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Year 2016 (December) 

The table below lists the performances in chronological order. 

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1 December 2016
7.30pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK
The Hallé
conductor: Stephen Bell
1 December 2016
7.30pm
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille
(from L’Enfance du Christ)


Entente Chorale – French and English music for the Christmas Season
Cadogan Hall, London, UK
Trafalgar Sinfonia
Barts Choir
conductor: Ivor Setterfield
1 December 2016
8.00pm
Cléopâtre Auditorium du Nouveau Siècle, Lille, France
Orchestre national de Lille
conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus
Hermine Haselböck (mezzo-soprano)
2 December 2016
6.00pm
L’Enfance du Christ Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
conductor: Marc Soustrot
chorus master: Henryk Wojnarowski
Donald Litaker (tenor, narrator)
Valérie Condoluci (soprano, Mary)
Alexandre Duhamel (baritone, Joseph)
Patrick Bolleire (bass, Polydorus, father of the family)
Nicolas Courjal (bass, Herod)
Tomasz Warmijak (tenor, centurion)
2 December 2016
7.30pm
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille
(from L’Enfance du Christ)


Entente Chorale – French and English music for the Christmas Season
Cadogan Hall, London, UK
Trafalgar Sinfonia
Barts Choir
conductor: Ivor Setterfield
2 December 2016
7.30pm
Benvenuto Cellini (Weimar version)

Reprise of the 2008 production
Staatstheater Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg
Chor des Staatstheater Nürnberg
conductor: Marcus Bosch
chorus director: Tarmo Vaask
choreography: Laura Scozzi
Mirko Roschkowski (Benvenuto Cellini)
Jens Waldig (Giacomo Balducci)
Melih Tepretmez (Fieramosca)
Hrachuhí Bassénz (Teresa)
Jordanka Milkova (Ascanio)
Alexey Birkus (Pope Clemens VII),
Yongseung Song (Francesco)
Wonyong Kang (Bernardino)
to be announce (Pompeo)
Bewegungsensemble des Staatstheater Nürnberg (dancers)
2 December 2016
8.00pm
pre-concert talk at 7.00pm
in Adelaide Town Hall, auditorium
Symphonie fantastique Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide, Australia
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Nicholas Carter
3 December 2016
1.00pm
Les Troyens


New production
Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus
conductor: Sir Andrew Davis
chorus master: Michael Black
director: Tim Albery
choreography: Helen Pickett
designer: Tobias Hoheisel
cast: 
Christine Goerke (Cassandre)
Susan Graham (Didon)
Brandon Jovanovich (Enée)
Lucas Meachem (Chorèbe)
Christian Van Horn (Narbal)
Okka von der Damerau (Anna)
3 December 2016
6.00pm
L’Enfance du Christ Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
conductor: Marc Soustrot
chorus master: Henryk Wojnarowski
Donald Litaker (tenor, narrator)
Valérie Condoluci (soprano, Mary)
Alexandre Duhamel (baritone, Joseph)
Patrick Bolleire (bass, Polydorus, father of the family)
Nicolas Courjal (bass, Herod)
Tomasz Warmijak (tenor, centurion)
3 December 2016
6.30pm
pre-concert talk at 5.30pm
in Adelaide Town Hall, auditorium
Symphonie fantastique Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide, Australia
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Nicholas Carter
3 December 2016
8.30pm
Cléopâtre Le Colisée, Lens, France
Orchestre national de Lille
conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus
Hermine Haselböck (mezzo-soprano)
4 December 2016
4.00pm
L’Enfance du Christ Arsenal, Grande Salle, Metz, France
Orchestre national de Lorraine
Chœur régional de Lorraine
conductor: Jacques Mercier
chorus master: Jacky Locks
Pauline Claes (mezzo-soprano)
Pierre Derhet (tenor, narrator)
Philippe Estèphe (baritone)
Douglas Henderson (bass)
7 December 2016
7.00pm
L’Enfance du Christ Malmö Live, Malmö, Sweden
Malmö SymfoniOrkester
DR KoncertKoret
conductor: Marc Soustrot
Valérie Condoluci (soprano, Marie)
Lionel Lhote (baritone, Joseph)
Nicolas Courjal (bass, Hérode)
Patrick Bolleire (baritone, Père de Famille and Polydorus)
Yann Beuron (narrator)
7 December 2016
8.00pm
pre-concert talk at 6.55
Harold en Italie Philharmonie, Großer Saal, Berlin, Germany
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
conductor: Fabien Gabel
Antoine Tamestit (viola)
9 December 2016
8.00pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich, Germany
Münchner Philharmoniker
conductor: Semyon Bychkov
9 December 2016
8.00pm
Harold en Italie Opéra, Nice, France
Orchestre philharmonique de Nice
conductor: Gwénolé Rufet
Magali Prévot (viola)
10 December 2016
2.00pm
Harold en Italie
Overture Le Corsaire
Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Junichi Hirokami
Kawamoto Yoshiko (viola)
10 December 2016
4.00pm
Harold en Italie Opéra, Nice, France
Orchestre philharmonique de Nice
conductor: Gwénolé Rufet
Magali Prévot (viola)
10 December 2016
7.00pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich, Germany
Münchner Philharmoniker
conductor: Semyon Bychkov
10 December 2016
7.30pm
L’Enfance du Christ St Peter’s Church, Colchester, UK
Pimlott Foundation Family Choir
and of members of several local choral societies
Janus Ensemble
conductor: Michael Coleby
chorus master: Christopher Borrett
Thomas Atkins (narrator)
Dominic Sedgwick (Joseph)
Jerome Knox (Herod )
Zachary Kleanthous (Centurion)
Catrin Pryce-Jones (Marie)
Richard Moore (Polydorus / Le Pere)
10 December 2016
7.30pm
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille
(from L’Enfance du Christ)
Church of St Mary Brookfield, London, UK
Voxcetera (choir)
Jonathan Dods (organ)
conductor: Jane Hopkins
10 December 2016
7.30pm
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille
(from L’Enfance du Christ)
St Peter’s Church Hall, Woodmansterne, UK
Chandos Choir
Robert Randall (piano/conductor)
10 December 2016
8.00pm
Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette)

“Shakespeare 2016 ”
Grand-Théâtre, Tours, France
Orchestre symphonique Région Centre-Val de Loire/Tours
conductor: Robert Houlihan
10 December 2016
8.15pm
La Mort d’Ophélie
Le Spectre de la rose
Zaïde

“Cris Doux”, Chants d’amour en français
Studio Le Regard du Cygne, Paris, France
Dominique Hoff (mezzo-soprano, actress)
Karine Sélo (piano)
11 December 2016
11.00am
Overture Le Carnaval romain Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich, Germany
Münchner Philharmoniker
conductor: Semyon Bychkov
11 December 2016
5.00pm
Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette)

“ Shakespeare 2016 ”
Grand-Théâtre, Tours, France
Orchestre symphonique Région Centre-Val de Loire/Tours
conductor: Robert Houlihan
14 December 2016
7.30pm
Benvenuto Cellini (Weimar version)

Reprise of the 2008 production
Staatstheater Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg
Chor des Staatstheater Nürnberg
conductor: Marcus Bosch
chorus director: Tarmo Vaask
choreography: Laura Scozzi
Mirko Roschkowski (Benvenuto Cellini)
Jens Waldig (Giacomo Balducci)
Melih Tepretmez (Fieramosca)
Hrachuhí Bassénz (Teresa)
Jordanka Milkova (Ascanio)
Alexey Birkus (Pope Clemens VII),
Yongseung Song (Francesco)
Wonyong Kang (Bernardino)
to be announce (Pompeo)
Bewegungsensemble des Staatstheater Nürnberg (dancers)
15 December 2016
7.30pm
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille
(from L’Enfance du Christ)


Joy of Christmas
Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
Philharmonic Orchestra
Winchester Cathedral Choir
The Waynflete Singers
conductor: Andrew Lumsden
16 December 2016
8.30pm
La Damnation de Faust (excerpts):
– Marguerite’s Romance
– Menuet des follets

Les Troyens (excerpts):
– Je vais mourir…
– Adieu, fière cité
Auditorium Rainier III, Monaco
Orchestre philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
conductor: Michel Plasson
Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano)
17 December 20168.00pm Harold en Italie Flato Markham Theatre for the Performing Arts, Markham, ON, Canada
Kindred Spirits Orchestra
conductor: Kristian Alexander
Keith Hamm (viola)
18 December 2016
5.30pm
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille
(from L’Enfance du Christ)
Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, Costa Mesa, California, USA
Pacific Chorale
Pacific Symphony
conductor: John Alexander
19 December 2016
7.00pm
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille
(from L’Enfance du Christ)
Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, Costa Mesa, California, USA
Pacific Chorale
Pacific Symphony
conductor: John Alexander
22 December 2016
7.30pm
La Mort d’Ophélie
Le Spectre de la rose
Zaïde

Le “Concert Conté” AMOUR
Lycée Notre Dame de Sion, Istanbul
Dominique Hoff (mezzo-soprano, actress)
Karine Sélo (piano)
25 December 2016
7.30pm
Rákóczy March [Marche hongroise] The Danube Palace, Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian Folk Ensemble and Orchestra
conductor: András Deák
29 December 2016
8.00pm
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust)

The concert is staged as a circus programme, with various circus-type activities on the stage


“ Rêves de cirque”
Auditorium, Grande Salle, Lyon, France
Orchestre national de Lyon
Compagnie Les Transformateurs
conductor: Antoine Glatard
conception and production: Nicolas Ramond
30 December 2016
8.00pm
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust)

The concert is staged as a circus programme, with various circus-type activities on the stage


“ Rêves de cirque”
Auditorium, Grande Salle, Lyon, France
Orchestre national de Lyon
Compagnie Les Transformateurs
conductor: Antoine Glatard
conception and production: Nicolas Ramond
31 December 2016
12.00noon
Overture Le Carnaval romain

New Year Eve’s Rehearsal
Rudolfinum, Dvořák Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
Česká filharmonie
conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek
31 December 2016
3.00pm and 8.00pm
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust)

The concert is staged as a circus programme, with various circus-type activities on the stage


“ Rêves de cirque”
Auditorium, Grande Salle, Lyon, France
Orchestre national de Lyon
Compagnie Les Transformateurs
conductor: Antoine Glatard
conception and production: Nicolas Ramond
31 December 2016
8.00pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain

New Year Concert
Opéra, Reims, France
Orchestre de l’Opéra de Reims
conductor: Yann Molénat

November 2016   January 2017

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