de Faust

new staged production

sung in French, surtitle in German

Saarländisches Staatstheater, Saarbrücken, Germany
Saarländisches Staatstheater Opera
conductor: Andreas Wolf
chorus master: Jaume Miranda
producer: Frank Hilbrich
set design: Volker Thiele
costumes: Gabriele Rupprecht
cast:
Marguerite: Tereza Andrasi
Faust: Mickael Spadaccini / Jevgenij Taruntsov
Méphistophélès: Olafur Sigurdarson
Brander: Jiri Sulzenko
15 February 2013
8.00pm 

pre-concert talk at 7.10pm
Roméo et Juliette
(orchestral excerpts)
Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Roberto Minczuk
15 February 2013
8.30pm
Les Nuits d’été 
Rêverie et Caprice
Théâtre d’Orléans, Salle Pierre-Aimé Touchard, Orléans, France 
Orchestre Symphonique d’Orléans
conductor: Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Vanessa Le Charles (soprano)
Guillaume Dettmar (violin)
16 February 2013
5.00pm
La Damnation de Faust Congress Centrum, Suhl, Germany
MDR Kinderchor
MDR Rundfunkchor
MDR Sinfonieorchester
conductor: Roger Norrington
Marie-Claude Chappuis, soprano (Marguerite)
Paul Groves, tenor (Faust)
Florian Boesch, Bass (Brander)
16 February 2013
7.00pm
(first-night performance)

See also:
March, April, May, June 2013

Béatrice et Bénédict  Deutsches Nationaltheater und Saatskapelles Weimar, Großes Haus, Weimar, Germany
conductor: Benjamin Shwartz
producer: Gabriele Wiesmüller
costume: Grit Groß
cast:
Don Pedro: Sebastian Campione 
Léonato: Bernd Lange
Héro: Elisabeth Wimmer/ Josepha Grünberg
Béatrice: Ulrika Strömstedt/ Marie Burchard
Bénédict: Eric Fenell/ Peter Posniak
Claudio: Andreas Mattersberger/ Wieland Lemke
Somarone: Andreas Mattersberger/ Andreas Koch
Ursule: Sayaka Shigeshima
16 February 2013
8.30pm
Les Nuits d’été 
Rêverie et Caprice
Théâtre d’Orléans, Salle Pierre-Aimé Touchard, Orléans, France 
Orchestre Symphonique d’Orléans
conductor: Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Vanessa Le Charles (soprano)
Guillaume Dettmar (violin)
17 February 2013
4.00pm
Les Nuits d’été 
Rêverie et Caprice
Théâtre d’Orléans, Salle Pierre-Aimé Touchard, Orléans, France 
Orchestre Symphonique d’Orléans
conductor: Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Vanessa Le Charles (soprano)
Guillaume Dettmar (violin)
17 February 2013
7.30pm
La Damnation de Faust Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany
MDR Kinderchor
MDR Rundfunkchor
MDR Sinfonieorchester
conductor: Roger Norrington
Marie-Claude Chappuis, soprano (Marguerite)
Paul Groves, tenor (Faust)
Florian Boesch, Bass (Brander)
17 February 2013 La Damnation de Faust

new staged production

sung in French, surtitle in German

Saarländisches Staatstheater, Saarbrücken, Germany
Saarländisches Staatstheater Opera
conductor: Andreas Wolf
chorus master: Jaume Miranda
producer: Frank Hilbrich
set design: Volker Thiele
costumes: Gabriele Rupprecht
cast:
Marguerite: Tereza Andrasi
Faust: Mickael Spadaccini / Jevgenij Taruntsov
Méphistophélès: Olafur Sigurdarson
Brander: Jiri Sulzenko
19 February 2013
8.00pm
Villanelle 
Le Spectre de la Rose
Au Cimetière
L’Ile Inconnue 


from Les Nuits d’été)
Opéra, Massy, France
Magali Léger (soprano)
Michaël Levinas (piano)
21 February 2013
5.00pm
Les Troyens Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Opernballett der Deutschen Oper Berlin
conductor: Donald Runnicles
producer: David Pountney
choreography: Renato Zanella
cast:
Énée: Kurt Streit 
Chorèbe: Markus Brück
Panthée: Seth Carico
Narbal: Ante Jerkunica
Iopas / Hylas: Yosep Kang
Ascagne Jana: Kurucová
Cassandre: Ildiko Komlosi
Didon: Elina Garanca
Anna: Clémentine Margaine
Priam : Lenus Carlson
A Greek officer: Marko Mimica
Hector: Stephen Bronk
Hélénus: Alvaro Zambrano
A soldier: Tobias Kehrer
Two Trojan soldiers: Markus Brück and Lenus Carlson
Mercure: Stephen Bronk
Hécube: Martina Welschenbach
Andromache: Etoile Chaville 
22 February 2013
7.30pm
La Damnation de Faust Musikverein, Großer Saal, Vienna, Austria
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien
conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano)
Paul Groves (tenor)
John Relyea (baritone)
René Schirrer (bass)
23 February 2013
7.30pm
La Damnation de Faust Musikverein, Großer Saal, Vienna, Austria
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien
conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano)
Paul Groves (tenor)
John Relyea (baritone)
René Schirrer (bass)
23 February 2013
8.00pm

Introductory talk at 7.30pm

Symphonie fantastique Philharmonie Essen, Alfried Krupp Saal, Essen, Germany
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Reinforced by students of the Orchesterzentrum NRW
[Orchestra Centre of North Rhin-Westphalia)]
conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
23 February 2013 L’Enfance du Christ Hudson Hall on the campus of Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, USA
Willamette Master Chorus of Salem (director: Dr Paul Klemme)
accompanied by a full orchestra
conductor: Dr Paul Klemme 
soloists:
Amy Hansen (soprano, Mary)
Anton Belov (baritone, Joseph)
David Stutz (baritone, Father of the Ismaelite family)
Konstantin Kvach (bass, Herod)
Les Green (tenor, the Narrator)
24 February 2013
4.00pm
Les Troyens Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Opernballett der Deutschen Oper Berlin
conductor: Donald Runnicles
producer: David Pountney
choreography: Renato Zanella
cast:
Énée: Kurt Streit 
Chorèbe: Markus Brück
Panthée: Seth Carico
Narbal: Ante Jerkunica
Iopas / Hylas: Yosep Kang
Ascagne Jana: Kurucová
Cassandre: Ildiko Komlosi
Didon: Elina Garanca
Anna: Clémentine Margaine
Priam : Lenus Carlson
A Greek officer: Marko Mimica
Hector: Stephen Bronk
Hélénus: Alvaro Zambrano
A soldier: Tobias Kehrer
Two Trojan soldiers: Markus Brück and Lenus Carlson
Mercure: Stephen Bronk
Hécube: Martina Welschenbach
Andromache: Etoile Chaville 
24 February 2013
7.30pm
La Damnation de Faust Musikverein, Großer Saal, Vienna, Austria
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien
conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano)
Paul Groves (tenor)
John Relyea (baritone)
René Schirrer (bass)
24 February 2013 L’Enfance du Christ Hudson Hall on the campus of Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, USA
Willamette Master Chorus of Salem (director: Dr Paul Klemme)
accompanied by a full orchestra
conductor: Dr Paul Klemme 
soloists:
Amy Hansen (soprano, Mary)
Anton Belov (baritone, Joseph)
David Stutz (baritone, Father of the Ismaelite family)
Konstantin Kvach (bass, Herod)
Les Green (tenor, the Narrator)
25 February 2013
8.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire 
Symphonie fantastique








Dana Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert
DeYor Performing Arts Center, Youngstown, Ohio, USA
Dana Symphony Orchestra
conductor: John Wilcox 

Also included in this program were the winners of the young artist competition. Their part of the programme was as follows:

Khachaturian: Flute Concerto, 1st movement
Horovitz : Euphonium Concerto, 2nd and 3rd movements
Grondahl: Trombone Concerto, complete
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
27 February 2013
7.30pm
Overture Le Corsaire  Zurich Tonhalle, Grosser Saal, Zurich, Switzerland
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
conductor: David Zinman
28 February 2013
7.30pm
Overture Le Corsaire  Zurich Tonhalle, Grosser Saal, Zurich, Switzerland
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
conductor: David Zinman
28 February 2013
7.30pm
L’Invitation à la valse 

Weber; orch. Berlioz
City Halls, Grand Hall, Glasgow, UK
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Matthias Pintscher

January 2013   March 2013

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