Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
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| 1 November 2013 11.00am pre-concert talk by Thomas Neenan at 9.45 |
Symphonie fantastique | Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los
Angeles, CA, USA Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor: Itzhak Perlman |
| 1 November 2013 1.00pm |
Overture Le Carnavar romain Lunchtime Wind Ensemble Concert |
Regent Hall (The Salvation Army),
London, UK Hawksmoor Wind Ensemble conductor: Stephen Maw |
| 1 November 2013 7.30pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini Cléopâtre Harold en Italie Berlioz Fortnight at the Barbican |
Barbican Centre, London, UK London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Valery Gergiev Antoine Tamestit(viola) Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) |
| 2 November 2013 4.00pm |
La Mort d’Ophélie | Staatsoper-Berlin, Staatsoper im
Schiller Theater, Berlin, Germany Daniel Barenboim (piano) Anna Prohaska (soprano) |
| 2 November 2013 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Peace Center Concert Hall,
Greenville, South Carolina, USA Greenville Symphony Orchestra conductor: Edvard Tchivzhel |
| 3 November 2013 2.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | The Edge, Federation Square,
Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Youth Orchestra conductor: Richard Gill |
| 3 November 2013 3.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Peace Center Concert Hall,
Greenville, South Carolina, USA Greenville Symphony Orchestra conductor: Edvard Tchivzhel |
| 3 November 2013 7.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust
Berlioz Fortnight at the Barbican |
Barbican Centre, London, UK London Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Chorus conductor: Valery Gergiev Olga Borodina (Marguérite) Mirco Palazzi (Mephistophèles) Michael Spyres (Faust) Florian Boesch (Brander |
| 3 November 2013 | “Autour des Nuits d’été” Concert in homage to Jean-Luc Idray Part I Berlioz: Sur les lagunes (Lamento) Part II Fauré: Chanson du pêcheur (Lamento)Berlioz: Au cimetière Duparc: Lamento Berlioz: Overture Le Carnaval romain Gounod: Où voulez-vous aller ? Berlioz: L’Île inconnue Gounod: La Chanson du pêcheur |
Musée Hector Berlioz, La Côte-Saint-André,
France Françoise Masset, soprano Laurence Garcin, piano Ensemble Carpe Diem (conductor: Jean-Pierre Arnaud) |
| 3 November 2013 | Symphonie fantastique | Staatstheater Darmstadt, Darmstadt,
Germany Staatsorchester Darmstadt conductor: Martin Lukas |
| 6 November 2013 7.30pm |
Roméo et Juliette Berlioz Fortnight at the Barbican |
Barbican Centre, London, UK London Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Chorus conductor: Valery Gergiev Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) Kenneth Tarver (tenor) Evgeny Nikitin (bass-baritone) |
| 7 November 2013 7.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust Berlioz Fortnight at the Barbican |
Barbican Centre, London, UK London Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Chorus conductor: Valery Gergiev Olga Borodina (Marguérite) Mirco Palazzi (Mephistophèles) Michael Spyres (Faust) Florian Boesch (Brander |
| 7 November 2013 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Torino Auditorium RAI “Arturo
Toscanini”, Turin, Italy Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI conductor: Omer Meir Wellber |
| 7 November 2013 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Fireworks & Fantasy |
Founders Theatre, Hamilton, Waikato
New Zealand New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conductor Julian Kuerti |
| 7 November 2013 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Postcards from Italy - A Musical Travelogue |
Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary,
Alberta, Canada Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Alastair Willis |
| 7 November 2013 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Theater am Marientor, Duisburg,
Germany Duisburg Philharmoniker conductor: Giordano Bellincampi |
| 8 November 2013 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Fireworks & Fantasy |
Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conductor Julian Kuerti |
| 8 November 2013 7.30pm |
Waverley Overture Les Nuits d’été Symphonie fantastique |
Janacek
Opera House, Theater Hall, Brno, Czech Republic London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Valery Gergiev Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) |
| 8 November 2013 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Torino Auditorium RAI “Arturo
Toscanini”, Turin, Italy Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI conductor: Omer Meir Wellber |
| 8 November 2013 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Sala Felipe Villanueva, Toluca,
Mexico Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México conductor: Alondra de la Parra |
| 9 November 2013 7.30pm |
Overture Waverley Les Nuits d’été Symphonie fantastique |
Festspielhaus St. Pölten, Großer
Saal, St Pölten, Austria London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Valery Gergiev Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) |
| 9 November 2013 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Fireworks & Fantasy |
Michael Fowler Centre (MFC),
Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conductor Julian Kuerti |
| 10 November 2013 12.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Centro Cultural Mexiquense
Bicentenario, Texcoco, Mexico Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México conductor: Alondra de la Parra |
| 10 November 2013 3.00pm |
Rêverie et Caprice | Music Institute, Nichols Concert
Hall, Evanston, USA Chicago Philharmonic conductor: Joel Smirnoff David Perry (violin) |
| 10 November 2013 4.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) | Musikverein, Großer Saal, Vienna,
Austria Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich conductor: Hugh Wolff |
| 10 November 2013 5.00pm |
Waverley Overture Cléopâtre Symphonie fantastique |
Philharmonie Essen, Alfried Krupp
Saal, Essen, Germany London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Valery Gergiev Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) |
| 11 November 2013 7.30pm |
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts; arrangement: Hugh Wolff) |
Festspielhaus St. Pölten, Großer
Saal, St Pölten, Austria Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich conductor: Hugh Wolff |
| 12 November 2013 6.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Fireworks & Fantasy |
Town Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conductor Julian Kuerti |
| 12 November 2013 7.30pm |
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) | Musikverein, Großer Saal, Vienna,
Austria Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich conductor: Hugh Wolff |
| 12 November 2013 7.30pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini Cléopâtre Harold en Italie Berlioz Fortnight at the Barbican |
Barbican Centre, London, UK London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Valery Gergiev Antoine Tamestit(viola) Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) |
| 13 November 2013 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Fireworks & Fantasy |
CBS Arena, Christchurch, New
Zealand New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conductor Julian Kuerti |
| 13 November 2013 7.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Alten Oper Frankfurt, Großen Saal,
Frankfurt, Germany HR-Sinfonieorchester conductor: Lionel Bringuier Véronique Gens (soprano) |
| 13 November 2013 7.30pm |
Roméo et Juliette Berlioz Fortnight at the Barbican |
Barbican Centre, London, UK London Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Chorus conductor: Valery Gergiev Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) Kenneth Tarver (tenor) Evgeny Nikitin (bass-baritone) |
| 13 November 2013 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Auditorium di Milano Fondazione
Cariplo, Milan, Italy Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi conductor: Zhang Xian |
| 14 November 2013 7.30pm |
Waverley Overture Les Nuits d’été Symphonie fantastique Berlioz Fortnight at the Barbican |
Barbican Centre, London, UK London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Valery Gergiev Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) |
| 14 November 2013 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Alten Oper Frankfurt, Großen Saal,
Frankfurt, Germany HR-Sinfonieorchester conductor: Lionel Bringuier Véronique Gens (soprano) |
| 14 November 2013 8.00pm preview of the performance with music director Danail Rachev at 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Hult Center for the Performing
Arts, Silva Concert Hall, Eugene, USA Eugene Symphony conductor: Danail Rachev |
| 14 November 2013 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Auditorium di Milano Fondazione
Cariplo, Milan, Italy Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi conductor: Zhang Xian |
| 15 November 2013 11.00am |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict
Coffee Concert |
Alys Stephens Center, Birmingham,
Alabama, USA Alabama Symphony conductor: Cristian Macelaru |
| 15 November 2013 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict | Alys Stephens Center,
Birmingham, Alabama, USA Alabama Symphony conductor: Cristian Macelaru |
| 15 November 2013 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Alten Oper Frankfurt, Großen Saal,
Frankfurt, Germany HR-Sinfonieorchester conductor: Lionel Bringuier Véronique Gens (soprano) |
| 16 November 2013 7.30pm |
Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts) | Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland,
Oregon, USA Oregon Symphony conductor: Justin Brown |
| 16 November 2013 7.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Musikverein, Großer Saal, Vienna,
Austria, USA Grazer Philharmonisches Orchester conductor: Dirk Kaftan Dshamilja Kaiser (mezzo-soprano) |
| 16 November 2013 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Festspielhaus Bregenz, Großer Saal,
Bregenz, Austria Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg conductor: David Wroe |
| 16 November 2013 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict | Alys Stephens Center, Birmingham,
Alabama Alabama Symphony conductor: Cristian Macelaru |
| 16 November 2013 8.00pm Read also a review of this concert by Christian Wasselin. |
Waverley Ouverture La Mort de Cléopâtre Symphonie fantastique |
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France London Symphony Orchestra conductor : Valery Gergiev Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) |
| 16 November 2013 8.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | First United Methodist Church,
Santa Barbara, California, USA Santa Barbara Master Chorale accompanied by an orchestra of professional musicians from Santa Barbara and the Greater Los Angeles conductor: Steven R. Hodson (soloists were not announced) |
| 16 November 2013 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Concert Hall, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Hawaii Symphony Orchestra conductor: JoAnn Falletta |
| 17 November 2013 3.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | First United Methodist Church,
Santa Barbara, California, USA Santa Barbara Master Chorale accompanied by an orchestra of professional musicians from Santa Barbara and the Greater Los Angeles conductor: Steven R. Hodson (soloists were not announced) |
| 17 November 2013 4.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Concert Hall, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Hawaii Symphony Orchestra conductor: JoAnn Falletta |
| 17 November 2013 4.00pm Read also reviews of this concert by Christian Wasselin and Pierre-René Serna. |
Roméo et Juliette | Salle Pleyel, Paris, France London Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Chorus Guildhall Singers conductor : Valery Gergiev Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) Kenneth Tarver (tenor) Evgeny Nikitin (bass-baritone) |
| 17 November 2013 4.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été (4 mélodies) Grand récital de chant |
Chapelle des Rédemptoristes, Châteauroux,
Indre, France Michèle Command (soprano) Irina Kataeva (piano) |
| 17 November 2013 5.00pm |
Le Freyschütz
(French version) Weber, with recitatives by Berlioz |
Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur, Nice,
France Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice Chœur de l’Opéra de Nice conductor: Philippe Auguin stage design and lighting: Guy Montavon decors: Peter Sykora costumes: Pierre Albert cast: Ottokar: Lionel Lhote Kouno: Stephen Bronk Agathe: Claudia Sorokina Annette: Hélène Le Corre Gaspard: Franck Ferrari Max: Bernhard Berchtold Un ermite: Thomas Dear Kilian: Richard Rittelmann |
| 17 November 2013 6.00pm pre-concert introduction at 5.15 in the Foyer |
La Damnation de Faust
staged production |
Opernhaus, Staatstheater
Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany Staatsopernchor Stuttgart Extrachor der Oper Stuttgart Staatsorchester Stuttgart conductor: Kwamé Ryan producer: Andrea Moses chorus master: Johannes Knecht video: Timo Schierhorn costume: Christian Wiehle cast: Marguerite: Maria Riccarda Wesseling Faust: Matthias Klink Méphistophélès: Simon Bailey Brander: Mark Munkittrick |
| 17 November 2013 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Festspielhaus Bregenz, Großer Saal,
Bregenz, Austria Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg conductor: David Wroe |
| 18 November 2013 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts) | Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland,
Oregon USA Oregon Symphony conductor: Justin Brown |
| 19 November 2013 8.00pm Read also a review of this performance by Christian Wasselin. |
Le Freyschütz
(French version) Weber, with recitatives by Berlioz |
Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur, Nice,
France Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice Chœur de l’Opéra de Nice conductor: Philippe Auguin stage design and lighting: Guy Montavon decors: Peter Sykora costumes: Pierre Albert cast: Ottokar: Lionel Lhote Kouno: Stephen Bronk Agathe: Claudia Sorokina Annette: Hélène Le Corre Gaspard: Franck Ferrari Max: Bernhard Berchtold Un ermite: Thomas Dear Kilian: Richard Rittelmann |
| 19 November 2013 8.30pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Herminie |
Teatro Comunale di Sassari, Sassari,
Italy Orchestra dell´Ente Concerti “Marialisa de Carolis” conductor: Benjamin Bayl Majella Cullagh (soprano) |
| 20 November 2013 7.00pm pre-concert introduction at 6.15 in the Foyer |
La Damnation de Faust
staged production |
Opernhaus, Staatstheater
Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany Staatsopernchor Stuttgart Extrachor der Oper Stuttgart Staatsorchester Stuttgart conductor: Kwamé Ryan producer: Andrea Moses chorus master: Johannes Knecht video: Timo Schierhorn costume: Christian Wiehle cast: Marguerite: Maria Riccarda Wesseling Faust: Matthias Klink Méphistophélès: Simon Bailey Brander: Mark Munkittrick |
| 20 November 2013 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Maison symphonique de Montréal,
Monreal, Canada Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal conductor: Jacques Lacombe |
| 20 November 2013 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio,
USA Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra conductor: Carl Topilow |
| 21 November 2013 7.45pm pre-concert talk by Bernd caftan at 6.45pm |
La Damnation de Faust
(orchestral excerpts) An evening of music and lecture on Goethe’s Faust The programme also includes music by Beethoven, Liszt and Wagner |
Stadthalle, Göttingen, Germany Göttinger Symphonie Orchester conductor: Jürgen Bruns |
| 21 November 2013 8.00pm |
Le Freyschütz
(French version) Weber, with recitatives by Berlioz |
Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur, Nice,
France Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice Chœur de l’Opéra de Nice conductor: Philippe Auguin stage design and lighting: Guy Montavon decors: Peter Sykora costumes: Pierre Albert cast: Ottokar: Lionel Lhote Kouno: Stephen Bronk Agathe: Claudia Sorokina Annette: Hélène Le Corre Gaspard: Franck Ferrari Max: Bernhard Berchtold Un ermite: Thomas Dear Kilian: Richard Rittelmann |
| 22 November 2013 7.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict | Tampere Hall, Tampere, Finland Tampere Filharmonia conductor: Benjamin Shwartz |
| 22 November 2013 7.30pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini | Koncertna dvorana Vatroslava
Lisinskog, Zagreb, Croatia Zagrebačka filharmonija conductor: Pascal Rophé |
| 23 November 2013 7.00pm pre-concert introduction at 6.15 in the Foyer |
La Damnation de Faust
staged production |
Opernhaus, Staatstheater
Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany Staatsopernchor Stuttgart Extrachor der Oper Stuttgart Staatsorchester Stuttgart conductor: Kwamé Ryan producer: Andrea Moses chorus master: Johannes Knecht video: Timo Schierhorn costume: Christian Wiehle cast: Marguerite: Maria Riccarda Wesseling Faust: Matthias Klink Méphistophélès: Simon Bailey Brander: Mark Munkittrick |
| 23 November 2013 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romin | Town Hall, Leeds, UK BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Juanjo Mena |
| 23 November 2013 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Maison symphonique de Montréal,
Monreal, Canada Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal conductor: Jacques Lacombe |
| 23 November 2013 8.00pm |
Le Freyschütz
(French version) Weber, with recitatives by Berlioz |
Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur, Nice,
France Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice Chœur de l’Opéra de Nice conductor: Philippe Auguin stage design and lighting: Guy Montavon decors: Peter Sykora costumes: Pierre Albert cast: Ottokar: Lionel Lhote Kouno: Stephen Bronk Agathe: Claudia Sorokina Annette: Hélène Le Corre Gaspard: Franck Ferrari Max: Bernhard Berchtold Un ermite: Thomas Dear Kilian: Richard Rittelmann |
| 26 November 2013 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall,
Tokyo, Japan Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Kazuhiro Koizumi |
| 26 November 2013 7.00pm pre-concert introduction at 6.15 in the Foyer |
La Damnation de Faust
staged production |
Opernhaus, Staatstheater
Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany Staatsopernchor Stuttgart Extrachor der Oper Stuttgart Staatsorchester Stuttgart conductor: Kwamé Ryan producer: Andrea Moses chorus master: Johannes Knecht video: Timo Schierhorn costume: Christian Wiehle cast: Marguerite: Maria Riccarda Wesseling Faust: Matthias Klink Méphistophélès: Simon Bailey Brander: Mark Munkittrick |
| 26 November 2013 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Konzerhaus, Großer Saal, Dortmund,
Germany Sinfonieorchester Orchesterzentrum NRW conductor: Karen Kamensek |
| 29 November 2013 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Perth Concert Hall, Perth,
Australia West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) conductor: Paul Daniel |
| 30 November 2013 7.00pm |
Harold en Italie | The Wathen Hall, St Paul's School,
Barnes, London, UK Richmond Orchestra conductor: Philip Hesketh David Hesketh (viola) |
| 30 November 2013 7.00pm pre-concert introduction at 6.15 in the Foyer |
La Damnation de Faust
staged production |
Opernhaus, Staatstheater
Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany Staatsopernchor Stuttgart Extrachor der Oper Stuttgart Staatsorchester Stuttgart conductor: Kwamé Ryan producer: Andrea Moses chorus master: Johannes Knecht video: Timo Schierhorn costume: Christian Wiehle cast: Marguerite: Maria Riccarda Wesseling Faust: Matthias Klink Méphistophélès: Simon Bailey Brander: Mark Munkittrick |
| 30 November 2013 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romin | Mote Hall, Maidstone, UK Maidstone Symphony Orchestra conductor: Brian Wright |
| 30 November 2013 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Perth Concert Hall, Perth,
Australia West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) conductor: Paul Daniel, Australia |
| 30 November 2013 8.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Eglise Sainte-Madeleine,
Strasbourg, France Orchestre symphonique des Jeunes de Strasbourg Ensemble Vocal Universitaire de Strasbourg (chorus master: Rémi Studer) conductor: Sylvain Marchal Marie: Mélanie Moussay (soprano) Centurion / Récitant: Paul Gaugler (tenor) Joseph / Polydorus: Jocelyn Desmares (baritone) Hérode / père de famille: Philippe Kahn (bass) |
| 30 November 2013 8.00pm |
Orphée et Eurydice Glück; Berlioz version of 1859 with two excerpts from the original Glück version of Paris 1774 sung in French |
Opéra, Marseille, France Orchestre et Chœur de l’Opéra de Marseille Ballet National de Marseille (ballet master: Sophie Faudot Abel) conductor: Kenneth Montgomery Stage design and choreography: Frédéric Flamand Orphée: Varduhi Abrahamyan Eurydice: Ingrid Perruche Amore: Maïlys de Villoutreys 2012 production of the Opéra-Théâtre de Saint-Étienne / Ballet National de Marseille presented by the Ballet National de Marseille / Opéra de Marseille |
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