Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
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| 1 April 2007 3.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Cleveland Orchestra conductor: Stéphane Denève |
| 1 April 2007 5.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | La
Salle de spectacles, Alfortville, France Orchestre national d’Île-de-France conductor: Yoel Levi |
| 1 April 2007 6.00pm |
La Mort d’Ophélie “Portes ouvertes, Voix” [Open doors, Voices] |
Salle Olivier Messiaen, Maison de
Radio France, Paris, France Maitrise de Radio France Chorus master: Toni Ramon |
| 3 April 2007 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Salle
Pleyel, Paris, France Orchestre national d’Île-de-France conductor: Yoel Levi |
| 5 April 2007 8.45pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Espace Carpeaux, Courbevoie, France Orchestre national d’Île-de-France conductor: Yoel Levi |
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7 April 2007 8.00pm |
Marche hongroise
(from La Damnation de Faust) Hungarian Heritage |
Smithwick Theatre, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA, USA Nova Vista Symphony conductor: Ann Krinitsky |
| 10 April 2007 7.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
The Centre In The Square, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Kitchener Waterloo Symphony conductor: Edwin Outwater |
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10 April 2007 8.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) |
Symphony Hall, Boston, USA Boston University Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Chorus conductor: Andrew Litton Yegishe Manucharyan (tenor) |
| 12 April 2007 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Háskólabíó [University Cinema], Reykjavik, Iceland Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands [Iceland Symphony Orchestra] conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy |
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12 April 2007 7.30pm pre-concert talk at 6.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Barbican Hall, London, UK London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Daniel Harding |
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12 April 2007 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, USA Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier |
| 12 April 2007 | La Damnation de Faust |
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX, USA Dallas Symphony Orchestra Dallas Symphony Chorus (director: David R. Davidson) conductor: Charles Dutoit Gregory Kunde (Faust) Raymond Aceto (Méphistophélès) Susanne Mentzer (Marguerite) Christopher Feigum (Brander) |
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13 April 2007 7.30pm |
Overture Les Francs-Juges |
Barbican Hall, London, UK BBC Symphony Orchestra conductor: Thomas Adès |
| 13 April 2007 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Ísafjörður, Torfunes, Iceland Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands [Iceland Symphony Orchestra] conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy |
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13 April 2007 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, USA Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier |
| 13 April 2007 | La Damnation de Faust |
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX, USA Dallas Symphony Orchestra Dallas Symphony Chorus (director: David R. Davidson) conductor: Charles Dutoit Gregory Kunde (Faust) Raymond Aceto (Méphistophélès) Susanne Mentzer (Marguerite) Christopher Feigum (Brander) |
| 14 April 2007 8.00pm Read a review of this concert by Christian Wasselin (in French) This concert was recorded for broadcast on France Musique on 23 April at 8.00pm |
Messe Solennelle | Théâtre des Champs-Elysées,
Paris, France Orchestre national de France Chœur de Radio France (chef de chœur: Bruno Casoni) conductor: Riccardo Muti Genia Kuehmeier (soprano) Pavol Breslik (tenor), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass) |
| 14 April 2007 8.00pm pre-concert talk at 7.05pm |
Marche troyenne (from Les Troyens) |
Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conductor: Bramwell Tovey |
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14 April 2007 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Music Center at Strathmore, Bethesda, USA Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier |
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14 April 2007 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Rabobank Theater, Bakersfield, USA Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra conductor: John Farrer |
| 14 April 2007 | La Damnation de Faust |
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX, USA Dallas Symphony Orchestra Dallas Symphony Chorus (director: David R. Davidson) conductor: Charles Dutoit Gregory Kunde (Faust), Raymond Aceto (Méphistophélès) Susanne Mentzer (Marguerite), Christopher Feigum (Brander) |
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15 April 2007 3.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain arr. Geoffrey Emerson Easter Concert |
The Anvil, Basingstoke, UK National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain (Under 13 orchestra) concert conductors: Roger Clarkson and Vivienne Price |
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15 April 2007 3.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, USA Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier |
| 15 April 2007 4.00pm Read a review of this concert by Christian Wasselin (in French) |
Messe Solennelle | Théâtre des Champs-Elysées,
Paris, France Orchestre national de France Chœur de Radio France (chef de chœur: Bruno Casoni) conductor: Riccardo Muti Genia Kuehmeier (soprano) Pavol Breslik (tenor), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass) |
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15 April 2007 7.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust
staged production |
Semperoper, Dresden, Germany Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden Staatsopernchor conductor: Marc Albrecht chorus master: Matthias Brauer producer: Keith Warner Marcello Giordani (Faust), Kristinn Sigmundsson (Méphistophélès) Jacques-Greg Belobo (Brander), Sophie Koch (Marguerite) |
| 16 April 2007 8.00pm pre-concert talk at 7.05pm |
Marche troyenne (from Les Troyens) |
Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conductor: Bramwell Tovey |
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16 April 2007 8.00pm |
Messe Solennelle | Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal,
Großer Saal, Wuppertal, Germany Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal Chor der Konzertgesellschaft conductor: Toshiyuki Kamioka Elena Fink (soprano), Christian Elsner (tenor), Andreas Macco (bass) |
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16 April 2007 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Auditorium Niccolò Paganini,
Parma, Italy Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma conductor: Bruno Bartoletti Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano) |
| 16 April 2007 | Symphonie fantastique |
McCallum Theater, Palm Desert, California, USA Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conductor: Paavo Järvi |
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17 April 2007 3.30pm |
Trio for harp and flutes
(from L’Enfance du Christ) arranged by the LMP for harp, flute and viola |
Braithwaite Hall, Clocktower, Croydon, UK Musicians from the London Mozart Players: Skaila Kanga (harp) Michael Cox (flute) James Boyd (viola) |
| 17 April 2007 | Symphonie fantastique |
Arlington Theater, Santa Barbara, California, USA Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conductor: Paavo Järvi |
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18 April 2007 7.00pm Introduction to the work 45 minutes before the start of the performance in the Kellerrestaurant of the Semperoper |
La Damnation de Faust
staged production |
Semperoper, Dresden, Germany Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden Staatsopernchor conductor: Marc Albrecht chorus master: Matthias Brauer producer: Keith Warner Marcello Giordani (Faust), Kristinn Sigmundsson (Méphistophélès) Jacques-Greg Belobo (Brander), Sophie Koch (Marguerite) |
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18 April 2007 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan NHK Symphony Orchestra conductor: Ken’ichiro Kobayashi |
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18 April 2007 7.30pm |
Te Deum In support of Shape, a charity which works to improve access to the arts for deaf and disabled people |
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK Leicester Philharmonic Choir New Queen’s Hall Orchestra Barts Choir Capital Arts Children’s Choir conductor: Ivor Setterfield Andrew Staples (tenor) William Whitehead (organ) |
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18 April 2007 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Auditorium Niccolò Paganini,
Parma, Italy Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma conductor: Bruno Bartoletti Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano) |
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19 April 2007 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan NHK Symphony Orchestra conductor: Ken’ichiro Kobayashi |
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19 April 2007 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Poly Theatre, Beijing, China London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Daniel Harding |
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19 April 2007 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, California, USA Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conductor: Paavo Järvi |
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19 April 2007 8.05pm pre-concert talk in Philharmonie at 6.45pm |
Messe Solennelle | Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich,
Germany Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks conductor: Riccardo Muti Genia Kühmeier (soprano), Pavol Breslik (tenor) Ildar Abdrazakov (bass) |
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20 April 2007 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Auditorium Niccolò Paganini,
Parma, Italy Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma conductor: Bruno Bartoletti Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano) |
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20 April 2007 8.05pm pre-concert talk in Philharmonie at 6.45pm |
Messe Solennelle | Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich,
Germany Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks conductor: Riccardo Muti Genia Kühmeier (soprano) Pavol Breslik (tenor) Ildar Abdrazakov (bass) |
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20 April 2007 7.30pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict | Großes Haus, Theater Augsburg,
Augsburg, Germany Theater Augsburg Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Henrik Nánási producer: Jasmin Solfaghari Kathrin Koch (Béatrice), Peter Bernhard (Bénédict) Greg Ryerson (Don Pedro), Stefanie Kunschke (Hero) Manuel Wiencke (Claudio), Vuokko Kekäläinen (Ursula) Stefan Sevenich (Somarone), Dieter Goertz (Leonato) |
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21 April 2007 7.00pm Introduction to the work 45 minutes before the start of the performance in the Kellerrestaurant of the Semperoper |
La Damnation de Faust
staged production |
Semperoper, Dresden, Germany Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden Staatsopernchor conductor: Marc Albrecht chorus master: Matthias Brauer producer: Keith Warner Marcello Giordani (Faust), Kristinn Sigmundsson (Méphistophélès) Jacques-Greg Belobo (Brander), Sophie Koch (Marguerite) |
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21 April 2007 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Tianjin Concert Hall, Tianjin, China London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Daniel Harding |
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22 April 2007 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Oriental Concert Hall, Shanghai, China London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Daniel Harding |
| 22 April 2007 8.30pm |
Romeo e Giulietta
Ballet, set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Teatro Filarmonico, Arena di Verona,
Verona, Italy Prima ballerinas, soloists, corps de ballet, orchestra, choir and stage technicians of the Fondazione Arena di Verona stage design: National Foundation of the Aterballetto dance group from Reggio Emilia principal conductor: Kevin Rhodes director: Amedeo Amodio scenographer: Mario Ceroli costume designer: Luisa Spinatelli choreographer: Amedeo Amodio assistant choreographer: Stefania Di Cosmo soloist: Giorgio Giuseppini cast: Romeo: Roberto Bolle; Giulietta: Letizia Giuliani Benvolio: Alessandro Riga; Paride: Giovanni Patti Tebaldo: Antonio Russo Fata Mab: Alessia Gelmetti /Amaya Ugarteche |
| 23 April 2007 | Harold en Italie | Stuttgart (venue not announced),
Germany Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France conductor: Myung-Whun Chung Christophe Gaugué (viola) |
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24 April 2007 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Xinghai Concert Hall, Guangzhou, China London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Daniel Harding |
| 24 April 2007 8.30pm |
Romeo e Giulietta
Ballet, set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Teatro Filarmonico, Arena di Verona,
Verona, Italy Prima ballerinas, soloists, corps de ballet, orchestra, choir and stage technicians of the Fondazione Arena di Verona stage design: National Foundation of the Aterballetto dance group from Reggio Emilia principal conductor: Kevin Rhodes director: Amedeo Amodio scenographer: Mario Ceroli costume designer: Luisa Spinatelli choreographer: Amedeo Amodio assistant choreographer: Stefania Di Cosmo soloist: Giorgio Giuseppini cast: Romeo: Roberto Bolle; Giulietta: Letizia Giuliani Benvolio: Alessandro Riga; Paride: Tebaldo: Antonio Russo Fata Mab: Alessia Gelmetti /Amaya Ugarteche |
| 24 April 2007 | Harold en Italie | Frankfurt (venue not announced),
Germany Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France conductor: Myung-Whun Chung Christophe Gaugué (viola) |
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25 April 2007 8.00pm Introduction to the work 45 minutes before the start of the performance in the Kellerrestaurant of the Semperoper |
La Damnation de Faust
staged production |
Semperoper, Dresden,
Germany Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden Staatsopernchor conductor: Marc Albrecht chorus master: Matthias Brauer producer: Keith Warner Marcello Giordani (Faust), Kristinn Sigmundsson (Méphistophélès) Jacques-Greg Belobo (Brander), Sophie Koch (Marguerite) |
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25 April 2007 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne,
Germany Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France conductor: Myung-Whun Chung Christophe Gaugué (viola) |
| 26 April 2007 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | The Grand Hall of the Tchaikovsky
Conservatory, Moscow, Russia The Symphonic Orchestra of the Moscow Philharmonia conductor Yuri Simonov |
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26 April 2007 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA Philadelphia Orchestra conductor: Christoph Eschenbach |
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26April 2007 8.00pm pre-concert talk one hour before the start of the concert |
La Damnation de Faust |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA San Francisco Symphony San Francisco Symphony Chorus San Francisco Girls Chorus Pacific Boychoir conductor: Charles Dutoit Ruxandra Donose (Marguerite) Gregory Kunde (Faust) Willard White (Mephistophélès) Christopher Feigum (Brander) |
| 26 April 2007 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Cultural Centre Concert Hall, Hong
Kong London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Daniel Harding |
| 26 April 2007 | Harold en Italie | Philharmonie, Essen,
Germany Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France conductor: Myung-Whun Chung Christophe Gaugué (viola) |
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27 April 2007 7.30pm Recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 30 April at 7.00pm |
Overture Les Francs-Juges |
Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Royal Scottish National Orchestra conductor: Stéphane Denève |
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27 April 2007 7.30pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict | Großes Haus, Theater Augsburg,
Augsburg, Germany Theater Augsburg Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Henrik Nánási producer: Jasmin Solfaghari Kathrin Koch (Béatrice), Peter Bernhard (Bénédict) Greg Ryerson (Don Pedro), Stefanie Kunschke (Hero) Manuel Wiencke (Claudio), Vuokko Kekäläinen (Ursula) Stefan Sevenich (Somarone), Dieter Goertz (Leonato) |
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27 April 2007 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA Philadelphia Orchestra conductor: Christoph Eschenbach |
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27 April 2007 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Palais des Beaux-Arts, Salle Henry Le Bœuf, Brussels,
Belgium Orchestre philharmonique du Luxembourg conductor: Emmanuel Krivine |
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27April 2007 8.00pm pre-concert talk one hour before the start of the concert |
La Damnation de Faust |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA San Francisco Symphony San Francisco Symphony Chorus San Francisco Girls Chorus Pacific Boychoir conductor: Charles Dutoit Ruxandra Donose (Marguerite) Gregory Kunde (Faust) Willard White (Mephistophélès) Christopher Feigum (Brander) |
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27 April 2007 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, UK BBC Philharmonic conductor: Vassily Sinaisky |
| 27 April 2007 8.30pm |
Romeo e Giulietta
Ballet, set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Teatro Filarmonico, Arena di Verona,
Verona, Italy Prima ballerinas, soloists, corps de ballet, orchestra, choir and stage technicians of the Fondazione Arena di Verona stage design: National Foundation of the Aterballetto dance group from Reggio Emilia principal conductor: Kevin Rhodes director: Amedeo Amodio scenographer: Mario Ceroli costume designer: Luisa Spinatelli choreographer: Amedeo Amodio assistant choreographer: Stefania Di Cosmo soloist: Giorgio Giuseppini cast: Romeo: Roberto Bolle; Giulietta: Letizia Giuliani Benvolio: Alessandro Riga; Paride: Giovanni Patti Tebaldo: Antonio Russo Fata Mab: Alessia Gelmetti /Amaya Ugarteche |
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28 April 2007 7.00pm Introduction to the work 45 minutes before the start of the performance in the Kellerrestaurant of the Semperoper |
La Damnation de Faust
staged production |
Semperoper, Dresden, Germany Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden Staatsopernchor conductor: Marc Albrecht chorus master: Matthias Brauer producer: Keith Warner Marcello Giordani (Faust), Kristinn Sigmundsson (Méphistophélès) Michael Eder (Brander), Sophie Koch (Marguerite) |
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28 April 2007 7.30pm |
Overture Les Francs-Juges | The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow,
Scotland, UK Royal Scottish National Orchestra conductor: Stéphane Denève |
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28 April 2007 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA Philadelphia Orchestra conductor: Christoph Eschenbach |
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28 April 2007 8.00pm pre-concert talk one hour before the start of the concert |
La Damnation de Faust |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA San Francisco Symphony San Francisco Symphony Chorus San Francisco Girls Chorus Pacific Boychoir conductor: Charles Dutoit Ruxandra Donose (Marguerite) Gregory Kunde (Faust) Willard White (Mephistophélès) Christopher Feigum (Brander) |
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28 April 2007 8.00pm Concert preceded by an exploration of the Symphonie fantastique with a theatrical, multi-media presentation hosted by UCLA musicologist Robert Winter |
Symphonie fantastique Finale of the Early Romantics Festival |
Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, USA Santa Rosa Symphony conductor: George Thomson |
| 28 April 2007 8.30pm |
Rêverie et Caprice | Opéra, Massy, France Orchestre de Massy conductor: Dominique Rouits Jean-Pierre Sabouret (violin) [member of the Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris] |
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29 April 2007 2.00pm pre-concert talk one hour before the start of the concert |
La Damnation de Faust |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA San Francisco Symphony San Francisco Symphony Chorus San Francisco Girls Chorus Pacific Boychoir conductor: Charles Dutoit Ruxandra Donose (Marguerite) Gregory Kunde (Faust) Willard White (Mephistophélès) Christopher Feigum (Brander) |
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29 April 2007 2.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA Philadelphia Orchestra conductor: Christoph Eschenbach |
| 29 April 2007 4.00pm |
Rêverie et Caprice | Opéra, Massy, France Orchestre de Massy conductor: Dominique Rouits Jean-Pierre Sabouret (violin) [member of the Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris] |
| 29 April 2007 5.00pm |
Romeo e Giulietta
Ballet, set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Teatro Filarmonico, Arena di Verona,
Verona, Italy Prima ballerinas, soloists, corps de ballet, orchestra, choir and stage technicians of the Fondazione Arena di Verona stage design: National Foundation of the Aterballetto dance group from Reggio Emilia principal conductor: Kevin Rhodes director: Amedeo Amodio scenographer: Mario Ceroli costume designer: Luisa Spinatelli choreographer: Amedeo Amodio assistant choreographer: Stefania Di Cosmo soloist: Giorgio Giuseppini cast: Romeo: Roberto Bolle; Giulietta: Letizia Giuliani Benvolio: Alessandro Riga; Paride: Giovanni Patti Tebaldo: Antonio Russo Fata Mab: Alessia Gelmetti /Amaya Ugarteche |
| 29 April 2007 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique
(excerpts) Liszt transcription |
Théâtre Impérial, Compiègne, France Alexander Ghindin (piano) |
| 29 April 2007 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Chiang Kai-Shek National
Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan London Symphony Orchestra conductor: Daniel Harding |
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