Classified by dateYear 2003 (May) |
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1 May 2003 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada Toronto Symphony Orchestra conductor: Philippe Jordan |
1 May 2003 8.00pm |
Adieu Bessy Chant de bonheur Le Chant des Bretons Le Coucher du soleil Je crois en vous Le Matin La Mort d’Ophélie Le Pêcheur Les Nuits d’été |
Weill Recital Hall, New York, USA Kenneth Tarver (tenor) Tamara Anna Cislowska (piano) |
1 May 2003 | Symphonie fantastique |
Clark Studio Theatre,
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, USA A puppet show to Berlioz’s music by Basil Twist |
2 May 2003 7.30pm pre-concert talk at 6.30 |
Messe Solennelle | The Esplanade – Theatres On The Bay, Singapore Singapore Symphony Orchestra Hallelujah Chorus, Singapore Symphony Chorus Singapore Bible College Chorale The Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Singapore conductor: Lim Yau Nancy Yuen (soprano) Kip Wilborn (tenor), Howard Quilla Croft (baritone) |
2 May 2003 8.00pm |
Overture Carnaval romain | Sønderjyllandshallen, Aabenraa, Denmark Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester conductor: Iona Brown |
2 May 2003 8.00pm |
Les Troyens (excerpts) Choruses and Ballet Music Berlioz Festival |
Popejoy Hall, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA New Mexico Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Guillermo Figueroa |
2 May 2003 8.00pm |
Overture Carnaval romain | Deutsches Haus, Flensburg, Denmark Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester conductor: Iona Brown |
2 May 2003 | Symphonie fantastique |
Clark Studio Theatre,
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, USA A puppet show to Berlioz’s music by Basil Twist |
3 May 2003 2.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Clark Studio Theatre,
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts,
New York, USA A puppet show to Berlioz’s music by Basil Twist |
3 May 2003 |
Les Troyens (excerpts) Choruses and Ballet Music Berlioz Festival |
Popejoy Hall, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA New Mexico Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Guillermo Figueroa |
3 May 2003 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Stammhaus, Radebeul, Germany Orchester der Landesbühnen Radebeul conductor: Wolfgang Wappler |
3 May 2003 7.30pm |
Grande Messe des morts
(Requiem) Bicentenary concert |
Lake Street Armoury, St. Catharines, Canada Chorus Niagara The Mississauga Choral Society Cellar Singers of Orillia with an orchestra of 80 musicians conductor: Robert Cooper Albert Greer (tenor) |
4 May 2003 2.00pm and 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Clark Studio Theatre,
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, USA A puppet show to Berlioz’s music by Basil Twist |
4 May 2003 2.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Royal Theatre, Victoria (British Columbia),
Canada Victoria Symphony Orchestra conductor: Timothy Vernon |
4 May 2003 3.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) Bicentenary concert |
Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, Canada Chorus Niagara The Mississauga Choral Society Cellar Singers of Orillia with an orchestra of 80 musicians conductor: Robert Cooper Albert Greer (tenor) |
4 May 2003 4.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Theater, Meissen, Germany Orchester der Landesbühnen Radebeul conductor: Wolfgang Wappler |
4 May 2003 4.30pm |
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale
1840 version |
Parc des expositions, La Rochelle,
France Orchestre d’Harmonie de la Ville de La Rochelle Orchestre d’Harmonie de l’École Nationale de Musique et de Danse de l’agglomération de La Rochelle Orchestre Sainte Cécile de Lagord Orchestre d’Harmonie de Chatelaillon conductor: Jean-Louis Martin Franck Théaudin (trombone solo) |
4 May 2003 7.30pm |
Roméo et Juliette (3 excerpts) |
Barbican Centre, London, UK London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir Colin Davis |
5 May 2003 8.00pm |
Symphonie Fantastique | Royal Theatre, Victoria (British Columbia),
Canada Victoria Symphony Orchestra conductor: Timothy Vernon |
5 May 2003 8.00pm |
Chant de bonheur Élégie en prose Les Nuits d’été (excerpts) |
Alte Oper, Mozart Saal, Frankfurt, Germany Christopher Maltman (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) |
6 May 2003 7.15pm pre-concert talk: 6.00-6.30 |
La Damnation de Faust
staged performance |
Theatre Royal, Nottingham, UK Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North conductor: Frédéric Chaslin Rafael Rojas (Faust) Alastair Miles (Méphistophélès) Lilli Paasikivi (Marguerite ) Paul Gibson (Brander) |
6 May 2003 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie Chant des chemins de fer L’Invitation à la Valse (Weber, orch. Berlioz) Hymne des Marseillais (La Marseillaise) (R. de Lisle, orch. Berlioz) |
Hexagone, Meylan, France Orchestre régional du Dauphiné Chorale Méli-Meylan (chorus master: Denis Cordelle) Chorale Mosaïque (Crolles) (chorus master: Jean-Marie Verhaegen) conductor: Éric Villevière Catherine Simon (viola) JP Franceshi (tenor) |
6 May 2003 8.00pm |
Te Deum |
Philharmonie, Großer Saal, Berlin, Germany Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester Karl-Forster-Chor Berlin Knaben des Staats- und Domchors conductor: Barbara Rucha Clemens Biber (tenor) |
7 May 2003 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Dvořákova síň, Prague, Czech Republic Česká filharmonie conductor: Ken-ichiro Kobayashi |
7 May 2003 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie |
Arts Centre, Wessex Hall, Poole, UK Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conductor: Gianandrea Noseda Alexander Korsantya (viola) |
7 May 2003 7.30pm |
Lélio, ou Le Retour à la vie |
Dvořákova síň, Prague, Czech Republic Česká filharmonie Český filharmonický sbor conductor: Ken-ichiro Kobayashi chorus master: Petr Fiala Jan Tøíska (narrator), Tomáš Èerný tenor) Aleš Briscein (tenor), Ivan Kusnjer (baritone) |
8 May 2003 7.00pm Read a review of this performance by Alastair Bruce |
Les Troyens (Acts III, IV and V) (see January and February for acts I, II) sung in English (Hugh Macdonald’s translation) |
Coliseum, London, UK The English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Paul Daniel Susan Parry (Dido), John Daszak (Aeneas) Anna Burford (Anna), Victoria Simmonds (Ascanius) Colin Lee (Iopas), Clive Bayley (Narbal) Iain Paterson (Pantheus) Toby Stafford-Allen (First Trojan Soldier) Graeme Danby (Second Trojan Soldier) Hylas (not announced) |
8 May 2003 7.30pm |
Lélio, ou Le Retour à la vie |
Dvořákova síň, Prague, Czech Republic Česká filharmonie Český filharmonický sbor conductor: Ken-ichiro Kobayashi chorus master: Petr Fiala Jan Tøíska (narrator), Tomáš Èerný tenor) Aleš Briscein (tenor), Ivan Kusnjer (baritone) |
8 May 2003 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Dvořákova síň, Prague, Czech Republic Česká filharmonie conductor: Ken-ichiro Kobayashi |
8 May 2003 7.30pm |
Chant de bonheur Élégie en prose Les Nuits d’été (excerpts) |
Wigmore Hall, London, UK Christopher Maltman (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) |
8 May 2003 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie |
University Great Hall, Exeter, UK Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conductor: Gianandrea Noseda Alexander Korsantya (viola) |
8 May 2003 8.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) | Dom, Speyer, Germany Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart conductor: Roger Norrington Toby Spence (tenor) |
8 May 2003 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Semperoper, Dresden, Germany Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden conductor: Kent Nagano |
8 May 2003 8.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) | Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, USA Dallas Symphony Chorus Conductor: Andrew Litton Stanford Olsen (tenor) |
9 May 2003 8.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) | Stuttgarter Liederhalle, Beethovensaal,
Stuttgart, Germany Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart conductor: Roger Norrington Toby Spence (tenor) |
9 May 2003 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Semperoper, Dresden, Germany Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden conductor: Kent Nagano |
9 May 2003 8.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) | Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, USA Dallas Symphony Chorus conductor: Andrew Litton Stanford Olsen (tenor) |
9 May 2003 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire Symphonie fantastique |
Opéra, Nice, France Orchestre philharmonique de Nice conductor: Serge Baudo |
9 May 2003 8.30pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini Herminie Dieu! que viens-je d’entendre (from Béatrice et Bénédict) Symphonie fantastique |
La Grange au Lac, Évian, France Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse conductor: Michel Plasson Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano) |
9 May 2003 8.30pm |
Herminie | Théâtre, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France Orchestre National de Lille conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus Véronique Gens (soprano) |
10 May 2003 11.00am |
Symphonie fantastique | Semperoper, Dresden, Germany Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden conductor: Kent Nagano |
10 May 2003 4.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire Symphonie fantastique |
Opéra, Nice, France Orchestre philharmonique de Nice conductor: Serge Baudo |
10 May 2003 |
Les Troyens (Acts III, IV and V) (see January and February for acts I, II) sung in English (Hugh Macdonald’s translation) |
Coliseum, London, UK The English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Paul Daniel Susan Parry (Dido), John Daszak (Aeneas) Anna Burford (Anna), Victoria Simmonds (Ascanius) Colin Lee (Iopas), Clive Bayley (Narbal) Iain Paterson (Pantheus) Toby Stafford-Allen (First Trojan Soldier) Graeme Danby (Second Trojan Soldier) Hylas (not announced) |
10 May 2003 7.30pm |
“Homage to Hector Berlioz” La Belle Voyageuse Le Matin L’Origine de la harpe La Belle Isabeau Les Nuits d’été (excerpts) Cléopâtre D’amour l’ardente flamme (from La Damnation de Faust) selected arias from: Béatrice et Bénédict, Bevenuto Cellini and Les Troyens |
Joseph-Keilberth-Saal, Erlenweg 2, Karlsruhe, Germany |
10 May 2003 8.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict | Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen, Germany Neue Philharmonie Westfalen conductor: Samuel Bächli Mark Adler (Bénédict) Anke Sieloff / Marie-Belle Sandis (Béatrice) Nicolai Karnolsky (Don Pedro) Anna Agathonos (Ursule) Regine Hermann / Noriko Ogawa-Yatake (Héro) Erin Caves / Nyle P. Wolfe (Claudio) Joachim Gabriel Maass (Somarone) |
10 May 2003 8.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) | Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, USA Dallas Symphony Chorus conductor: Andrew Litton Stanford Olsen (tenor) |
10 May 2003 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | City Hall Concert Hall, Hong Kong Hong Kong Sinfonietta conductor: Yip Wing-sie |
10 May 2003 8:00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire Overture Le Carnaval romain Cléopâtre Symphonie fantastique |
Carnegie Hall, New York, USA The Met Orchestra conductor: James Levine Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) |
10 May 2003 8.00pm |
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale (first version for military/symphonic band) |
Kulturhaus, Laupheim (state of Baden-Württemberg),
Germany Musikverein Stadtkapelle Laupheim conductor: Prof. Dr. David Whitwell |
10 May 2003 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict | Staatstheater, Cottbus, Germany Philharmonisches Orchester Cottbus conductor: Sebastian Weigle |
10 May 2003 | Grande Messe des morts
(Requiem) Bicentenary concert |
Fisher Auditorium, Barrie Central Collegiate, Barrie, Canada Chorus Niagara The Mississauga Choral Society Cellar Singers of Orillia with an orchestra of 80 musicians conductor: Robert Cooper Albert Greer (tenor) |
11 May 2003 3:00pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini Harold en Italie Symphonie fantastique |
Carnegie Hall, New York, USA The Met Orchestra conductor: James Levine soloist: Michael Ouzounian (viola) |
11 May 2003 7.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict | Staatstheater, Cottbus, Germany Philharmonisches Orchester Cottbus conductor: Sebastian Weigle |
11 May 2003 7.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Royal Festival Hall, London, UK Philharmonia Orchestra conductor: Alexander Lazarev |
11 May 2003 9.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts): La Reine Mab (Scherzo) Roméo seul Scène d’amour |
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir Colin Davis |
12 May 2003 6.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts): La Reine Mab ( Scherzo) Roméo seul Scène d’amour |
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir Colin Davis |
12 May 2003 7.30pm |
Melodies | Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria Christopher Maltman (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) |
12 May 2003 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Congresshalle, Saarbruecken, Germany Saarländisches Staatsorchester conductor: Philippe Bender Ekkehart Fritzsch (viola) |
12 May 2003 8.30pm |
Herminie | Nouveau Siècle, Lille, France Orchestre National de Lille conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus Véronique Gens (soprano) |
13 May 2003 7.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Theater, Greifswald, Germany Philharmonisches Orchester Vorpommern conductor: Koji Kawamoto Anette Gerhardt (soprano) |
13 May 2003 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Congresshalle, Saarbruecken, Germany Saarländisches Staatsorchester conductor: Philippe Bender Ekkehart Fritzsch (viola) |
13 May 2003 8.30pm |
Herminie | Nouveau Siècle, Lille, France Orchestre National de Lille conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus Véronique Gens (soprano) |
14 May 2003 7.00pm |
Les Troyens
(Acts III, IV and V) (see January and February for acts I, II) sung in English (Hugh Macdonald’s translation) |
Coliseum, London, UK The English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Paul Daniel Susan Parry (Dido), John Daszak (Aeneas) Anna Burford (Anna), Victoria Simmonds (Ascanius) Colin Lee (Iopas), Clive Bayley (Narbal) Iain Paterson (Pantheus) Toby Stafford-Allen (First Trojan Soldier) Graeme Danby (Second Trojan Soldier) Hylas (not announced) |
14 May 2003 7.15pm pre-concert talk: 6.00-6.30 |
La Damnation de Faust
staged performance |
Lyric Theatre, The Lowry Centre, Salford Quays, UK Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North conductor: Frédéric Chaslin Rafael Rojas (Faust) Alastair Miles (Méphistophélès) Lilli Paasikivi (Marguerite ) Paul Gibson (Brander) |
14 May 2003 7.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Theater, Stralsund, Germany Philharmonisches Orchester Vorpommern conductor: Koji Kawamoto Anette Gerhardt (soprano) |
14 May 2003 7.30pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) | Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria Wiener Symphoniker Wiener Singakademie Chor der Preßburger Philharmonie conductor: Georges Prêtre Paul Groves (tenor) |
14 May 2003 7.30pm |
Te Deum |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, UK Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir conductor: John Nelson John Tessier (tenor) |
14 May 2003 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Lucerne (venue not announced),
Switzerland Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden conductor: Kent Nagano |
14 May 2003 8.15pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini | Palau de la Música, Sala Iturbi,
Valencia, Spain Kungliga Filharmoniska Orkestern i Stockholm conductor: Alan Gilbert |
15 May 2003 12.30pm |
Un bal
(from Symphonie fantastique) piano transcription for four hands Sara la baigneuse piano version for soprano and baritone Ballet music from the last three acts of Les Troyens piano transcription “Regards de Fantin-Lantour sur l’œuvre de Berlioz” |
Auditorium, Grenoble museum,
Grenoble, France Jacqueline Barbe et Brigitte Mélo (piano) Angèle Garabédian (soprano) Michel Denoufoux (bass-baritone) |
15 May 2003 7.30pm |
Te Deum |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, UK Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir conductor: John Nelson John Tessier (tenor) |
15 May 2003 7.30pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) | Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria Wiener Symphoniker Wiener Singakademie Chor der Preßburger Philharmonie conductor: Georges Prêtre Paul Groves (tenor) |
15 May 2003 7.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Theater, Stralsund, Germany Philharmonisches Orchester Vorpommern conductor: Koji Kawamoto Anette Gerhardt (soprano) |
15 May 2003 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Bâle (venue not announced),
Switzerland Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden conductor: Kent Nagano |
15 May 2003 8.00pm |
Herminie | Théâtre des
Champs-Élysées, Paris, France Orchestre National de Lille conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus Véronique Gens (soprano) |
15 May 2003 8.30pm |
Messe Solennelle | Église de l’Annonciation, Lyon,
France Chœur Universitaire de Lyon Orchestre RhôneAlpes (period instruments) conductors: Rémy Fombon and JeanFrançois Le Maréchal Florence Couderc (soprano) Jean Delescluse (tenor), Renaud Delaigue (bass) |
>15 May 2003 | Le Ballet des ombres Improvisation and Chœur à boire (from Béatrice et Bénédict) |
Opéra, Shanghai, China Solistes de Lyon - Bernard Tétu Philippe Cassard (piano) > conductor: Bernard Tétu |
16 May 2003 7.00pm |
Les Troyens
(Acts III, IV and V) (see January and February for acts I, II) sung in English (Hugh Macdonald’s translation) |
Coliseum, London, UK The English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Paul Daniel Susan Parry (Dido), John Daszak (Aeneas) Anna Burford (Anna), Victoria Simmonds (Ascanius) Colin Lee (Iopas), Clive Bayley (Narbal) Iain Paterson (Pantheus) Toby Stafford-Allen (First Trojan Soldier) Graeme Danby (Second Trojan Soldier) Hylas (not announced) |
16 May 2003 7.30pm |
Cléopâtre Symphonie fantastique |
Großer Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, Austria Wiener Philharmoniker conductor: Valery Gergiev Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) |
16 May 2003 8.00pm |
Herminie | Le Phénix,
Valenciennes, France> Orchestre National de Lille conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus Vér>onique Gens (soprano) |
16 May 2003 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Beethovenhalle, Bonn, Germany Orchester der Beethovenhalle conductor: Marc Soustrot |
16 May 2003 8.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict | Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen, Germany Neue Philharmonie Westfalen conductor: Samuel Bächli Mark Adler (Bénédict) Anke Sieloff / Marie-Belle Sandis (Béatrice) Nicolai Karnolsky (Don Pedro) Anna Agathonos (Ursule) Regine Hermann / Noriko Ogawa-Yatake (Héro) Erin Caves / Nyle P. Wolfe (Claudio) Joachim Gabriel Maass (Somarone) |
16 May 2003 8.30pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini | The Arsenal Concert Hall, Metz,
France Orchestre National de Lorraine conductor: Jacques Mercier |
16 May 2003 | Le Ballet des ombres Improvisation and Chœur à boire (from Béatrice et Bénédict) |
Opéra, Shanghai, China Solistes de Lyon - Bernard Tétu Philippe Cassard (piano) conductor: Bernard Tétu |
16 May 2003 | Overture Carnaval romain Fantaisie sur la Tempête de Shakespeare |
Venerque (Haute-Garonne), France Orchestre symphonique des universités de Toulouse Chœur des universités de Toulouse venue and conductor: not announced |
17 May 2003 12.00 noon |
Overture Le Corsaire Cléopâtre Symphonie fantastique Berlioz Bicentenary |
Sala Nezahualcóyotl, Centro
Universitario, Mexico City, Mexico Orquesta Filarmónica de la Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México, conductor: Zuohuang Chen Amelia Sierra (soprano) |
17 May 2003 3.30pm |
Cléopâtre Symphonie fantastique |
Großer Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, Austria Wiener Philharmoniker conductor: Valery Gergiev Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) |
17 May 2003 6.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été Festival de l’Épau |
Abbaye de l’Épau, abbatiale, Le Mans, France Ensemble orchestral de Paris conductor: Bernard Calmel Guillemette Laurens (mezzo-soprano) |
17 May 2003 7.30pm |
“Homage to Hector Berlioz” La Belle Voyageuse Le Matin L’Origine de la harpe La Belle Isabeau Les Nuits d’été (excerpts) Cléopâtre D’amour l’ardente flamme (from La Damnation de Faust) selected arias from: Béatrice et Bénédict, Bevenuto Cellini and Les Troyens |
Joseph-Keilberth-Saal, Erlenweg
2, Karlsruhe,
Germany Amaru Soren (at the piano) Marie Basson (soprano) Estelle Dussort (soprano) Mélanie Moussay (soprano) Rosemara Ribeiro (mezzo-soprano) |
17 May 2003 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Großer Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, Austria Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden conductor: Kent Nagano |
17 May 2003 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Burbank Center, Santa Rosa, USA Santa Rosa Symphony conductor: Jeffrey Kahane Nokuthula Ngwenyama |
18 May 2003 11.00am |
Cléopâtre Symphonie fantastique |
Großer Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, Austria Wiener Philharmoniker conductor: Valery Gergiev Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) |
18 May 2003 12.00 noon |
Overture Le Corsaire Cléopâtre Symphonie fantastique Berlioz Bicentenary |
Sala Nezahualcóyotl, Centro
Universitario, Mexico City, Mexico Orquesta Filarmónica de la Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México, conductor: Zuohuang Chen Amelia Sierra (soprano) |
>18 May 2003 6.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Beethovenhalle, Bonn, Germany Orchester der Beethovenhalle > conductor: Marc Soustrot |
18 May 2003 6.00pm |
Melodies Festival “Nuits romantiques du lac du Bourget” |
Théâtre du Casino, Aix-les-Bains,
France Felicity Lott (soprano) Maciej Pikulski (piano) |
18 May 2003 6.30pm |
Messe Solennelle | Église de l’Annonciation, Lyon,
France Chœur Universitaire de Lyon Orchestre RhôneAlpes (period instruments) conductors: Rémy Fombon and JeanFrançois Le Maréchal Florence Couderc (soprano) Jean Delescluse (tenor), Renaud Delaigue (bass) |
18 May 2003 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Großer Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, Austria Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden conductor: Kent Nagano |
18 May 2003 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Prague Spring |
Obecní dům, Prague, Czech Republic Česká filharmonie conductor: Neeme Järvi |
18 May 2003 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Burbank Center, Santa Rosa, USA Santa Rosa Symphony conductor: Jeffrey Kahane Nokuthula Ngwenyama |
19 May 2003 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Burbank Center, Santa Rosa, USA Santa Rosa Symphony conductor: Jeffrey Kahane Nokuthula Ngwenyama |
20 May 2003 7.30pm |
Cléopâtre Symphonie fantastique |
Großer Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, Austria Wiener Philharmoniker conductor: Valery Gergiev Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) |
20 May 2003 8.00pm |
Messe Solennelle Prague Spring |
Obecní dům, Prague, Czech Republic Symfonický orchestr hl. m. Prahy FOK Pražský filharmonický sbor, conductor: Serge Baudo Martina Zadro (soprano), Hervé Lamy (tenor) Igor Gavrilov (bass-baritone) |
21 May 2003 8.30pm |
Harold en Italie Chant des chemins de fer L’Invitation à la Valse (Weber, orchestration Berlioz) Hymne des Marseillais (La Marseillaise) (R. de Lisle, orchestration Berlioz) |
Amphidice, L’Université Stendhal
Grenoble 3 Campus, Saint-Martin-d’Hères, France Orchestre régional du Dauphiné Chorale Méli-Meylan (chorus master: Denis Cordelle) Chorale Mosaïque (Crolles) (chorus master: Jean-Marie Verhaegen) conductor: Éric Villevière Catherine Simon (viola) JP Franceshi (tenor) |
21 May 2003 8.30pm |
Messe Solennelle | Église de l’Annonciation, Lyon,
France Chœur Universitaire de Lyon Orchestre RhôneAlpes (period instruments) conductors: Rémy Fombon and JeanFrançois Le Maréchal Florence Couderc (soprano) Jean Delescluse (tenor), Renaud Delaigue (bass) |
21 May 2003 | Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) | Carnegie Hall, New York, USA The Collegiate Choral The Riverside Choral Society Orchestra of St. Luke’s conductor: Robert Bass Vinson Cole (tenor) |
22 May 2003 7.15pm |
La Damnation de Faust
staged performance |
Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Opera North conductor: Frédéric Chaslin Rafael Rojas (Faust) Alastair Miles (Méphistophélès) Lilli Paasikivi (Marguérite ) Paul Gibson (Brander) |
22 May 2003 8.00pm Introduction to the concert at 7.15 in the Schumann-Eck |
Symphonie fantastique | Gewandhaus, Großer Saal, Leipzig, Germany Gewandhausorchester conductor: Herbert Blomstedt |
23 May 2003 7.00pm |
Les Troyens
(Acts III, IV and V) (see January and February for acts I, II) sung in English (Hugh Macdonald’s translation) |
Coliseum, London, UK The English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Paul Daniel Susan Parry (Dido), John Daszak (Aeneas) Anna Burford (Anna), Victoria Simmonds (Ascanius) Colin Lee (Iopas), Clive Bayley (Narbal) Iain Paterson (Pantheus) Toby Stafford-Allen (First Trojan Soldier) Graeme Danby (Second Trojan Soldier) Hylas (not announced) |
23 May 2003 8.00pm Introduction to the concert at 7.15 in the Schumann-Eck |
Symphonie fantastique | Gewandhaus, Großer Saal, Leipzig, Germany Gewandhausorchester conductor: Herbert Blomstedt |
23 May 2003 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Tonhalle, Düsseldorf, Germany Düsseldorfer Symphoniker conductor: Sian Edwards Yuri Bashmet (viola) |
23 May 2003 8.00pm |
Symphonie Fantastique | Princess Theatre, Launceston, Australia Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conductor: David Porcelijn |
23 May 2003 9.00pm |
Melodies Un printemps à la villa Médicis Berlioz et les musiques de la Méditerranée [One spring at the villa Médicis Berlioz and Mediterranean music] |
Villa Médicis, salle à manger des pensionnaires, Rome, Italy Susan Manoff (piano) Georgina de Bayser (cello) Jérôme Corréas (baritone) Clotilde de Bayser (narrator) |
23 May 2003 | Marche Hongroise
(from la Damnation de Faust Adieu des bergers à la Sainte Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ Marche des pèlerins (from Harold en Italie) Un Bal (from Symphonie fantastique) |
Villard de Lans, France Students of the École Musicale Itinérante des Quatre Montagnes No further details were available |
23 May 2003 | Rêverie et Caprice Intrata di Rob-Roy MacGregor Tristia Huit Scènes de Faust Berlioz, cet inconnu |
Église du Sacré-Cœur, Grenoble, France Orchestre symphonique universitaire de Grenoble Chorale À Cœur Joie conductor: Patrick Souillot chorus master: Francine Bessac |
24 May 2003 7.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Romsey Abbey, Southampton, UK City of Southampton Orchestra conductor: Neil Ferris |
24 May 2003 8.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict | Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen, Germany Neue Philharmonie Westfalen conductor: Samuel Bächli Mark Adler (Bénédict) Anke Sieloff / Marie-Belle Sandis (Béatrice) Nicolai Karnolsky (Don Pedro) Anna Agathonos (Ursule) Regine Hermann / Noriko Ogawa-Yatake (Héro) Erin Caves / Nyle P. Wolfe (Claudio) Joachim Gabriel Maass (Somarone) |
24 May 2003 8.00pm |
Symphonie Fantastique | Federation Concert Hall, Hobart, Australia Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conductor: David Porcelijn |
24 May 2003 8.30pm |
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale open air concert |
Place Saint-André, Grenoble,
France Orchestre à vent du Conservatoire national de Région de Grenoble conductor: Bernard Rouvière |
24 May 2003 8.30pm |
Messe Solennelle | Église de l’Annonciation, Lyon,
France Chœur Universitaire de Lyon Orchestre RhôneAlpes (period instruments) conductors: Rémy Fombon and JeanFrançois Le Maréchal Florence Couderc (soprano) Jean Delescluse (tenor), Renaud Delaigue (bass) |
25 May 2003 11.00am |
Harold en Italie | Tonhalle, Düsseldorf, Germany Düsseldorfer Symphoniker conductor: Sian Edwards Yuri Bashmet (viola) |
25 May 2003 6.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust | Historische Stadthalle am
Johannisberg Wuppertal, Großer Saal, Wuppertal, Germany Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal Chor der Konzertgesellschaft conductor: George Hanson chorus master: Marieddy Rossetto not announced (Faust) Dariusz Machej (Méphistophélès) Marcel Rosca (Brander) Ruth-Maria Nicolay (Marguerite) |
25 May 2003 | Rêverie et Caprice Intrata di Rob-Roy MacGregor Tristia Huit Scènes de Faust Berlioz, cet inconnu |
Église du Sacré-Cœur, Grenoble, France Orchestre symphonique universitaire de Grenoble Chorale À Cœur Joie conductor: Patrick Souillot chorus master: Francine Bessac |
25 May 2003 | L’Enfance du Christ | Palais des Sports, Bordeaux,
France Chœur Symphonique de Bordeaux (300 choristers) Orchestre des Hauts de Garonne conductor and director of the chorus: Eliane Lavail |
26 May 2003 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Tonhalle, Düsseldorf, Germany Düsseldorfer Symphoniker conductor: Sian Edwards Yuri Bashmet (viola) |
26 May 2003 | L’Enfance du Christ | Palais des Sports, Bordeaux,
France Chœur Symphonique de Bordeaux (300 choristers) Orchestre des Hauts de Garonne conductor and director of the chorus: Eliane Lavail |
27 May 2003 11.00am |
Harold en Italie | Tonhalle, Düsseldorf, Germany Düsseldorfer Symphoniker conductor: Sian Edwards Yuri Bashmet (viola) |
27 May 2003 8.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) | Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier,
Place des Arts,
Montreal, Canada Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Chorus conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus chorus master: Iwan Edwards Stanford Olsen (tenor) |
28 May 2003 8.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) | Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier,
Place des Arts,
Montreal, Canada Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Chorus conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus chorus master: Iwan Edwards Stanford Olsen (tenor) |
28 May 2003 8.00pm |
Messe solennelle | Eurogress, Aachen, Germany Choir from Collegium Musicum of the RWTH Aachen Krashna Musica Orchestra from Technical University Delft conductor and soloists not announced |
29 May 2003 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Stars of the White Nights Festival |
Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia Met Orchestra conductor: James Levine |
29 May 2003 7.00pm |
Les Troyens
(Acts III, IV and V) (see January and February for acts I, II) sung in English (Hugh Macdonald’s translation) |
Coliseum, London, UK The English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Paul Daniel Susan Parry (Dido), John Daszak (Aeneas) Anna Burford (Anna), Victoria Simmonds (Ascanius) Colin Lee (Iopas), Clive Bayley (Narbal) Iain Paterson (Pantheus) Toby Stafford-Allen (First Trojan Soldier) Graeme Danby (Second Trojan Soldier) Hylas (not announced) |
29 May 2003 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Gallusova dvorana, Ljubljana, Slovenia Slovenska filharmonija conductor: Patrick Fournillier |
30 May 2003 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Gallusova dvorana, Ljubljana, Slovenia Slovenska filharmonija conductor: Patrick Fournillier |
31 May 2003 12.00 noon |
Cléopâtre Stars of the White Nights Festival |
Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia The Met Orchestra conductor: James Levine Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) |
31 May 2003 6.00pm |
Les Troyens
(Acts III, IV and V) (see January and February for acts I, II) sung in English (Hugh Macdonald’s translation) |
Coliseum, London, UK The English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Paul Daniel Susan Parry (Dido), John Daszak (Aeneas) Anna Burford (Anna), Victoria Simmonds (Ascanius) Colin Lee (Iopas), Clive Bayley (Narbal) Iain Paterson (Pantheus) Toby Stafford-Allen (First Trojan Soldier) Graeme Danby (Second Trojan Soldier) Hylas (not announced) |
31 May 2003 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Berlioz Bicentenary |
Pope Auditorium, Fordham University Lincoln
Center Campus, New York City, USA The Lawyers’ Orchestra conductor: David Bernard |
31 May 2003 | Messe Solennelle Berlioz Bicentenary |
Palacio Euskalduna Jauregia, Bilbao, Spain Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi Orfeón Donostiarra conductor: Cristian Mandeal chorus master: José Antonio Sainz Alfaro |