Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
The table below lists the performances in chronological order.
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1 August 2007 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Verbier Festival |
Salle Médran, Verbier, Switzerland UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra conductor: Zubin Mehta |
| 1 August 2007 7.30pm |
Marche hongroise
(from La Damnation de Faust) Fête française |
Centre Pierre-Charbonneau, Montréal, Canada Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin |
| 1 August 2007 |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Concerts on the Square Week 6: Streets of Paris |
Capitol Square, Madison, WI, USA Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra conductor: Andrew Sewell |
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3 August 2007 8.00pm |
Orphée et Eurydice Gluck, arr: Berlioz sung in French with English projected titles |
Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown, NY, USA Glimmerglass Opera conductor: Julian Wachner director: Lillian Groag Orphée (Michael Maniaci) Eurydice (Amanda Pabyan) |
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3 August 2007 8.15pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Picnic with the Pops |
The grounds of Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, OH, USA Columbus Symphony Orchestra conductor: Albert-George Schram |
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3 August 2007 9.30pm (in case of bad weather: 4 August 2007, at 9.30pm) Recorded for broadcast on France-Musique on 2 September at 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Chorégies d’Orange |
Théâtre Antique, Orange, France Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conductor: Kazushi Ono |
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4 August 2007 8.15pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Picnic with the Pops |
The grounds of Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, OH, USA Columbus Symphony Orchestra conductor: Albert-George Schram |
| 5 August 2007 4.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique (4th movement: Marche au supplice) Bayview Residences Victoria Symphony Splash |
Victoria Inner Harbour, Victoria, Canada Victoria Symphony conductor: Tania Miller |
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5 August 2007 7.00pm Introduction to the |
Huit scènes de Faust Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele Faust Music |
Forum at the Schlosspark,
Ludwigsburg, Germany Orchester der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele Festspielchor conductor: Michael Hofstetter with Kirsten Blaise, Yvonne Naef, Ortun Wenkel, Roberto Sacca, Miljenko Turk, Konstantin Wolff as soloists Graduates of the Ludwigsburger Filmakademie accompanied the music with video installations |
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5 August 2007 7.30pm pre-concert discussion of the evening’s music was led by Music at Gretna founder Dr. Carl Ellenberger at 6.30pm |
Works unspecified Trombone-a-Palooza |
Mt. Gretna Playhouse, Mt. Gretna, County Lebanon, PA, USA Pennsylvania Trombone Ensemble |
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6 August 2007 2.00pm |
Orphée et Eurydice Gluck, arr: Berlioz sung in French with English projected titles |
Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown, NY, USA Glimmerglass Opera conductor: Julian Wachner director: Lillian Groag Orphée (Michael Maniaci) Eurydice (Amanda Pabyan) |
| 6 August 2007 7.00pm |
Scène d’amour
(from Roméo et Juliette) A ballet performance set to Berlioz’s music Etoiles Bouquets |
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Ueno, Tokyo,
Japan choreographed by Amedeo Amodio ballerina: Alessandra Ferri |
| 7 August 2007 |
Orphée et Eurydice
Gluck, arr: Berlioz |
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Orchestra Victoria Victorian Opera Chorus conductor: Matthew Coorey chorus master: Nicholas Carter director: Stephen Page cast: Dimity Shepherd (Orphée) Alison Rae Jones (Eurydice) Jacqueline Porter (L’Amour) Dancers: Fiona Cameron, Amber Haines, Ingrid Weisfelt Jade Dewi, Emily Amisano, Elissa Lee |
| 8 August 2007 7.30pm |
La Villanelle Le Spectre de la rose L’île inconnue (from Les Nuits d’été) |
Salle Wilfrid Pelletier, Montréal, Canada Orchestre symphonique de Montréal conductor: Kent Nagano Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) |
| 8 August 2007 9.45pm |
Symphonie fantastique (Liszt transcription) Rovello Festival 2007 |
Villa
Rufolo, Rovello, Italy Giovanni Bellucci (piano) |
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9 August 2007 8.00pm |
Orphée et Eurydice Gluck, arr: Berlioz sung in French with English projected titles |
Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown, NY, USA Glimmerglass Opera conductor: Julian Wachner director: Lillian Groag Orphée (Michael Maniaci) Eurydice (Amanda Pabyan) |
| 9 August 2007 |
Orphée et Eurydice
Gluck, arr: Berlioz |
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Orchestra Victoria Victorian Opera Chorus conductor: Matthew Coorey chorus master: Nicholas Carter director: Stephen Page cast: Dimity Shepherd (Orphée) Alison Rae Jones (Eurydice) Jacqueline Porter (L’Amour) Dancers: Fiona Cameron, Amber Haines, Ingrid Weisfelt Jade Dewi, Emily Amisano, Elissa Lee |
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10 August 2007 6.30pm
Read reviews of this performance by Pierre-René Serna and Christian Wasselin (both in French) This performance was broadcast live on France Musique |
Benvenuto Cellini sung in French with German and English supertitles Salzburger Festspiele 2007 |
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg,
Austria Wiener Philharmoniker Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor conductor: Valery Gergiev chorus master: Andreas Schüller direction and decor: Philipp Stölzl costume: Kathie Maurer choreography: Mara Kurotschka Burkhard Fritz: Benvenuto Cellini Laurent Naouri: Fieramosca Brindley Sherratt: Giacomo Balducci Mikhail Petrenko: Le Pape Clément VII Maija Kovalevska: Teresa, Balducci’s daughter Kate Aldrich: Ascanio, Cellini’s apprentice Xavier Mas: Francesco, Cellini’s assistant Roberto Tagliavini: Bernardino, Cellini’s assistant Sung-Keun Park: Cabaretier |
| 10 August 2007 7.30pm |
Symphonie Fantastique |
Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conductor: Oleg Caetani |
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11 August 2007 1.30pm |
Orphée et Eurydice Gluck, arr: Berlioz sung in French with English projected titles |
Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown, NY, USA Glimmerglass Opera conductor: Julian Wachner director: Lillian Groag Orphée (Michael Maniaci) Eurydice (Amanda Pabyan) |
| 11 August 2007 |
Orphée et Eurydice
Gluck, arr: Berlioz |
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Orchestra Victoria Victorian Opera Chorus conductor: Matthew Coorey chorus master: Nicholas Carter director: Stephen Page Dimity Shepherd (Orphée) Alison Rae Jones (Eurydice) Jacqueline Porter (L’Amour) Dancers: Fiona Cameron, Amber Haines, Ingrid Weisfelt Jade Dewi, Emily Amisano, Elissa Lee |
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12 August 2007 11.00am Read a review of this performance by Pierre-René Serna (in French) |
Symphonie fantastique Lélio ou Le Retour à la vie Salzburger Festspiele 2007 |
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg,
Austria Wiener Philharmoniker Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor conductor: Riccardo Muti Gérard Depardieu (narrator) Paul Groves (tenor) Ludovic Tézier (baritone) |
| 13 August 2007 |
Orphée et Eurydice
Gluck, arr: Berlioz |
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Orchestra Victoria Victorian Opera Chorus conductor: Matthew Coorey chorus master: Nicholas Carter director: Stephen Page Dimity Shepherd (Orphée) Alison Rae Jones (Eurydice) Jacqueline Porter (L’Amour) Dancers: Fiona Cameron, Amber Haines, Ingrid Weisfelt Jade Dewi, Emily Amisano, Elissa Lee |
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14 August 2007 11.00am Read a review of this performance by Pierre-René Serna (in French) |
Symphonie fantastique Lélio ou Le Retour à la vie Salzburger Festspiele 2007 |
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg,
Austria Wiener Philharmoniker Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor conductor: Riccardo Muti Gérard Depardieu (narrator) Paul Groves (tenor) Ludovic Tézier (baritone) |
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14 August 2007 8.00pm Recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Monday 10 September at 7.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été Edinburgh International Festival |
Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Chamber Orchestra of Europe conductor: Thomas Adès Toby Spence (tenor) |
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15 August 2007 11.00am |
Symphonie fantastique Lélio ou Le Retour à la vie Salzburger Festspiele 2007 |
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg,
Austria Wiener Philharmoniker Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor conductor: Riccardo Muti Gérard Depardieu (narrator) Paul Groves (tenor) Ludovic Tézier (baritone) |
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15 August 2007 7.30pm Read a review of this performance by Pierre-René Serna (in French) |
Benvenuto Cellini sung in French with German and English supertitles Salzburger Festspiele 2007 |
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg,
Austria Wiener Philharmoniker Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor conductor: Valery Gergiev chorus master: Andreas Schüller direction and decor: Philipp Stölzl costume: Kathie Maurer choreography: Mara Kurotschka Burkhard Fritz Benvenuto Cellini Laurent Naouri: Fieramosca Brindley Sherratt: Giacomo Balducci Mikhail Petrenko: Le Pape Clément VII Maija Kovalevska: Teresa, Balducci’s daughter Kate Aldrich: Ascanio, Cellini’s apprentice Xavier Mas: Francesco, Cellini’s assistant Roberto Tagliavini: Bernardino, Cellini’s assistant Sung-Keun Park: Cabaretier |
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16 August 2007 8.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été
(selection) One Summer Night |
St. Ann and the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn Heights, NY, USA One World Symphony conductor and music director: Sung Jin Hong |
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17 August 2007 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Symphonie fantastique Deer Valley Music Festival |
Snow Park Amphitheatre, Deer Valley, Utah, USA Utah Symphony conductor: David Cho |
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17 August 2007 8.00pm |
Works unspecified Gala on the Green |
RAF Linton-on-Ouse, near York, UK Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band conductor not announced |
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18 August 2007 6.30pm |
Benvenuto Cellini sung in French with German and English supertitles Salzburger Festspiele 2007 |
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg,
Austria Wiener Philharmoniker Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor conductor: Valery Gergiev chorus master: Andreas Schüller direction and decor: Philipp Stölzl costume: Kathie Maurer choreography: Mara Kurotschka Burkhard Fritz: Benvenuto Cellini Laurent Naouri: Fieramosca Brindley Sherratt: Giacomo Balducci Mikhail Petrenko: Le Pape Clément VII Maija Kovalevska: Teresa, Balducci’s daughter Kate Aldrich: Ascanio, Cellini’s apprentice Xavier Mas: Francesco, Cellini’s assistant Roberto Tagliavini: Bernardino, Cellini’s assistant Sung-Keun Park: Cabaretier |
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18 August 2007 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA The Philadelphia Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
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18 August 2007 8.30pm Open rehearsal at 10.30am pre-concert talk at 6.00pm in Ozawa Hall Live broadcast on WCRB, Boston |
La Damnation de Faust Sung in French with English supertitles Tanglewood Festival |
Shed, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA Boston Symphony Orchestra Tanglewood Festival Chorus (director: John Oliver) PALS Children’s Chorus (director: Johanna Hill Simpson) conductor: James Levine Yvonne Naef (mezzo-soprano, Marguerite) Marcello Giordani (tenor, Faust) José van Dam (baritone, Méphistophélès) Patrick Carfizzi (bass-baritone, Brander) |
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19 August 2007 3.00pm |
Orphée et Eurydice Gluck, arr: Berlioz sung in French with English projected titles |
Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown, NY, USA Glimmerglass Opera conductor: Julian Wachner director: Lillian Groag Orphée (Michael Maniaci) Eurydice (Amanda Pabyan) |
| 20 August 2007 6.00pm Live broadcast on SR Klassiskt, Sveriges Radio P2 |
Benvenuto Cellini Östersjöfestivalen 2007 |
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden Mariinsky Opera Orchestra, Chorus and soloists conductor: Valery Gergiev |
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21 August 2007 6.30pm |
Benvenuto Cellini sung in French with German and English supertitles Salzburger Festspiele 2007 |
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg,
Austria Wiener Philharmoniker Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor conductor: Valery Gergiev chorus master: Andreas Schüller direction and decor: Philipp Stölzl costume: Kathie Maurer choreography: Mara Kurotschka Burkhard Fritz: Benvenuto Cellini Laurent Naouri: Fieramosca Brindley Sherratt: Giacomo Balducci Mikhail Petrenko: Le Pape Clément VII Maija Kovalevska: Teresa, Balducci’s daughter Kate Aldrich: Ascanio, Cellini’s apprentice Xavier Mas: Francesco, Cellini’s assistant Roberto Tagliavini: Bernardino, Cellini’s assistant Sung-Keun Park: Cabaretier |
| 22 August 2007 6.00pm |
L’îsle inconnue |
Queensland Conservatorium, Brisbane, Australia Margaret Schindler (soprano) Philip Mayers (piano) |
| 22 August 2007 8.00pm |
Symphonie Fantastique |
Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall, New South Wales, Australia Sydney Symphony Orchestra conductor: Tugan Sokhiev |
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23 August 2007 6.30pm |
Marche troyenne
(from Les Troyens) Festival Berlioz 2007 |
Les Halles, La
Côte Saint-André, France Academie du Festival Berlioz conductor: Eric Villevière |
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23 August 2007 8.00pm |
Overture Les Francs-juges |
Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, USA Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor: Stéphane Denève |
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24 August 2007 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie | St. Jakobuskirche, Ilmenau,
Germany STÜBA-Philharmonie conductor: Martin Lentz Helene Schütz.(viola) |
| 24 August 2007 8.00pm |
Symphonie Fantastique |
Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall, New South Wales, Australia Sydney Symphony Orchestra conductor: Tugan Sokhiev |
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25 August 2007 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie | St. Marienkirche, Ronneburg,
Germany STÜBA-Philharmonie conductor: Martin Lentz Helene Schütz.(viola) |
| 25 August 2007 8.00pm |
Symphonie Fantastique |
Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall, New South Wales, Australia Sydney Symphony Orchestra conductor: Tugan Sokhiev |
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25 August 2007 8.00pm |
Orphée et Eurydice Gluck, arr: Berlioz sung in French with English projected titles |
Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown, NY, USA Glimmerglass Opera conductor: Julian Wachner director: Lillian Groag Orphée (Michael Maniaci) Eurydice (Amanda Pabyan) |
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25 August 2007 9.00pm |
Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette) Festival Berlioz 2007 |
Courtyard, Château Louis XI, La
Côte Saint-André, France Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Della RAI conductor: Daniel Kawka |
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26 August 2007 7.30pm |
Benvenuto Cellini sung in French with German and English supertitles Salzburger Festspiele 2007 |
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg,
Austria Wiener Philharmoniker Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor conductor: Valery Gergiev chorus master: Andreas Schüller direction and decor: Philipp Stölzl costume: Kathie Maurer choreography: Mara Kurotschka Burkhard Fritz: Benvenuto Cellini Laurent Naouri: Fieramosca Brindley Sherratt: Giacomo Balducci Mikhail Petrenko: Le Pape Clément VII Maija Kovalevska: Teresa, Balducci’s daughter Kate Aldrich: Ascanio, Cellini’s apprentice Xavier Mas: Francesco, Cellini’s assistant Roberto Tagliavini: Bernardino, Cellini’s assistant Sung-Keun Park: Cabaretier |
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26 August 2007 9.00pm |
La Mort d’Orphée Festival Berlioz 2007 |
Courtyard, Château Louis XI, La
Côte Saint-André, France Ensemble Carpe Diem conductor: Jean-Pierre Arnaud Françoise Masset (soprano) |
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28 August 2007 2.00pm |
Orphée et Eurydice Gluck, arr: Berlioz sung in French with English projected titles |
Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown, NY, USA Glimmerglass Opera conductor: Julian Wachner director: Lillian Groag Orphée (Michael Maniaci) Eurydice (Amanda Pabyan) |
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28 August 2007 7.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust Lucerne Festival |
Konzertsaal,
Lucerne, Switzerland Tanglewood Festival Chorus (director: John Oliver) Luzerner Knabenkantorei conductor: James Levine Yvonne Naef (mezzo-soprano, Marguerite) Marcello Giordani (tenor, Faust) José van Dam (baritone, Méphistophélès) Patrick Carfizzi (bass-baritone, Brander) |
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28 August 2007 9.00pm |
Chasse Royale et orage Lamento for Les Troyens à Carthage (from Les Troyens) Festival Berlioz 2007 |
Courtyard, Château Louis XI, La
Côte Saint-André, France Orchestre de l’Opéra De Lyon conductor: Kazushi Ono |
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29 August 2007 9.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été Festival Berlioz 2007 |
Courtyard, Château Louis XI, La
Côte Saint-André, France Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble conductor: Marc Minkowski Salomé Haller (soprano) Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (tenor) Boris Grappe (baritone) |
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30 August 2007 6.30pm |
Benvenuto Cellini sung in French with German and English supertitles Salzburger Festspiele 2007 |
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg,
Austria Wiener Philharmoniker Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor conductor: Valery Gergiev chorus master: Andreas Schüller direction and decor: Philipp Stölzl costume: Kathie Maurer choreography: Mara Kurotschka Burkhard Fritz: Benvenuto Cellini Laurent Naouri: Fieramosca Brindley Sherratt: Giacomo Balducci Mikhail Petrenko: Le Pape Clément VII Maija Kovalevska: Teresa, Balducci’s daughter Kate Aldrich: Ascanio, Cellini’s apprentice Xavier Mas: Francesco, Cellini’s assistant Roberto Tagliavini: Bernardino, Cellini’s assistant Sung-Keun Park: Cabaretier |
| 30 August 2007 7.30pm |
Symphonie Fantastique World premiere of Symphonie Fantastique, a new interpretation of Berlioz’s score from Polish choreographer Krzysztof Pastor |
Arts Centre, State Theatre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia The Australian Ballet Orchestra Victoria (co-concertmasters: Jo Beaumont and Peter Exton) choreography: Krzysztof Pastor composer: Hector Berlioz set and costume Design: Tatyana van Walsum |
| 31 August 2007 7.30pm |
Symphonie Fantastique World premiere of Symphonie Fantastique, a new interpretation of Berlioz’s score from Polish choreographer Krzysztof Pastor |
Arts Centre, State Theatre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia The Australian Ballet Orchestra Victoria (co-concertmasters: Jo Beaumont and Peter Exton) choreography: Krzysztof Pastor composer: Hector Berlioz set and costume Design: Tatyana van Walsum |
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31 August 2007 8.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust Voilà la France! |
Alfried Krupp Hall, Philharmonie
Essen, Essen, Germany Tanglewood Festival Chorus (director: John Oliver) conductor: James Levine Yvonne Naef (mezzo-soprano, Marguerite) Marcello Giordani (tenor, Faust) José van Dam (baritone, Méphistophélès) Patrick Carfizzi (bass-baritone, Brander) |
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31 August 2007 9.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Festival Berlioz 2007 |
Courtyard, Château Louis XI, La
Côte Saint-André, France Orchestre National de Lyon conductor: Michel Plasson |
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