Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
The table below lists the performances in chronological order.
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1 October 2005 8.00pm |
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale Niedersächsische Musiktage |
St. Marien, Osnabrück, Germany La Musique des Gardiens de la Paix Parisiens St. Johannis-Kantorei Lüneburg, Marienkantorei conductor: Philippe Ferro |
1 October 2005 8.00pm pre-concert talk by Peter Wynne at 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Scranton Cultural Center, Scranton, USA Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic conductor: Lawrence Loh |
1 October 2005 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland Philharmonia Orchestra conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi |
1 October 2005 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Symphony Hall, Boston, USA Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor: James Levine |
1 October 2005 8.15pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, Netherlands Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conductor: Marc Minkowski Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano) |
1 October 2005 8.15pm |
L’Invitation à la valse Weber, orch. Berlioz Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts) |
Dr Anton Philipszaal, The Hague, Netherlands Residentie Orkest conductor: Jaap van Zweden |
2 October 2005 2.15pm |
L’Invitation à la valse Weber, orch. Berlioz Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts) |
Dr Anton Philipszaal, The Hague, Netherlands Residentie Orkest conductor: Jaap van Zweden |
2 October 2005 3.00pm |
Harold en Italie |
Centennial Hall, Haverford School, Haverford, PA, USA Temple University Symphony Orchestra conductor: Luis Biava Ana Tsinadze (viola) |
2 October 2005 3.00pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) | Volkshaus, Jenaer, Germany Jenaer Philharmonie conductor: Nicholas Milton |
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October 2005 4.00pm |
Orphée et Eurydice
Berlioz version, after Gluck’s opera |
Scène nationale, Le Cadran, Evreux,
France La Chambre philharmonique (with period instruments) Chœur Accentus conductor: Emmanuel Krivine Liliana Nikiteanu (Orphée) Elena de la Merced (Eurydice) Magali Léger (l’Amour) |
2 October 2005 4.00pm |
Unspecified works |
Carr Performing Arts Centre, Orlando, USA Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra conductor: Harold Levin |
3 October 2005 8.00pm Live broadcast live on 104.9 FM-WCLV, Cleveland’s classical music radio station, and simulcast on www.wclv.com. |
Roméo et Juliette
(excerpts) Benefit concert for Hurricane Katrina relief |
Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College, Finney Chapel, Oberlin, Ohio, USA Oberlin Chamber Orchestra conductor: Timothy Weiss |
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October 2005 8.30pm |
Orphée et Eurydice
Berlioz version, after Gluck’s opera |
Scène nationale, Le Cadran, Evreux,
France La Chambre philharmonique (with period instruments) Chœur Accentus conductor: Emmanuel Krivine Liliana Nikiteanu (Orphée) Elena de la Merced (Eurydice) Magali Léger (l’Amour) |
4 October 2005 | Les Nuits d’été | Théâtre des Champs-Elysées,
Paris, France Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conductor: Marc Minkowski Anne-Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) |
5 October 2005 7.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conductor: Marc Minkowski Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) |
5 October 2005 7.30pm pre-concert talk in the Guildhall at 6.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Cambridge International Concert Series |
Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge, UK Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra conductor: Gabriel Chmura |
7 October 2005 |
Symphonie fantastique Romantic Beginnings concerts |
Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila,
Philippines Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Eugene Castillo |
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October 2005 4.00pm |
Ballet des sylphes Menuet des follets (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Théâtre Mogador, Paris, France Orchestre Pasdeloup conductor: Mark Foster |
8 October 2005 6.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall,
Kanagawa, Japan Tokyo Symphony Orchestra conductor: Naoto Otomo |
8 October 2005 7.30pm |
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) |
John F. Welsh Auditorium, Natrona County High School, Casper,
Wyoming, USA Wyoming Symphony Orchestra conductor: Jonathan Shames |
8 October 2005 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Canterbury Festival |
The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, Kent, UK Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra conductor: Gabriel Chmura |
8 October 2005 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice and Bénédict |
Germantown Performing Arts Center, Germantown, Tennessee, USA Iris Chamber Orchestra conductor: Michael Stern |
8 October 2005 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Bremen Glocke, Bremen, Germany NDR-Sinfonieorchester conductor: Alan Gilbert |
9 October 2005 11.00am |
Symphonie fantastique | Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany NDR-Sinfonieorchester conductor: Alan Gilbert |
9 October 2005 7.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire | Colston Hall,
Bristol, UK Philharmonia Orchestra conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi |
9 October 2005 | Harold en Italie | Teatro Comunale, Ferrara, Italy The State Symphony Orchestra Novaya Rossiya conductor and soloist: Yuri Bashmet |
10 October 2005 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany NDR-Sinfonieorchester conductor: Alan Gilbert |
10 October 2005 8.30pm |
Orphée et Eurydice
Berlioz version, after Gluck’s opera |
Carré Saint-Vincent, Orléans,
France La Chambre philharmonique (with period instruments) Chœur Accentus conductor: Emmanuel Krivine Liliana Nikiteanu (Orphée) Elena de la Merced (Eurydice) Magali Léger (l’Amour) |
12 October 2005 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Theater der Stadt Schweinfurt, Schweinfurt, Germany Bamberger Symphoniker conductor: Gustavo Dudamel |
13 October 2005 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Heinrich-Lades-Halle, Erlangen, Germany Bamberger Symphoniker conductor: Gustavo Dudamel |
13 October 2005 8.00pm |
L’Invitation à la valse Weber, orch. Berlioz Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts) |
Kurhaus, Wiesbaden, Germany Residentie Orkest conductor: Jaap van Zweden |
13 October 2005 | Harold en Italie |
Kennedy Center, Washington, USA National Symphony Orchestra conductor: Leonard Slatkin Pinchas Zukerman (viola) |
14 October 2005 9.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Teatro Independencia, Mednoza, Argentina Orquesta filarmónica de Mendoza conductor: Alexey Izmirliev |
14 October 2005 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Stadthalle, Bayreuth, Germany Bamberger Symphoniker conductor: Gustavo Dudamel |
14 October 2005 8.00pm |
L’Invitation à la valse Weber, orch. Berlioz Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts) |
Meistersinghalle, Nüremberg, Germany Residentie Orkest conductor: Jaap van Zweden |
14 October 2005 | Symphonie fantastique | The Sands Centre, Carlisle, UK Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra conductor: Gabriel Chmura |
14 October 2005 | Harold en Italie |
Kennedy Center, Washington, USA National Symphony Orchestra conductor: Leonard Slatkin Pinchas Zukerman (viola) |
14 October 2005 | Overture Le Roi Lear |
Blaisdell Center Concert Hall, Honolulu, USA Honolulu Symphony conductor: Samuel Wong |
15 October 2005 7.00 pm |
Unspecified songs | St Mary’s Church, Bathwick, Bath, UK Kate Warshaw (mezzo soprano) Andrew Matthews-Owen (piano) |
15 October 2005 7.30 pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, UK Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra conductor: Gabriel Chmura |
15 October 2005 8.00pm |
L’Invitation à la valse Weber, orch. Berlioz Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts) |
Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany Residentie Orkest conductor: Jaap van Zweden |
15 October 2005 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) |
Spanos Theatre, Cal Poly Music Department, San Luis
Obispo, USA Jacalyn Kreitzer (Mezzo-Soprano) Susan Azaret Davies (Piano) |
15 October 2005 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Sinfonie an der Regnitz, Joseph-Keilberth-Saal,
Bamberger, Germany Bamberger Symphoniker conductor: Gustavo Dudamel |
15 October 2005 | Harold en Italie |
Kennedy Center, Washington, USA National Symphony Orchestra conductor: Leonard Slatkin Pinchas Zukerman (viola) |
15 October 2005 | Symphonie fantastique |
Sherwood Hall, Salinas, USA Monterey Symphony conductor: Max Bragado-Darman |
16 October 2005 11.00am-2.00pm |
Les Troyens: Acts III, IV and V (Les Troyens à Carthage) pre-performance workshop |
Opernhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany |
16 October 2005 1.30pm |
Unspecified works |
Hilbert Circle Theatre, Indianapolis, USA Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conductor: Thomas Wilkins |
16 October 2005 2.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
St. Francis Auditorium, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Santa Fe Community Orchestra conductor: Oliver Prezant |
16 October 2005 4.00pm |
Unspecified works |
Hilbert Circle Theatre, Indianapolis, USA Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conductor: Thomas Wilkins |
16 October 2005 5.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Sinfonie an der Regnitz, Joseph-Keilberth-Saal,
Bamberger, Germany Bamberger Symphoniker conductor: Gustavo Dudamel |
16 October 2005 5.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland Orchestre philharmonique de Liège conductor: Louis Langrée |
16 October 2005 | Overture Le Roi Lear |
Blaisdell Center Concert Hall, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Honolulu Symphony conductor: Samuel Wong |
16 October 2005 | Symphonie fantastique |
Sunset Theater, Carmel, USA Monterey Symphony conductor: Max Bragado-Darman |
17 October 2005 7.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Wigmore Hall, London, UK Alexandra Sherman (mezzo-soprano) John Reid (piano) |
17 October 2005 8.00pm |
L’Invitation à la valse Weber, orch. Berlioz Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts) |
Kultur & Kongresszentrum Liederhalle,
Stuttgart, Germany Residentie Orkest conductor: Jaap van Zweden |
17 October 2005 | Symphonie fantastique |
Sunset Theater, Carmel, USA Monterey Symphony conductor: Max Bragado-Darman |
19 October 2005 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie Eighth Beijing Music Festival |
Beijing Concert Hall, Beijing, China China Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Steven Sloane Tabea Zimmermann, viola |
20 October 2005 8.00pm |
L’Invitation à la valse Weber, orch. Berlioz Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts) |
Konzertsaal, Viersen, Germany Residentie Orkest conductor: Jaap van Zweden |
20 October 2005 8.15pm |
Les Nuits d’été | De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdams Philharmonisch orkest conductor: Michel Plasson Nathalie Stutzman (viola) |
20 October 2005 | Overture Le Corsaire |
Symphony Hall, Phoenix, USA Phoenix Symphony conductor: Larry Rachleff |
21 October 2005 7.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été As part of the RNCM Vocal Conference (19-21 October) |
Haden Freeman Concert Hall, Royal Northern
College of Music,
Manchester, UK RNCM Chamber Orchestra conductor: Matthew Wood with six soloists as originally intended by Berlioz: Rachel Russell (soprano), Janet Fischer (soprano) Charlotte Stephenson (mezzo-soprano) Christopher Turner (tenor), Mark Bell (baritone) David Butt-Philip (baritone) |
22 October 2005 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Ventura College Theatre, Ventura, USA Ventura College Community Orchestra musical director and conductor: Professor Burns Taft |
22 October 2005 8.00pm Recorded for broadcast on KCME-FM, 88.7 |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Pikes Peak Center, Colorado Springs, USA Colorado Springs Philharmonic conductor: Lawrence Leighton Smith |
22 October 2005 | Overture Le Corsaire |
Symphony Hall, Phoenix, USA Phoenix Symphony conductor: Larry Rachleff |
23 October 2005 11.00am |
Mélodies
(unspecified) operatic production Wexford Festival Opera |
Dun Mhuire, Wexford, Ireland director and pianist: Rosetta Cucchi Marina Lodygensky (soprano) Lorena Scarlata Rizzo (mezzo-soprano) Vincent Pavesi (bass) |
23 October 2005 11.00am-1.00pm |
Les Troyens: Acts I and II (La Prise de Troie) pre-performance workshop |
Theater, Duisburg, Germany |
23 October 2005 2.15pm |
Les Nuits d’été | De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdams Philharmonisch orkest conductor: Michel Plasson Nathalie Stutzman (viola) |
23 October 2005 2.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Pikes Peak Center, Colorado Springs, USA Colorado Springs Philharmonic conductor: Lawrence Leighton Smith |
23 October 2005 7.30pm |
Marche au supplice
(from Symphonie fantastique) Halloween concert |
Paradise Performing Arts Center, Paradise, USA Paradise Symphony Orchestra conductor: Lloyd Roby |
27 October 2005 11.00pm |
Chasse royale et orage (from Les Troyens) | Pasadena Community Church, St. Petersburg, USA Florida Orchestra conductor: Susan Haig |
27 October 2005 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Halloween concert |
Angelle Hall Auditorium, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, USA UL Lafayette Symphony Orchestra conductor: Michael Blaney |
27 October 2005 |
Overture Le Corsaire Les Nuits d’été |
Oslo Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway Oslo-Filharmonien conductor: Michel Plasson Nathalie Stutzmann (mezzo-soprano) |
28 October 2005 11.00pm |
Chasse royale et orage (from Les Troyens) | Louise Lykes Ferguson Hall – Tampa Bay
Performing Arts Center
Tampa, FL, USA Florida Orchestra conductor: Susan Haig |
28 October 2005 8.00pm |
Waverley Overture Cléopâtre Damnation de Faust (excerpts) Les Troyens (excerpts) A Blaze of Berlioz Concert 4 |
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Vancouver, BC, Canada University of British Columbia Symphony Orchestra UBC Opera Ensemble University Singers conductor: Bruce Pullan director: Nancy Hermiston |
28 October 2005 8.30pm |
Overture Les Carnaval romain | Teatro del Estado, Xalapa, Mexico Orquesta sinfónica de Xalapa conductor: Grzegorz Nowak |
28 October 2005 |
Overture Le Corsaire Les Nuits d’été |
Oslo Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway Oslo-Filharmonien conductor: Michel Plasson Nathalie Stutzmann (mezzo-soprano) |
29 October 2005 3.00pm pre-performance talk half an hour before the start of the performance Read two reviews of this performance by Dominique Catteau and Pierre-René Serna (both in French) |
Les Troyens: (split between Duisburg and Düsseldorf) Acts I and II (La Prise de Troie) (Acts III, IV and V in Düsseldorf; see below) |
Theater, Duisburg, Germany Der Chor und Extrachor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein Statisterie der Deutschen Oper am Rhein Bühnenorchester der Deutschen Oper am Rhein Die Duisburger Philhormoniker conductor: John Fiore chorus master: Gerhard Michalski producer: Christof Loy Aeneas: Albert Bonnema Choroebus: Boris Statsenko Pantheus: Günes Gürle Ascanius: Anke Krabbe Cassandra: Evelyn Herlitzius Priam: Michail Milanov The ghost of Hector: Sami Luttinen Helenus: Sergey Tkachenko Polyxena: Victoria Demkina Hecuba: Nassrin Azarmi Andromache: Monique Janotta Astyanax: Andreas Ponitka Soldier: Julian Kumpusch A Greek captain: Daniel Djambazian |
29 October 2005 7.30pm pre-performance talk half an hour before the start of the performance Read two reviews of this performance byDominique Catteau and Pierre-René Serna (both in French) |
Les Troyens: (split between Duisburg and Düsseldorf) Acts III, IV and V (Les Troyens à Carthage) Acts I and II in Duisburg, see above |
Opernhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany Der Chor und Extrachor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein Statisterie der Deutschen Oper am Rhein Bühnenorchester der Deutschen Oper am Rhein Die Düsseldorfer Symphoniker conductor: John Fiore chorus master: Gerhard Michalski producer: Christof Loy Aeneas: Albert Bonnema Ghost of Choroebus: Julian Kumpusch Panthus: Günes Gürle Narbal: Thorsten Grümbel Iopas: Fabrice Farina Ascanius: Anke Krabbe Ghost of Cassandra: Manuela Kunze Dido: Jeanne Piland Anna: Katarzyna Kuncio Hylas: Norbert Ernst Ghost of Priam: Michail Milanov 1st Soldier: James Martin 2nd Soldier: Sergio Raonić Luković |
29 October 2005 7.30pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) | Royal Albert Hall, London, UK Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Andrew Greenwood |
29 October 2005 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique (4th movement) |
Bethany Lutheran Church, Austin, TX, USA Austin Civic Orchestra conductor: Lois Ferrari |
29 October 2005 8.00pm pre-concert talk by Tsung Yeh at 7.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust
(excerpts) “The Devil Made Me Do It.” Halloween Spectacular |
Morris Performing Arts Center, South Bend, Indiana, USA South Bend Symphony Orchestra conductor: Tsung Yeh |
29 October 2005 | La Damnation de Faust (excerpts) |
Civic Center, Des Moines, USA Des Moines Symphony conductor: Joseph Giunta |
30 October 2005 11.00am |
Mélodies
(unspecified) operatic production Wexford Festival Opera |
Dun Mhuire, Wexford, Ireland director and pianist: Rosetta Cucchi Marina Lodygensky (soprano) Lorena Scarlata Rizzo (mezzo-soprano) Vincent Pavesi (bass) |
30 October 2005 2.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Raitt Recital Hall, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, USA Laurie Rubin (mezzo-soprano) David Wilkinson (piano) |
30 October 2005 2.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique
(excerpts) All Hallow’s Eve |
University Centre, Farquhar Auditorium, Victoria Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra conductor: Louis Ranger |
30 October 2005 3.00pm |
Chasse royale et orage (from Les Troyens) |
Center for the Arts at River Ridge, New Port Richey, USA Florida Orchestra conductor: Susan Haig |
30 October 2005 | La Damnation de Faust (excerpts) |
Civic Center, Des Moines, USA Des Moines Symphony conductor: Joseph Giunta |