Classified by dateYear 2003 (January) |
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1 January 2003 11.15am Live broadcast on France Musiques (radio) and France 2 (TV) |
L’Invitation à la valse Weber, arr. Berlioz |
Musikverein, Großer Saal, Vienna, Austria Wiener Philharmoniker conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt |
1 January 2003 4.00pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini Symphonie fantastique As part of the New Year concert |
Brucknerhaus, Großer Saal, Linz, Austria Bruckner Orchester Linz conductor: John Nelson |
1 January 2003 6.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Lélio, ou Le Retour à la vie |
Konzerthaus, Großer Saal, Berlin, Germany Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester Ernst Senff Chor (chorus master: Sigurd Brauns) conductor: Eliahu Inbal Daniel Morgenroth (récitant) Keith Lewis (tenor), François Le Roux (baritone) |
3 January 2003 7.30pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini | Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, USA Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: JoAnn Falletta |
4 January 2003 8.00pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini | Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, USA Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: JoAnn Falletta |
4 January 2003 9.00pm |
Sérénade de Méphistophélès (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo conductor: Marco Guidarini José van Dam (baritone) |
5 January 2003 6.00pm |
Sérénade de Méphistophélès (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo conductor: Marco Guidarini José van Dam (baritone) |
5 January 2003 | Les Nuits d’été 4th International Winter Festival |
Grand Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia Chamber Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Dmitry Sitkovetsky soloist: Barbara Hendricks (soprano) |
6 January 2003 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Hôtel de Ville, Paris, France Ensemble orchestral de Paris conductor: John Nelson Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) |
7 January 2003 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France Ensemble Orchestral de Paris conductor: John Nelson Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) |
8 January 2003 7.00pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Conservatoire, grande salle,
Moscow, Russia Orchestre national de Russie conductor: Vladimir Spivakov |
9 January 2003 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été Bicentenary of the establishment of the Académie de France in Rome |
Villa Médicis, Rome, Italy Ensemble orchestral de Paris conductor: John Nelson Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) |
9 January 2003 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Nouveau Siècle, Lille, France Orchestre national de Lille conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus soloist: Gérard Caussé (viola) |
9 January 2003 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada Toronto Symphony Orchestra conductor: Hugh Wolff |
9 January 2003 8.00pm |
Rêverie et Caprice | Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et
de danse, espace Maurice Fleuret, Paris, France Yoko Kaneko (piano) Deborah Nemtanu (violin) |
9 January 2003 8.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Auditorium “G.Agnelli” – Lingotto,
Turin, Italy Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai Coro Filarmonico "Ruggero Maghini" conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Keith Lewis (tenor) Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano) Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), Peter Lika (bass) Hans-Peter Scheidegger (bass) |
10 January 2003 6.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette | Gothenburg Concert Hall, Gothenburg, Sweden Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Carlo Rizzi Ekaterina Sementjuk (soprano) Alastair Miles (bass), tenor (not announced) |
10 January 2003 7.30pm pre-concert talk at 6.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Concert Hall, Esplanade, Singapore Singapore Symphony Orchestra conductor: Lan Shui |
10 January 2003 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Nouveau Siècle, Lille, France Orchestre national de Lille conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus Gérard Caussé (viola) |
10 January 2003 8.00pm |
Overture Waverley | Hibert Circle Theater, Indianapolis, USA Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conductor: Christopher Wilkins |
10 January 2003 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Lyric Theater, Kansas City,
USA Kansas City Symphony conductor: Carlos Kalmar |
10 January 2003 8.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Auditorium "G.Agnelli" – Lingotto,
Turin, Italy Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai Coro Filarmonico "Ruggero Maghini" conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Keith Lewis (tenor) Katarina Karnéus (mez-sop) Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), Peter Lika (bass) Hans-Peter Scheidegger (bass) |
11 January 2003 3.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette | Gothenburg Concert Hall, Gothenburg, Sweden Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Carlo Rizzi Ekaterina Sementjuk (soprano) Alastair Miles (bass), tenor (to be announced) |
11 January 2003 5.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique (2nd and 4th movements) | Concert Hall, Esplanade, Singapore Singapore Symphony Orchestra conductor: Lan Shui |
11 January 2003 7.30pm pre-concert talk at 6.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Concert Hall, Esplanade, Singapore Singapore Symphony Orchestra conductor: Lan Shui |
11 January 2003 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Lyric Theater, Kansas City,
USA Kansas City Symphony conductor: Carlos Kalmar |
11 January 2003 8.00pm |
Overture Waverley | Hibert Circle Theater, Indianapolis, USA Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conductor: Christopher Wilkins |
11 January 2003 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France Orchestre National de Lille conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus Gérard Caussé (viola) |
12 January 2003 2.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Yardley Hall, Kansas City, USA Kansas City Symphony conductor: Carlos Kalmar |
12 January 2003 4.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Auditorium, Dijon, France Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse conductor: Michel Plasson |
12 January 2003 | Overture Le Corsaire |
Grand Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia The Academic Symphony Orchestra conductor: Yuri Simonov |
12 January 2003 | Harold en Italie XIX Festival of Música de Canarias |
Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria conductor: Serge Baudo Roberto Díaz (viola) |
13 January 2003 | Harold en Italie XIX Festival of Música de Canarias |
Teatro Guimerá, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Spain Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria conductor: Serge Baudo Roberto Díaz (viola) |
16 January 2003 11.00am |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Hibert Circle Theater, Indianapolis,
USA Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conductor: Andrew Litton |
16 January 2003 8.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Théâtre Mogador, Paris, France Orchestre de Paris Christoph Eschenbach soloists: Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Marie) Dietrich Henschel (Joseph) Nathan Berg (Hérode) Toby Spence (Narrator) René Schirrer (le Père de famille) |
16 January 2003 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et
Bénédict Symphonie fantastique |
Symphony Center, Chicago,
USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
17 January 2003 1.30pm |
Overture to Béatrice et
Bénédict Symphonie fantastique |
Symphony Center, Chicago,
USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
17 January 2003 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette | Philharmonie, Großer Saal, Berlin, Germany Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin conductor: Sir Simon Rattle chorus master: Simon Halsey Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano) Peter Hoare (tenor), Gilles Cachemaille (bass) |
17 January 2003 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Hibert Circle Theater, Indianapolis,
USA Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conductor: Andrew Litton |
17 January 2003 8.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Théâtre Mogador, Paris, France Orchestre de Paris Christoph Eschenbach Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Marie) Dietrich Henschel (Joseph) Nathan Berg (Hérode) Toby Spence (Narrator) René Schirrer (le Père de famille) |
17 January 2003 8.15pm |
Les Troyens (orchestral excerpts) | Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands Radio Filharmonisch Orkest conductor: Hans Vonk |
17 January 2003 8.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Palais de la Musique et des Congrès,
salle Érasme,
Strasbourg, France Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg conductor: Jan Latham-Koenig José van Dam (baritone) |
18 January 2003 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette | Philharmonie, Großer Saal, Berlin, Germany Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin conductor: Sir Simon Rattle chorus master: Simon Halsey Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano) Peter Hoare (tenor), Gilles Cachemaille (bass) |
18 January 2003 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Hibert Circle Theater, Indianapolis,
USA Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conductor: Andrew Litton |
18 January 2003 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et
Bénédict Symphonie fantastique |
Symphony Center, Chicago,
USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
18 January 2003 |
La Damnation de Faust Bicentenary concerts – Gala Concert |
Fine Arts Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico,
USA Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra Coral Filarmonica de San Juan conductor: Guillermo Figueroa director: Carmen Acevedo Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano) Cesar Hernandez (tenor), William Powers (baritone) Justino Diaz (bass) |
19 January 2003 4.00pm |
Messe solennelle | Philharmonie, Großer Saal, Berlin, Germany Berliner Symphoniker Collegium Musicum Luzern, Schola Cantorum Wettingensis, conductor: Alois Koch Madelaine Wibom (soprano), Liliane Zürcher (contralto) Jörg Dürmüller (tenor), Michel Brodard (bass) |
19 January 2003 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette | Philharmonie, Großer Saal, Berlin, Germany Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin conductor: Sir Simon Rattle chorus master: Simon Halsey Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano) Peter Hoare (tenor), Gilles Cachemaille (bass) |
21 January 2003 | Les Nuits d’été | Le Volcan, Le Havre, France Ensemble orchestral de Paris conductor: John Nelson soloist: Joyce DiDonato (soprano) |
21 January 2003 | Overture Le Carnaval romain Rêverie et Caprice Cléopâtre |
Danish Radio Concert Hall,
Copenhagen, Denmark Danmarks Radiosymfoniorkester conductor: Marc Soustrot Johannes Søe Hansen (violin) Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano) |
22 January 2003 7.30pm |
Songe d’une nuit de sabbat (from Symphonie fantastique) |
Arts Centre, Wessex Hall, Poole, UK Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conductor: Marin Alsop |
22 January 2003 7.45pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Stadthaus, Winterthur, Switzerland Musikkollegium Winterthur conductor: Jac van Steen Brigitte Balleys (mezzo-soprano) |
22 January 2003 | La Damnation de Faust | (venue
not announced) Beijing, China China Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus of the China National Symphony Orchestra conductor: Yu Long Jean-Pierre Furlan (tenor) Liao Changyong (baritone) Cao Zheng (mezzo-soprano) |
23 January 2003 7.30pm |
Symphonie Fantastique | Denver Performing Arts Complex,
Boetcher Concert Hall, Denver, Colorado, USA Colorado Symphony Orchestra conductor: Keri-Lynn Wilson |
23 January 2003 7.30pm pre-concert talk at 6.00pm, to mark the 200th anniversary of Berlioz’s birth, a discussion of the Symphonie Fantastique and the circumstances surrounding its composition. |
Symphonie Fantastique Opening concert of Philharmonia Orchestra’s season |
Royal Festival Hall,
London, UK Philharmonia Orchestra conductor: Lorin Maazel |
23 January 2003 7.45pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Stadthaus, Winterthur, Switzerland Musikkollegium Winterthur conductor: Jac van Steen Brigitte Balleys (mezzo-soprano) |
23 January 2003 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Théâtre, Caen, France Ensemble orchestral de Paris conductor: John Nelson Véronique Gens (soprano) |
23 January 2003 8.00pm |
Overture Carnaval romain Rêverie et Caprice Cléopâtre |
Radiohuset, Koncertsal, Frederiksberg, Denmark Danmarks Radiosymfoniorkester conductor: Marc Soustrot soloist: Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano) Johannes Søe Hansen (violin) |
23 January 2003 | La Damnation de Faust | (venue
not announced) Beijing, China China Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus of the China National Symphony Orchestra conductor: Yu Long Jean-Pierre Furlan (tenor) Liao Changyong (baritone) Cao Zheng (mezzo-soprano) |
24 January 2003 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Denver Performing Arts Complex,
Boetcher Concert Hall, Denver, Colorado, USA Colorado Symphony Orchestra conductor: Keri-Lynn Wilson |
24 January 2003 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie | Berwaldhallen, Stockholm,
Sweden Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester conductor: Manfred Honeck Lars Anders Tomter (viola) |
24 January 2003 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Palais des Beaux-Arts,
Brussels, Belgium Orchestre national de Belgique conductor: Mikko Franck |
25 January 2003 3.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Berwaldhallen, Stockholm,
Sweden Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester conductor: Manfred Honeck Lars Anders Tomter (viola) |
25 January 2003 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Denver Performing Arts Complex,
Boetcher Concert Hall, Denver, Colorado, USA Colorado Symphony Orchestra conductor: Keri-Lynn Wilson |
25 January 2003 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Hove Town Hall, Hove, UK Sussex Symphony Orchestra conductor: Mark Andrew James |
25 January 2003 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Town Hall, Leeds, UK Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conductor: Marin Alsop |
25 January 2003 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie Liszt transcription |
Auditorium du Louvre, Paris, France Jérôme Ducros (piano) Béatrice Muthelet (viola) |
25 January 2003 8.00pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) | Irvine Barclay Theatre,
Irvine, USA Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Zsolt Hamar |
25 January 2003 8.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Arsenal, grande salle, Metz, France Ensemble orchestral de Paris conductor: John Nelson Véronique Gens (soprano) |
26 January 2003 2.45pm |
Symphonie fantastique | White Rock Theatre,
Hastings, UK Sussex Symphony Orchestra conductor: Mark Andrew James |
26 January 2003 5.00pm pre-concert talk in Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse at 3.45pm |
Villanelle (from Les Nuits d’été) | Alice Tully Hall, New
York, USA Malcolm Martineau (piano) Dame Felicity Lott (soprano) |
26 January 2003 7.30pm Introduction to the concert at 6.45pm at the Schumann-Eck |
Overture Le Roi Lear | Gewandhaus, Großer Saal,
Leipzig, Germany Sinfonieorchester des Mitteldeutschen Rundfunks conductor: Horst Neumann |
27 January 2003 8.00pm Read a review of this performance and of the ‘working rehearsal’ on 24 January by Alastair Bruce |
Les Troyens
(Acts I and II) (see May and June for acts III, IV, V) sung in English (Hugh Macdonald’s translation) |
Coliseum, London, UK The English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Paul Daniel Susan Bickley (Cassandra), John Daszak (Aeneas) Victoria Simmonds (Ascanius), Colin Lee (Helenus) Ethna Robinson (Hecuba), Pavlo Hunka (Ghost of Hector) Robert Poulton (Coroebus), Iain Paterson (Pantheus) Gerard O’Connor (Priam), Barry Martin (Greek Captain) Toby Stafford-Allen (Trojan Soldier) |
28 January 2003 7.45pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Corn Exchange, Kings Lynn,
UK City of London Sinfonia conductor: Richard Hickox Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano) |
29 January 2003 8.00pm |
Roméo seul (from Roméo et Juliette) André Reichling adaptation |
Conservatoire de musique, Luxembourg Orchestre d’harmonie de la musique militaire grand-ducale conductor: Major André Reichling |
30 January 2003 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Salle Alizé, Muret, France Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse conductor: Michel Plasson |
30 January 2003 | Overture to Benvenuto Cellini Les Nuits d’été Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) |
Centro CaixaNova, Vigo,
Spain Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia conductor: John Nelson Véronique Gens (soprano) |
30 January 2003 8.00pm |
La Captive Roméo seul (from Roméo et Juliette) Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) L’Invitation à la valse (Weber, arr: Berlioz) “La fête musicale selon Berlioz” |
Théâtre Mogador, Paris, France Orchestre de Paris conductor: Christoph Eschenbach Stella Doufexis (mezzo-soprano) |
31 January 2003 8.00pm |
Les Troyens (Acts I and II) (see May and June for acts III, IV, V) sung in English (Hugh Macdonald’s translation) |
Coliseum, London, UK The English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Paul Daniel Susan Bickley (Cassandra), John Daszak (Aeneas) Victoria Simmonds (Ascanius), Colin Lee (Helenus) Ethna Robinson (Hecuba), Pavlo Hunka (Ghost of Hector) Robert Poulton (Coroebus), Iain Paterson (Pantheus) Gerard O’Connor (Priam), Barry Martin (Greek Captain) Toby Stafford-Allen (Trojan Soldier) |
31 January 2003 8.30pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini Les Nuits d’été Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) |
Palacio de la Ópera, Coruña,
Spain Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia conductor: John Nelson Véronique Gens (soprano) |