Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
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1 May 2015 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Royal Festival Hall, London, UK London Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero |
1 May 2015 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Jones Hall, Houston, USA Houston Symphony Orchestra conductor: Jun Märkl |
2 May 2015 8.00pm pre-performance lecture (in German): 45 minutes prior to each performance |
Roméo et Juliette staged production |
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin Opernballett der Deutschen Oper Berlin Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin conductor: Donald Runnicles chorus Master: William Spaulding stage director and Choreographer: Sasha Waltz stage design: Pia Maier Schriever, Thomas Schenk, Sasha Waltz costume design: Bernd Skodzig Ronnita Miller (mezzo-soprano) Thomas Blondelle (tenor) Tobias Kehrer (bass) A Coproduction with Teatro alla Scala di Milano and Sasha Waltz and Guests Premiered on 19th December, 2012 at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano |
3 May 2015 2.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Jones Hall, Houston, USA Houston Symphony Orchestra conductor: Jun Märkl |
4 May 2015 7.30pm |
Roméo et Juliette |
St Gallen Stadttheater, Grosses Haus, St Gallen, Switzerland Chor des Theaters St.Gallen Theaterchor Winterthur Sinfonieorchester St.Gallen conductor: Attilio Tomasello chorus master: Michael Vogel dramaturgy: Serge Honegger Alt Kismara Pessatti (contralto) Derek Taylor (tenor) Levente Páll (basse) |
4 May 2015 8.30pm |
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) Symphonie fantastique |
Le Pin Galant, Mérignac, France Orchestre Les Siècles conductor: François-Xavier Roth |
6 May 2015 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Les Nuits d’été |
Grand théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France Orchestre Les Siècles conductor: François-Xavier Roth Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano) |
7 May 2015 11.00am |
Symphonie fantastique |
Hilbert Circle Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conductor: Jun Märkl |
7 May 2015 7.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust |
Severance Hall, Cleveland, USA Cleveland Orchestra Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus conductor: Charles Dutoit Faust: Paul Groves (tenor) Méphistophélès: Willard White (bass) Marguerite: Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano) Brander: Christopher Feigum (baritone) |
8 May 2015 7.30pm |
Fausts Verdammnis [La Damnation de Faust] |
Nationaltheater Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany Nationaltheater Mannheim Oper conductor: Alois Seidlmeier director: Vasily Barkhatov chorus master: Anton Tremmel Dramaturgy: Merle Fahrholz |
8 May 2015 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts) |
Staatstheater Nüernberg, Meistersingerhalle, Germany Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg Orchester conductor: Vasilis Christopoulos |
8 May 2015 8.00pm |
Fausts Verdammnis [La Damnation de Faust] |
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin Opernballett der Deutschen Oper Berlin conductor: Jacques Lacombe chorus master: William Spaulding choreography: Christian Spuck Marguerite: Clémentine Margaine Faust: Yosep Kang Méphistophélès: Samuel Youn Brander: Marko Mimica |
8 May 2015 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Hilbert Circle Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conductor: Jun Märkl |
8 May 2015 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Auditorium Niccolò Paganini, Teatro Regio di Parma, Parma, Italy Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini conductor: Thomas Rösner |
9 May 2015 5.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Hilbert Circle Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conductor: Jun Märkl |
9 May 2015 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Harold en Italie |
Hull City Hall, Hull, UK Hull Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Andrew Penny Cathy Marwood (viola) |
9 May 2015 7.30pm |
Benvenuto Cellini
sung in French production borrowed from English National Opera |
Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus of Dutch National Opera conductor: Mark Elder director: Terry Gilliam set design: Rae Smith costumes: Katarina Lindsay lighting: Paule Constable cast: Teresa: Mariangela Sicilia Ascanio: Michèle Losier Benvenuto Cellini : John Osborn Francesco: Nicky Spence Fieramosca: Laurent Naouri Pompeo: André Morsch Pope Clement VII: Orlin Anastassov Balducci: Maurizio Muraro An innkeeper: Marcel Beekman |
9 May 2015 8.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust |
Severance Hall, Cleveland, USA Cleveland Orchestra Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus conductor: Charles Dutoit Faust: Paul Groves (tenor) Méphistophélès: Willard White (bass) Marguerite: Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano) Brander: Christopher Feigum (baritone) |
10 May 2015 3.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust |
Severance Hall, Cleveland, USA Cleveland Orchestra Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus conductor: Charles Dutoit Faust: Paul Groves (tenor) Méphistophélès: Willard White (bass) Marguerite: Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano) Brander: Christopher Feigum (baritone) |
10 May 2015 |
Fausts Verdammnis [La Damnation de Faust] |
Theater Lübeck, Großes Haus, Lübeck, Germany Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck Chor des Theater Lübeck conductor: Ryusuke Numajiri director: Anthony Pilavachi dramaturgy: Dr. Richard Erken soloists of the Musiktheater Lübeck |
10 May 2015 7.00pm |
Te Deum |
Stadthalle Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany Philharmonischer Chor Bayreuth Tölzer Knabenchor conductor: Arn Goerke Matthias Neumann (organ) Dominik Wortig (tenor) |
10 May2015 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict |
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France Orchestre National de France conductor: Daniele Gatti |
11 May 2015 7.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été
70th Birthday Tribute – Ross Pople |
South Bank Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK London Festival Orchestra conductor: Ross Pople Ruby Hughes (soprano) |
12 May 2015 7.30pm |
Roméo et Juliette |
St Gallen Stadttheater, Grosses Haus, St Gallen, Switzerland Chor des Theaters St.Gallen Theaterchor Winterthur Sinfonieorchester St.Gallen conductor: Attilio Tomasello chorus master: Michael Vogel dramaturgy: Serge Honegger Alt Kismara Pessatti (contralto) Derek Taylor (tenor) Wade Kernot (basse) |
12 May 2015 7.30pm |
Benvenuto Cellini
sung in French production borrowed from English National Opera |
Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus of Dutch National Opera conductor: Mark Elder director: Terry Gilliam set design: Rae Smith costumes: Katarina Lindsay lighting: Paule Constable cast: Teresa: Mariangela Sicilia Ascanio: Michèle Losier Benvenuto Cellini : John Osborn Francesco: Nicky Spence Fieramosca: Laurent Naouri Pompeo: André Morsch Pope Clement VII: Orlin Anastassov Balducci: Maurizio Muraro An innkeeper: Marcel Beekman |
13 May 2015 8.00pm |
Fausts Verdammnis [La Damnation de Faust] |
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin Opernballett der Deutschen Oper Berlin conductor: Jacques Lacombe chorus master: William Spaulding choreography: Christian Spuck Marguerite: Clémentine Margaine Faust: Yosep Kang Méphistophélès: Samuel Youn Brander: Marko Mimica |
14 May 2015 10.00am |
Sinfonia Fantástica [Symphonie fantastique] |
Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Osesp) conductor: Stéphane Denève |
14 May 2015 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, USA Nashville Symphony conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero |
14 May 2015 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Grand Concert Hall, Vietnam National Academy of Music, Hanoi, Vietnam Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Honna Tetsuji |
14 May 2015 9.00pm |
Sinfonia Fantástica [Symphonie fantastique] |
Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Osesp) conductor: Stéphane Denève |
15 May, 2015 10.30am |
Symphonie fantastique |
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, USA Nashville Symphony conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero |
15 May 2015 7.30pm |
Chasse royale et orage (from Les Troyens) Cléopâtre |
Barbican Hall, London, UK BBC Symphony Orchestra conductor: Andrew Davis Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) |
15 May 2015 7.30pm |
Benvenuto Cellini
sung in French production borrowed from English National Opera |
Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus of Dutch National Opera conductor: Mark Elder director: Terry Gilliam set design: Rae Smith costumes: Katarina Lindsay lighting: Paule Constable cast: Teresa: Mariangela Sicilia Ascanio: Michèle Losier Benvenuto Cellini : John Osborn Francesco: Nicky Spence Fieramosca: Laurent Naouri Pompeo: André Morsch Pope Clement VII: Orlin Anastassov Balducci: Maurizio Muraro An innkeeper: Marcel Beekman |
15 May 2015 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Singletary Center for the Arts, Lexington, USA Lexington Philharmonic conductor: Scott Terrell |
15 May 2015 8.00pm |
Fausts Verdammnis [La Damnation de Faust] |
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin Opernballett der Deutschen Oper Berlin conductor: Jacques Lacombe chorus master: William Spaulding choreography: Christian Spuck Marguerite: Clémentine Margaine Faust: Yosep Kang Méphistophélès: Samuel Youn Brander: Marko Mimica |
15 May 2015 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Grand Concert Hall, Vietnam National Academy of Music, Hanoi, Vietnam Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Honna Tetsuji |
15 May 2015 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Semperoper, Dresden, Germany Schwedisches Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester conductor: Daniel Harding |
15 May 2015 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, USA Nashville Symphony conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero |
15 May 2015 9.00pm |
Sinfonia Fantástica [Symphonie fantastique] |
Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Osesp) conductor: Stéphane Denève |
16 May 2015 4.30pm |
Sinfonia Fantástica [Symphonie fantastique] |
Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Osesp) conductor: Stéphane Denève |
16 May 2015 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, USA Nashville Symphony conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero |
17 May 2015 3.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City, USA The Met Orchestra conductor: James Levine |
18 May 2015 7.30pm |
Benvenuto Cellini
sung in French production borrowed from English National Opera |
Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus of Dutch National Opera conductor: Mark Elder director: Terry Gilliam set design: Rae Smith costumes: Katarina Lindsay lighting: Paule Constable cast: Teresa: Mariangela Sicilia Ascanio: Michèle Losier Benvenuto Cellini : John Osborn Francesco: Nicky Spence Fieramosca: Laurent Naouri Pompeo: André Morsch Pope Clement VII: Orlin Anastassov Balducci: Maurizio Muraro An innkeeper: Marcel Beekman |
18 May 2015 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Stadthalle, Reutlingen, Germany Württembergischen Philharmonie Reutlingen (WPR) conductor: Manuel López Gómez |
19 May 2015 10.30am |
Symphonie fantastique
[a concert for school children] |
Georgensaal, Freien Georgenschule, Reutlingen, Germany Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen (WPR) conductor: Manuel López-Gómez moderation: Klasse der Gustav-Mesmer-Realschule Münsingen |
21 May 2015 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie |
Auditorio Miguel Delibes, Sala Sinfónica, Valladolid, Spain Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León conductor: Juanjo Mena Roberto Diaz (viola) |
21 May 2015 8.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Salle Poirel, Nancy, France Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy conductor: Roberto Rizzi Brignoli Anaïk Morel (mezzo-soprano) |
22 May 2015 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Royal Scottish National Orchestra conductor: Peter Oundjian |
22 May 2015 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie |
Auditorio Miguel Delibes, Sala Sinfónica, Valladolid, Spain Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León conductor: Juanjo Mena Roberto Diaz (viola) |
22 May 2015 8.00pm Introduction at 6.45pm |
Harold en Italie |
Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich, Germany Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner Antoine Tamestit (viola) |
22 May 2015 8.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Salle Poirel, Nancy, France Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy conductor: Roberto Rizzi Brignoli Anaïk Morel (mezzo-soprano) |
23 May 2015 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, UK Royal Scottish National Orchestra conductor: Peter Oundjian |
24 May 2015 7.30pm |
Fausts Verdammnis [La Damnation de Faust] |
Nationaltheater Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany Nationaltheater Mannheim Oper conductor: Alois Seidlmeier director: Vasily Barkhatov chorus master: Anton Tremmel Dramaturgy: Merle Fahrholz |
25 May 2015 1.30pm |
Benvenuto Cellini
sung in French production borrowed from English National Opera |
Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus of Dutch National Opera conductor: Mark Elder director: Terry Gilliam set design: Rae Smith costumes: Katarina Lindsay lighting: Paule Constable cast: Teresa: Mariangela Sicilia Ascanio: Michèle Losier Benvenuto Cellini : John Osborn Francesco: Nicky Spence Fieramosca: Laurent Naouri Pompeo: André Morsch Pope Clement VII: Orlin Anastassov Balducci: Maurizio Muraro An innkeeper: Marcel Beekman |
27 May 2015 7.30pm |
Roméo et Juliette |
St Gallen Stadttheater, Grosses Haus, St Gallen, Switzerland Chor des Theaters St.Gallen Theaterchor Winterthur Sinfonieorchester St.Gallen conductor: Attilio Tomasello chorus master: Michael Vogel dramaturgy: Serge Honegger Alt Kismara Pessatti (contralto) Derek Taylor (tenor) Levente Páll (basse) |
27 May 2015 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada Toronto Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir Andrew Davis |
28 May 2015 12.30pm |
Tristia Symphonie fantastique |
MCO studio, Hilversum, Netherlands Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Netherlands Radio Chorus conductor: James Gaffigan |
28 May 2015 7.30pm |
Roméo et Juliette |
St Gallen Stadttheater, Grosses Haus, St Gallen, Switzerland Chor des Theaters St.Gallen Theaterchor Winterthur Sinfonieorchester St.Gallen conductor: Attilio Tomasello chorus master: Michael Vogel dramaturgy: Serge Honegger Alt Kismara Pessatti (contralto) Derek Taylor (tenor) Wade Kernot (basse) |
28 May 2015 8.00pm |
Overture Les Francs-juges |
Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Ludovic Morlot |
28 May 2015 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada Toronto Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir Andrew Davis |
28 May 2015 |
Benvenuto Cellini
sung in French production borrowed from English National Opera |
Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus of Dutch National Opera conductor: Mark Elder director: Terry Gilliam set designs: Rae Smith costumes: Katarina Lindsay lighting: Paule Constable cast: Teresa: Mariangela Sicilia Ascanio: Michèle Losier Benvenuto Cellini : John Osborn Francesco: Nicky Spence Fieramosca: Laurent Naouri Pompeo: André Morsch Pope Clement VII: Orlin Anastassov Balducci: Maurizio Muraro An innkeeper: Marcel Beekman |
29 May 2015 7.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust |
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Warsaw Philharmonic Choir conductor: Jacek Kaspszyk chorus director: Henryk Wojnarowski Lilli Paasikivi, Marguerite Michael Spyres, Faust Lionel Lhote, Brander Adam Palka, Méphistophélès |
29 May 2015 8.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) 2015 May Festival |
Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH, USA Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conductor: James Conlon May Festival Chorus (director: Robert Porco) Vocal Arts Ensemble (director: Craig Hella Johnson) Barry Banks (tenor) |
29 May 2015 8.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict The Shakespeare Opera Theatre Production Simultaneous production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing and Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict |
Hylton Center for the Performing Arts, George Mason University Campus, Manassas,
USA The Shakespeare Opera Theatre director: Dr. Lori Lind Joseph Walsh (piano) with guitar and flute accompaniments for minor characters Singers and actors from the Washington region, including Samual K eeler (Bénédict) Caroline Gordon (Béatrice) A.J. Calbert (Don Pedro) Elena Lombardi (Ursula), David Tuttle (Claudio) Brianna Williamson (Hero) Willem Krumich (Leonato) Gregory Stuart (Simarone) |
29 May 2015 8.15pm |
Tristia Symphonie fantastique |
TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Netherlands Radio Chorus conductor: James Gaffigan |
30 May 2015 6.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust |
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Warsaw Philharmonic Choir conductor: Jacek Kaspszyk chorus director: Henryk Wojnarowski Lilli Paasikivi, Marguerite Michael Spyres, Faust Lionel Lhote, Brander Adam Palka, Méphistophélès |
30 May 2015 8.00pm |
Overture Les Francs-juges |
Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Ludovic Morlot |
31 May 2015 11.00am |
Symphony fantastique |
Concertgebouw, Main Hall Amsterdam, Netherlands Radio Filharmonisch Orkest conductor: James Gaffigan |
31 May 2015 1.30pm See review by Christian Wasselin (in French) |
Benvenuto Cellini
sung in French production borrowed from English National Opera |
Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam, Netherlands De Nederlandse Opera conductor: Mark Elder director: Terry Gilliam set designs: Rae Smith costumes: Katarina Lindsay lighting: Paule Constable cast: Teresa: Mariangela Sicilia Ascanio: Michèle Losier Benvenuto Cellini : John Osborn Francesco: Nicky Spence Fieramosca: Laurent Naouri Pompeo: André Morsch Pope Clement VII: Orlin Anastassov Balducci: Maurizio Muraro An innkeeper: Marcel Beekman |
31 May 2015 8.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict The Shakespeare Opera Theatre Production Simultaneous production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing and Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict |
Hylton Center for the Performing Arts, George Mason University Campus, Manassas, USA The Shakespeare Opera Theatre director: Dr. Lori Lind Joseph Walsh (piano) with guitar and flute accompaniments for minor characters Singers and actors from the Washington region, including Samual K eeler (Bénédict) Caroline Gordon (Béatrice) A.J. Calbert (Don Pedro) Elena Lombardi (Ursula), David Tuttle (Claudio) Brianna Williamson (Hero) Willem Krumich (Leonato) Gregory Stuart (Simarone) |