Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
The table below lists the performances in chronological order.
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2 March 2013 7.30pm |
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 |
3 March 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: to be announced Hécube: Martina Welschenbach Andromache: Etoile Chaville |
3 March 2013 4.00pm |
Marche Hongroise Ballet des Sylphes Menuet des Follets (from La Damnation de Faust) “Hector Barely Owes His Friends” |
Olivet Lutheran Church, Sylvania, OH, USA Sylvania Community Orchestra conductor: Kathleen Hafner Hungarian March, Ballet of the Sylphes, and Minuet of the Sprites |
4 March 2013 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie | Cadogan Hall, London, UK The Doctors’ Orchestra conductor: Stephen Brearley Eniko Magya (viola) |
5 March 2013 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich, Germany Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich conductor: David Zinman |
6 March 2013 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich conductor: David Zinman |
7 March 2013 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Kuppelsaal, Hanover, Germany Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich conductor: David Zinman |
7 March 2013 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Liederhalle, Beethovensaal, Stuttgart, Germany SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra conductor: Stéphane Denève |
7 March 2013 8.00pm |
Reading: excerpts from
Berlioz’s Mémoires Les Nuits d’été Symphonie fantastique |
Kursaal, Scène nationale de Besançon,
Besançon, France Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté conductor: Jean-François Verdier Andrea Hill (mezzo-soprano) Michel Fau (narrator) |
8 March 2013 7.30pm pre-concert lecture at 6.15 |
Symphonie fantastique “Fantastique” |
The Auditorium at Bethel Church, Crown Point,
IN, USA Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra conductor: Kirk Muspratt |
8 March 2013 8.00pm |
Reading: excerpts from
Berlioz’s Mémoires Les Nuits d’été Symphonie fantastique |
Filature, Ma Scène Nationale,
Audincourt, France Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté conductor: Jean-François Verdier Andrea Hill (mezzo-soprano) Michel Fau (narrator) |
8 March 2013 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Liederhalle, Beethovensaal, Stuttgart, Germany SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra conductor: Stéphane Denève |
9 March 2013 5.00pm (first-night performance) See review by P.-R. Serna (in French) |
Les Troyens | Staatstheater Darmstadt, Großes Haus,
Darmstadt, Germany Staatstheater Darmstadt Opera conductor: Martin Lukas Meister stage design: John Dew choreography: Mei Hong Lin chorus master: Markus Baisch costume: José-Manuel Vázquez cast: Staatstheater Darmstadt, Großes Haus, Darmstadt Staatstheater Darmstadt Opera conductor: Martin Lukas Meister stage design: John Dew choreography: Mei Hong Lin chorus master: Markus Baisch costume: José-Manuel Vázquez cast: Arturo Martín / Hugh Kash Smith (Enée) Aki Hashimoto (Ascagne) Thomas Mehnert (Panthée) Katrin Gerstenberger (Cassandre) Oleksandr Prytolyuk (Chorèbe/ Mercure) Stephan Bootz (Priam) Anja Vincken (Hécube) Radoslav Damianov (Helenus) Wilfried Zelinka (Hector/ Narbal) Erica Brookhyser (Didon) Ninon Dann (Anna) Lasse Penttinen (Iopas / Hylas) Andressa Miyazato / Ana Sánchez Martínez (Andromache) Werner Volker Meyer / Tom Schmidt (a Greek chief / a soldier ) Stanislav Kirov (Trojan soldier 1) Daniel Dropulja (Trojan soldier 2 / High Priest) |
9 March 2013 6.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Rosengarten, Mozartsaal, Mannheim, Germany SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra conductor: Stéphane Denève |
9 March 2013 6.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Théâtre de l’Ile Saint-Louis
Paul Rey, Paris, France Ahmet Ortatchdah (tenor) Yifang Luo (piano) |
9 March 2013 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School, Santa
Monica, CA, USA Santa Monica Symphony conductor: Guido Lamell |
9 March 2013 7.30pm |
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 |
9 March 2013 7.30pm |
Méditation religieuse La mort d’Ophélie (from Tristia) |
All Hallows’ Church, London, UK Highgate Choral Society New London Orchestra conductor: Ronald Corp |
9 March 2013 8.00pm |
Reading: excerpts from
Berlioz’s Mémoires Les Nuits d’été Symphonie fantastique |
Palais des sports, Saint-Claude,
France Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté conductor: Jean-François Verdier Andrea Hill (mezzo-soprano) Michel Fau (narrator) |
9 March 2013 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Konzerthaus, Dartmund, Germany Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich conductor: David Zinman |
10 March 2013 2.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Maison symphonique de Montréal,
Montréal, Québec, Canada Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal conductor: Bramwell tovey Measha Brueggergosman (soprano) |
10 March 2013 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich conductor: David Zinman |
10 March 2013 | Overture Le Roi Lear | Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Großes Haus,
Oldenburg, Germany Oldenburgisches Staatstheater Orchestra conductor: Marcus Bosch |
11 March 2013 | Overture Le Roi Lear | Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Großes Haus,
Oldenburg, Germany Oldenburgisches Staatstheater Orchestra conductor: Marcus Bosch |
12 March 2013 7.00pm |
Le spectre de la rose (from Les Nuits d’été) Song in the City: My love is like a red, red rose... |
The Hall, St Botolph without
Bishopsgate, London, UK The Melicus Duo: Marie Vassiliou (soprano) Nico de Villiers (piano) |
12 March 2013 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Philharmonie, Luxembourg Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich conductor: David Zinman |
13 March 2013 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich conductor: David Zinman |
14 March 2013 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavík, Iceland Iceland Symphony Orchestra conductor: Baldur Brönnimann |
14 March 2013 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict | Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conductor: Sir Mark Elder |
15 March 2013 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg,
MB, Canada Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra conductor: Alexander Mickelthwate |
16 March 2013 3.00pm |
Overture Les Francs-Juges | Konserthuset (Concert Hall), Stora Salen,
Gothenburg, Sweden Göteborgs Symfoniker conductor: Sakari Oramo |
16 March 2013 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | White Concert Hall, Washburn University,
Topeka, Kansas, USA Topeka Symphony Orchestra conductor: Brendan Townsend |
16 March 2013 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg,
MB, Canada Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra conductor: Alexander Mickelthwate |
17 March 2013 3.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Western Manitoba Centennial
Auditorium, Brandon, MB, Canada Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra conductor: Alexander Mickelthwate |
17 March 2013 3.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Winter Concert – Musique Française |
Millburn High School Auditorium, Millburn, NJ,
USA Metropolitan Orchestra of New Jersey conductor: Michael Stratechuk |
17 March 2013 7.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Théâtre Municipal de Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia Adriana Grekova (mezzo-soprano) Todor Petrov (piano) |
18 March 2013 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Messe solennelle |
Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank
Centre, London, UK Orchestra of St Paul’s Woking Choral Society Vox Cordis The Syred Consort conductor: Ben Palmer Philippa Murray (soprano) John Upperton (tenor) Ian Caddy (bass) |
19 March 2013 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Cathédrale Saint-Louis des
Invalides, Paris, France Orchestre d’harmonie de la Musique de l’air conductor: Claude Kesmaecker |
20 March 2013 7.30pm |
Huit scènes de Faust | MC2: Maison de la culture de
Grenoble, Auditorium, Grenoble, France Orchestre des campus de Grenoble Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble Chœur du conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Grenoble Members of the chœuurs de l’université with lecturers and students of the conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Grenoble conductor: Marc Minkowski chorus master: Maud Hamon-Loisance |
21 March 2013 7.30pm |
Huit scènes de Faust | MC2: Maison de la culture de
Grenoble, Auditorium, Grenoble, France Orchestre des campus de Grenoble Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble Chœur du conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Grenoble Members of the chœuurs de l’université with lecturers and students of the conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Grenoble conductor: Marc Minkowski chorus master: Maud Hamon-Loisance |
21 March 2013 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Cathédrale Saint-Louis des
Invalides, Paris, France Orchestre symphonique de la Garde républicaine conductor: Sébatien Billard |
23 March 2013 5.00pm |
Les Troyens | Staatstheater Darmstadt, Großes Haus,
Darmstadt, Germany Staatstheater Darmstadt Opera conductor: Martin Lukas Meister stage design: John Dew choreography: Mei Hong Lin chorus master: Markus Baisch costume: José-Manuel Vázquez cast: Staatstheater Darmstadt, Großes Haus, Darmstadt Staatstheater Darmstadt Opera conductor: Martin Lukas Meister stage design: John Dew choreography: Mei Hong Lin chorus master: Markus Baisch costume: José-Manuel Vázquez cast: Arturo Martín / Hugh Kash Smith (Enée) Aki Hashimoto (Ascagne) Thomas Mehnert (Panthée) Katrin Gerstenberger (Cassandre) Oleksandr Prytolyuk (Chorèbe/ Mercure) Stephan Bootz (Priam) Anja Vincken (Hécube) Radoslav Damianov (Helenus) Wilfried Zelinka (Hector/ Narbal) Erica Brookhyser (Didon) Ninon Dann (Anna) Lasse Penttinen (Iopas / Hylas) Andressa Miyazato / Ana Sánchez Martínez (Andromache) Werner Volker Meyer / Tom Schmidt (a Greek chief / a soldier ) Stanislav Kirov (Trojan soldier 1) Daniel Dropulja (Trojan soldier 2 / High Priest) |
23 March 2013 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie | Mote Hall, Maidstone, UK Maidstone Symphony Orchestra conductor: Brian Wright Robin Ashwell (viola) |
23 March 2013 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Croswell Opera House, Adrian, MI, USA Adrian Symphony Orchestra conductor: John Thomas Dodson Abigail Nims (mezzo-soprano) |
23 March 2013 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique The French Collection |
Memorial Hall, Plymouth, MA, USA Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Steven Karidoyanes |
24 March 2013 3.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | King’s Lynn Corn Exchange,
King’s Lynn, UK Norfolk Symphony Orchestra conductor: Philip Hesketh |
24 March 2013 5.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Centre de congrès, Angers, France Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire conductor: Sebastian Lang Lessing David Aaron Carpenter (viola) |
24 March 2013 7.00pm |
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 |
25 March 2013 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Liszt transcription |
Grand-Théâtre, Limoges, France Roger Muraro (piano) |
26 March 2013 8.30pm |
Harold en Italie | Palais des congrès et de la
culture, Le Mans, France Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire conductor: Sebastian Lang Lessing David Aaron Carpenter (viola) |
27 March 2013 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Palais des Beaux-Arts, Henri le Boeuf Concert
Hall, Brussel, Belgium Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conductor: Mariss Jansons |
27 March 2013 8.30pm |
Harold en Italie | Capellia, La Chapelle-sur-Erdre,
France Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire conductor: Sebastian Lang Lessing David Aaron Carpenter (viola) |
28 March 2013 7.30pm |
Chasse royale et orage (from Les Troyens) |
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK The Hallé conductor: Sir Mark Elder |
28 March 2013 8.30pm |
Harold en Italie | Mareuil-sur-Lay (venue not
announced), France Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire conductor: Sebastian Lang Lessing David Aaron Carpenter (viola) |
29 March 2013 8.30pm |
Harold en Italie | Centre de congrès, Angers, France Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire conductor: Sebastian Lang Lessing David Aaron Carpenter (viola) |
30 March 2013 6.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Théâtre de l’Ile Saint-Louis
Paul Rey, Paris, France Ahmet Ortatchdah (tenor) Yifang Luo (piano) |
31 March 2013 3.00pm |
Les Troyens | Staatstheater Darmstadt, Großes Haus,
Darmstadt, Germany Staatstheater Darmstadt Opera conductor: Martin Lukas Meister stage design: John Dew choreography: Mei Hong Lin chorus master: Markus Baisch costume: José-Manuel Vázquez cast: Staatstheater Darmstadt, Großes Haus, Darmstadt Staatstheater Darmstadt Opera conductor: Martin Lukas Meister stage design: John Dew choreography: Mei Hong Lin chorus master: Markus Baisch costume: José-Manuel Vázquez cast: Arturo Martín / Hugh Kash Smith (Enée) Aki Hashimoto (Ascagne) Thomas Mehnert (Panthée) Katrin Gerstenberger (Cassandre) Oleksandr Prytolyuk (Chorèbe/ Mercure) Stephan Bootz (Priam) Anja Vincken (Hécube) Radoslav Damianov (Helenus) Wilfried Zelinka (Hector/ Narbal) Erica Brookhyser (Didon) Ninon Dann (Anna) Lasse Penttinen (Iopas / Hylas) Andressa Miyazato / Ana Sánchez Martínez (Andromache) Werner Volker Meyer / Tom Schmidt (a Greek chief / a soldier ) Stanislav Kirov (Trojan soldier 1) Daniel Dropulja (Trojan soldier 2 / High Priest) |