Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
Classified by date
Year 2003 (August)
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Classified by date
Year 2003 (August) |
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The table below lists the performances in chronological order.
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| 4 August 2003 | Messe solennelle |
Palacio de Festivales, sala Argenta, Santander, Spain Chœur et Orchestre philharmonique de Cluj conductor: Jean-Paul Penin |
| 5 August 2003 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Chasse royale et Orage (from Les Troyens) |
Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California, USA Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen |
| 6 August 2003 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR conductor: Gerd Albrecht |
| 6 August 2003 | Rêverie et Caprice Symphonie fantastique (Liszt transcription) |
Abbaye de Valmagne,
cloître, Villeveyrac, France Coryne Aime (violin) Hugues de Nolly (piano) |
| 8 August 2003 6.00pm dress rehearsal open to public at 9.30am |
Les Nuits d’été Aspen Music Festival |
Aspen Festival, Benedict
Music Tent, Aspen, USA Aspen Chamber Symphony conductor: Hugh Wolff Susanne Mentzer (mezzo-soprano) |
| 7 August 2003 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Chasse royale et Orage (from Les Troyens) |
Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood,
California, USA Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen |
| 9 August 2003 7.00pm Live broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Two TV |
Harold en Italie BBC Proms 2003 |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier Lawrence Power (viola) |
| 9 August 2003 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Waterford, Connecticut, USA The Connecticut Orchestra conductor: Larry Rachlef |
| 9 August 2003 8.00pm pre-concert talk at 7.00 in Bennett Gordon Hall |
Harold en Italie Ravinia Festival |
Pavilion, Highland Park, Illinois,
USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Christoph Eschenbach Kim Kashkashian (viola) |
| 10 August 2003 7.30pm |
La Belle Isabeau La Captive Matin La Mort d’Ophélie Les Nuits d’été Zaïde L’Enfance du Christ (Trio) |
Abbaye de Valmagne,
cloître, Villeveyrac, France Nadia Yermani (mezzo-soprano) Jean Martin (piano) Thierry and Géraldine Scotto (flute) Héloïse Dautry (harp) |
| 10 August 2003 9.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été Symphonie fantastique |
Cour d’honneur du Palais princier,
Monaco Orchestre philharmonique de Monte-Carlo conductor: Marek Janowski Véronique Gens (soprano) |
| 11 August 2003 7.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict sung in French with English dialogue Aspen Music Festival |
Aspen Opera Theater Center,
Wheeler Opera House Aspen, Colorado, USA Sinfonia conductor: Michael Stern director: Edward Berkeley Melina Pineda (Béatrice), Philippe Castagner (Bénédict) Haewon Moon (Héro), Gabriela Garcia (Ursule) Weston Hurt (Claudio), Peter McGillivray (Don Pedro) Bruno Cormier (Somarone) |
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12 August 2003 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Chasse royale et orage (from Les Troyens) Edinburgh International Festival |
Usher Hall, Edinburgh, UK Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen |
| 13 August 2003 7.30pm |
Melodies | Kleines Festspielhaus, Salzburg,
Austria Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Jeff Cohen (piano) |
| 14 August
2003 7.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict sung in French with English dialogue Aspen Music Festival |
Aspen Opera Theater Center,
Wheeler Opera House Aspen, Colorado, USA Sinfonia conductor: Michael Stern director: Edward Berkeley Melina Pineda (Béatrice), Philippe Castagner (Bénédict) Haewon Moon (Héro), Gabriela Garcia (Ursule) Weston Hurt (Claudio), Peter McGillivray (Don Pedro) Bruno Cormier (Somarone) |
| 14 August 2003 8.00pm |
Le Freyschütz Weber/Berlioz American premiere of the version with Berlioz’s recitatives |
Pavilion, Ravinia Festival, Ravinia, USA Sinfonietta Cracovia, Apollo Chorus of Chicago conductor: Christoph Eschenbach director: Michael Halberstam Vinson Cole (Max), Michaela Kaune (Agathe) Marlis Petersen (Annette), Phillip Ens (Hermit) Nathaniel Webster (Ottokar), Nathan Gunn (Kilian) Michael Halberstam (Samiel), Robert Pomakov (Kouno) |
| 15 August 2003 7.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust Grant Park Music Festival |
Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Carlos Kalmar chorus master: Christopher Bell Jennifer Larmore (soprano) William Powers (bass-baritone) |
| 16 August 2003 7.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict sung in French with English dialogue Aspen Music Festival |
Aspen Opera Theater Center, Wheeler Opera House Aspen, Colorado, USA Sinfonia conductor: Michael Stern director: Edward Berkeley Melina Pineda (Béatrice), Philippe Castagner (Bénédict) Haewon Moon (Héro), Gabriela Garcia (Ursule) Weston Hurt (Claudio), Peter McGillivray (Don Pedro) Bruno Cormier (Somarone) |
| 16 August 2003 7.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust Grant Park Music Festival |
Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Carlos Kalmar chorus master: Christopher Bell Jennifer Larmore (soprano) William Powers (bass-baritone) |
| 17 August 2003 4.00pm orchestral dress rehearsal open to public at 9.30am |
Grande Messe des Morts
(Requiem) Aspen Music Festival |
Aspen Festival, Benedict
Music Tent, Aspen Aspen Festival Orchestra Colorado Symphony Orchestra Chorus conductor: David Zinman choral director: Duain Wolfe |
| 17 August 2003 5.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Ravinia Music Festival |
Pavilion, Highland Park, Illinois, USA Ravinia Festival Orchestra conductor: David Alan Miller |
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17 August 2003 7.00pm Live broadcast on BBC Radio 3 |
Benvenuto Cellini
Weimar version concert performance |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig conductor: Roger Norrington Bruce ford (Cellini), Laura Claycomb (Teresa) Monica Groop (Ascanio) Christopher Maltman (Fieramosca) Franz Hawlata (Giacomo Balducci) Ralf Lukas (Cardinal Salviati) Johannes Chum (Francesco) |
| 18 August 2003 8.00pm |
Cléopâtre | Kleines Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria Radio Symphonieorchester Wien conductor: Bertrand de Billy Violeta Urmana (mezzo-soprano) |
| 19 August 2003 8.15pm |
La Mort de Clépâtre Symphonie fantastique |
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest conductor: Valery Gergiev Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) |
| 19 August 2003 | Benvenuto Cellini
Weimar version concert performance |
Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig conductor: Roger Norrington chorus master: Howard Arman Bruce Ford (Cellini), Laura Claycomb (Teresa) Monica Groop (Ascanio), Christopher Maltman (Fieramosca) Franz Hawlata (Giacomo Balducci) Ralf Lukas (Cardinal Salviati), Johannes Chum (Francesco) Reinhard Mayr (Bernardino), Ekkehard Wagner (Cabaretier) Matthias Hoffmann (Pompeo), Ekkehard Vogler (Officier) |
| 20 August 2003 7.30pm |
Cléopâtre BBC Proms 2003 |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Valery Gergiev Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) |
| 20 August 2003 9.00pm |
Pedagogic concert around and based
on Roméo et Juliette Festival Berlioz |
Les Halles, La Côte Saint André,
France Ensemble Carpe Diem Chorale du Collège Jongkind et du Lycée Berlioz de La Côte Saint André Chorale du Collège et du Lycée de la Cité Scolaire Internationale de Grenoble |
| 21 August 2003 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique BBC Proms 2003 |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Valery Gergiev |
| 21 August 2003 9.00pm |
Berlioz: L’Émoi à la folie Musical and literary journey around Berlioz’s expression of sentiments in his texts and melodies |
Les Halles, La Côte Saint André,
France Chœur Départemental Berlioz chorus master: Luc Denoux |
| 22 August 2003 9.00pm |
Harold en Italie Te Deum |
La Basilique, Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume,
Aar, France Ukraine National Philharmonic Orchestra National Academy of Kiev Choir “Dumka” conductor: Mykola Dyadura Anna Butriy (viola) Alexander Djatschenko (tenor) A co-production with the Festival de la chaise Dieu and Festival Berlioz of La Côte Saint André |
| 22 August 2003 9.00pm |
Overture Le Roi Lear Festival Berlioz - “Berlioz and his time” |
Les Halles, La Côte Saint-André, France Orchestre du Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon conductor: Peter Csaba |
| 23 August 2003 8.30pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Tanglewood Music Festival |
Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood, Lenox, USA Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir Neville Mariner |
| 23 August 2003 9.00pm |
Te Deum Festival Berlioz |
Château Louis XI, La Côte Saint-André, France Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra National Academy of Kiev Choir "Dumka" conductor: Mykola Dyadura chorus master: Evgueni Savtchouk soloist: Alexandre Dyatchenko (tenor) |
| 23 August 2003 9.00pm |
Chasse royale et orage (Les Troyens) Festival de Musique La Chaise-Dieu |
Abbatiale, La Chaise-Dieu, France Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon conductor: Emmanuel Krivine |
| 24 August 2003 9.00pm |
Chasse royale et orage (Les Troyens) Festival Berlioz |
Château Louis XI, La Côte Saint-André, France Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon conductor: Emmanuel Krivine |
| 24 August 2003 9.00pm |
Te Deum Festival de musique de La Chaise-Dieu et du Puy-en-Velay |
Abbatiale, La Chaise-Dieu, France Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra National Academy of Kiev Choir "Dumka" conductor: Mykola Dyadura chorus master: Evgueni Savtchouk Alexandre Dyatchenko (tenor) |
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25 August 2003 3.00pm: Acts 1, 2 7.00pm: Acts 3, 4, 5 Live broadcast on BBC Radio 3 |
Les Troyens concert performance BBC Proms 2003 |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir Colin Davis Ben Heppner (Aeneas), Petra Lang (Cassandra) William Dazeley (Corebus), Tigran Martirossian (Panthus) Clive Bayley (Priam), Victoria Simmonds (Ascanius) Jonathan Lemalu (Ghost of Hector) Anna Burford (Hecuba), Bülent Bezdüz (Helenus) Michelle DeYoung (Dido), Sara Mingardo (Anna) Robert Lloyd (Narbal), Kenneth Tarver (Iopas) Toby Spence (Hylas), Mark Stone (Greek Captain) Leigh Melrose (a young Trojan soldier/Mercury) Darren Jeffrey (first Trojan sentry) Roderick Earle (second Trojan sentry) |
| 25 August 2003 8.15pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest conductor: Thierry Fischer Véronique Gens (mezzo-soprano) |
| 25 August 2003 9.00pm |
La Mort d’Orphée Festival Berlioz - “Berlioz and his time” |
Les Halles, La Côte Saint-André, France Orchestre Berlioz conductor: Eric Villevière Françoise Masset (soprano) |
| 25 August 2003 9.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain La Chaise-Dieu Music Festival |
Abbatiale, La Chaise-Dieu, France Ukraine National Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Mykola Dyadyura |
| 26 August 2003 4.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique (Liszt’s piano transcription) Festival Berlioz - “Berlioz and his time” |
The Church, La Côte Saint-André, France Giovanni Bellucci (piano) |
| 26 August 2003 9.00pm |
Marche hongroise
(from La Damnation de Faust) Festival Berlioz |
Château Louis XI, La Côte Saint-André, France Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon conductor: Lawrence Foster |
| 27 August 2003 2.15pm |
Symphonie fantastique Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) Festival de musique de La Chaise-Dieu |
Abbatiale, La Chaise-Dieu, France Ukraine National Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Mykola Dyadyura |
| 27 August 2003 9.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) Festival Berlioz - “Berlioz and his time” |
Théâtre Antique, Vienne, France Orchestre National de Lille Pražský filharmonický sbor conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus Yves Saelens (tenor) |
| 28 August 2003 4.00pm |
Berlioz en Italie: Overture Le Carnaval romain Marche des pèlerins (Harold en Italie) Roméo et Juliette (orchestral suite) Festival Berlioz |
The Church, La Côte Saint-André, France Ensemble Carpe Diem conductor: Jean-Pierre Arnaud |
| 28 August 2003 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Ravinia Music Festival |
Bennett Gordon Hall, Highland Park, Illinois, USA Basil Twist’s underwater puppet show set to Berlioz’s music [Basil Twist’s puppet show which combines the magic of puppetry with the powerful suggestions of dance, film and art, set to the five movements of Berlioz’s composition; isperformed in a 1,000-gallon water tank.] |
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28 August2003 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Melbourne Concert Hall, Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conductor: Stéphane Denève Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo-soprano) |
| 29 August 2003 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Ravinia Music Festival |
Bennett Gordon Hall, Highland Park, Illinois, USA Basil Twist’s underwater puppet show set to Berlioz’s music |
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29 August2003 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Melbourne Concert Hall, Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conductor: Stéphane Denève Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo-soprano) |
| 29 August 2003 9.00pm |
Berlioz: Programme centred around the “Grand
Traité
d’instrumentation et d’orchestration
modernes”: Marche hongroise and ‘Évocation’ (from La Damnation de Faust) Scène d’Andromaque and Chasse royale et orage (from Les Troyens) Marche au supplice (from Symphonie fantastique) La Reine Mab (from Roméo et Juliette Marche des pèlerins (from Harold en Italie) Overture Le Carnaval romain Also works by Gluck, Beethoven, Weber Festival Berlioz |
Château Louis XI, La Côte Saint-André, France Orchestre national de Lyon conductor: David Robertson |
| 29 August 2003 9.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts
(Requiem) La Chaise-Dieu Music Festival |
Abbatiale, La Chaise-Dieu, France Ukraine National Philharmonic Orchestra National Academy of Kiev Choir "Dumka" Ensemble de cuivres Guy Touvron Ensemble de percussions Akroma conductor: Mykola Dyadyura chorus master: Yevhen Savchuk tenor soloist was not announced |
| 30 August 2003 11.30am |
Harold en Italie | Carl Nielsen Salen, Odense, Denmark Odense Symfoniorkester conductor: Dmitri Slobodeniouk Luminita Marin (viola) |
| 30 August 2003 1.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Ravinia Music Festival |
Bennett Gordon Hall, Highland Park, Illinois, USA Basil Twist’s underwater puppet show set to Berlioz’s music |
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30 August 2003
3.00pm: Acts 1, 2 |
Les Troyens
concert performance |
Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir Colin Davis Ben Heppner (Aeneas), Petra Lang (Cassandra) William Dazeley (Corebus), Tigran Martirossian (Panthus) Clive Bayley (Priam), Victoria Simmonds (Ascanius) Jonathan Lemalu (Ghost of Hector) Anna Burford (Hecuba), Bülent Bezdüz (Helenus) Michelle DeYoung (Dido), Sara Mingardo (Anna) Robert Lloyd (Narbal), Kenneth Tarver (Iopas) Toby Spence (Hylas), Mark Stone (Greek Captain) Leigh Melrose (a young Trojan soldier/Mercury) Darren Jeffrey (first Trojan sentry) Roderick Earle (second Trojan sentry) |
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30 August 2003 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Melbourne Concert Hall, Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conductor: Stéphane Denève Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo-soprano) |
| 30 August 2003 8.15pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict | Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands Radio Symfonie Orkest conductor: Marc Soustrot |
| 30 August 2003 9.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été Festival Berlioz - “Berlioz and his time” |
Les Halles, La Côte Saint-André, France Ensemble Orchestral de Paris conductor: John Nelson Véronique Gens (soprano) |
| 30 August 2003 9.00pm |
Harold en Italie La Chaise-Dieu Music festival |
Abbatiale, La Chaise-Dieu, France Ukraine National Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Mykola Dyadyura Yuri Bashmet (viola) |
| 30 August 2003 | Le Carnaval romain |
Palacio de Festivales, sala Argenta, Santander, Spain DR Radiosymfoniorkestret conductor: Yuri Temirkanov |
| 30 August 2003 | Morceaux pour l’orgue mélodium
d’Alexandre (Pieces for Alexandre’s melodium organ) Trio pour 2 flûtes et harpe (from L’Enfance du Christ) Other works by Berlioz and composers that he liked |
L’Église, Voreppe, Isère, France The melodium pieces were played on the Cavaillé-Coll organ, built in 1854 for the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris, and later moved to Isère. Voreppe is 15 km from Grenoble and about 30-40 km from La Côte Saint André |
| 31 August 2003 1.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Ravinia Music Festival |
Bennett Gordon Hall, Highland Park, Illinois, USA Basil Twist’s underwater puppet show set to Berlioz’s music |
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31 August 2003 5.00pm |
Messe solennelle Lucerne Festival |
Jesuitenkirche, Lucerne, Switzerland Mozart-Ensemble Luzern Chor und Orchester des Collegium Musicum Luzern conductor: Alois Koch Madelaine Wibom (soprano) Silvan Müller (tenor), Michel Brodard (baritone) |
| 31 August 2003 9.00pm |
Grande Messe des mort
(Requiem) La Chaise-Dieu Music Festival |
Abbatiale, La Chaise-Dieu, France Ukraine National Philharmonic Orchestra National Academy of Kiev Choir "Dumka" Ensemble de cuivres Guy Touvron Ensemble de percussions Akroma conductor: Mykola Dyadyura chorus master: Yevhen Savchuk tenor soloist was not announced |
| 31 August 2003 9.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Festival Berlioz |
Les Halles, La Côte Saint-André, France Ensemble Orchestral de Paris conductor: John Nelson |
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