Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
The table below lists the performances in chronological order.
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1 July 2006 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, UK Sinfonia of Leeds conductor: David Greed |
1 July 2006 7.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire Summerfest |
Koko Booth Amphitheatre, Regency Park, Cary, NC, USA North Carolina Symphony conductor: Grant Llewellyn |
1 July 2006 7.45pm |
Chasse royale et Orage (from Les Troyens) |
St James the Greater, Leicester, UK Charnwood Ochestra conductor: Nic Fallowfield |
1 July 2006 8.30pm |
Unspecified works | Weimarhallenpark, Weimar, Germany Staatskapelle Weimar conductor: Carl St. Clair |
1 July 2006 9.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (arrangement: Esa-Pekka Salonen) |
Odeonsplatz, Munich, Germany Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen |
1 July 2006 | La Damnation de Faust
staged production |
Opéra Bastille, Paris, France Chœur et Orchestre de l’Opéra Paris conductor: Patrick Davin producer: Robert Lepage Michelle de Young (Marguerite), Giuseppe Sabbatini (Faust) José Van Dam (Méphistophélès), Christophe Fel (Brander) |
4 July 2006 9.00am |
Symphonie fantastique [Rehearsal] |
Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC, USA Festival Orchestra conductor: Scott Sandmeier |
4 July 2006 | La Damnation de Faust
staged production |
Opéra Bastille, Paris, France Chœur et Orchestre de l’Opéra Paris conductor: Patrick Davin producer: Robert Lepage Michelle de Young (Marguerite), Giuseppe Sabbatini (Faust) José Van Dam (Méphistophélès), Christophe Fel (Brander) |
6 July 2006 8.30pm |
Unspecified works An open air concert, part of the Official Cultural Programme of the German Government for the World Cup Championship Games 2006 in Berlin “Französische Nacht – La musique de France” |
Gendarmenmarket, Berlin, Germany Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie Chemnitz conductor: Niksa Bareza |
7 July 2006 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Eastern Music Festival 2006 |
Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC, USA Festival Orchestra conductor: Scott Sandmeier |
7 July 2006 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | National Concert Hall, Dublin,
Ireland RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra conductor: Colman Pearce |
8 July 2006 7.30pm |
Overture to Béatrice and Bénédict |
The Albert Hall, Nottingham, UK Nottingham Symphony Orchestra conductor: Derek Williams |
8 July 2006 7.30pm |
Chanson de Méphistophélès: Une puce gentile (from La Damnation de Faust) Summerfest |
Koko Booth Amphitheatre, Regency Park, Cary, NC, USA North Carolina Symphony conductor: William Henry Curry Jason McKinney (baritone) |
9 July 2006 2.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, Tokyo,
Japan Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra conductor: Paolo Carignani |
11 July 2006 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Kenichiro Kobayashi |
11 July 2006 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, USA The Philadelphia Orchestra conductor: Rossen Milanov |
11 July 2006 |
Hector Berlioz 1803-1869 «L’Histoire de ma Vie» [The Story of my Life] Marche au supplice (from Symphonie fantastique), Liszt transcription “Concert épistolaire”: Extensive extracts from Berlioz’s letters accompanied with music from Berlioz, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Schumann, Ravel and Liszt 12th Edition of Festival de Bellerive (6-17 July 2006) |
Ferme de Saint-Maurice, Commune de Collonge-Bellerive,
Geneva, Switzerland François-René Duchâble (piano) Alain Carré (narrator) |
12 July 2006 9.00pm |
Hector Berlioz, Le
Musicien Fantastique [Hector Berlioz, The Fantastic Musician] A literary concert based on Berlioz’s Mémoires See also Berlioz Celebrations3 for details of an earlier performance. Festival de Charrières |
Drôme,
Châteauneuf de Gallaure, France Compagnie Interlude (Aix-en-Provence) producer: Julien Di Tommaso Julien Di Tommaso (actor, playing as Berlioz) Adila Carles (soprano) Orlando Soccavo (pianist) |
13 July 2006 8.30pm |
Marche hongroise
(from La Damnation de Faust) Concert de la Fête Nationale |
Parc Salvator, Mulhouse, France Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse conductor: Yannis Pouspourikas |
13 July 2006 8.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été L’été Musicale [Musical summer] |
Collégiale Notre-Dame, Montbrison,
France Orchestre de l’Académie du Festival conductor: Pierre-Michel Durand Patricia Fernandez (mezzo-soprano) |
14 July 2006 3.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Savonlinna Hall, Savonlinna, Finland Essi Luttinen (mezzo-soprano) Petri Bäckström (tenor) Kristian Attila (piano) |
14 July 2006 7.30pm |
Works unspecified (selection from operas and oratorios by Berlioz, Mozart, Ravel and Weill) |
United Church, Elgin, Ontario, Canada Matthew Zadow (baritone) Brahm Goldhamer (piano) |
15 July 2006 7.30pm |
Grande Messe des morts
(Requiem) Cheltenham Music Festival |
Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury,
Gloucestershire, UK Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra A massed choir of 200 voices drawn from local choirs from Stroud, Gloucester and Cheltenham conductor: Martyn Brabbins Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (tenor) |
19 July 2006 8.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust (excerpt: Devant la maison ...) Les Nuits d’été (selected songs) Festival del Sole |
Lincoln Theater, Yountville, California, USA Russian National Orchestra conductor: Carlo Ponti, Jr. Frederica Von Stade (mezzo soprano) Samuel Ramey (bass-baritone) |
20 July 2006 7.00pm |
Works unspecified “From Mozart to Gershwin: Soprano’s Favorites” |
Intermezzo Coffeehouse, Fredonia, NY, USA Kristen Norwark (soprano) (probably with piano accompaniment) |
22 July 2006 4.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette “Festa Summer Muza Kawasaki 2006” |
Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall,
Kawasaki, Japan Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra Tokyo Opera Singers conductor: Kazushi Ono Chieko Teratani (alto) Ikuo Mano (tenor) Masato Makino (bass) |
27 July 2006 7.30pm |
Cléopâtre Reach Leukaemia Appeal Concessions |
Cadogan Hall, London, UK City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra conductor: Christopher Gayford Marie Angel (soprano) |
27 July 2006 9.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Musica Riva Festival |
Riva Del Garda, Italy Youth Orchestra of the Americas conductor not announced |
28 July 2006 8.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire Tanglewood 2006 |
Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, USA Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor: Ludovic Morlot |
29 July 2006 7.30pm |
Cléopâtre Summer Concert |
Ecclesall Parish Church, Sheffield, UK City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra conductor: Christopher Gayford Marie Angel (soprano) |