Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
The table below lists the performances in chronological order.
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3 April 2008 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Episode de la vie d’un compositeur: Hector Berlioz |
Kultur-Casino Bern, Grosser Saal, Bern, Switzerland Berner Symphonie-Orchester conductor: Andrey Boreyko |
3 April 2008 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette |
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Chorus conductor: Valery Gergiev chorus director: Duain Wolfe Isabel Leonard (soprano) Michael Schade ( tenor) Laurent Naouri (bass) |
3 April 2008 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Orchestra Hall, Max M. Fisher Music Center, Detroit, USA Detroit Symphony conductor: Leonard Slatkin |
4 April 2008 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Episode de la vie d’un compositeur: Hector Berlioz |
Kultur-Casino Bern, Großer Saal, Bern, Switzerland Berner Symphonie-Orchester conductor: Andrey Boreyko |
4 April 2008 7.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust |
St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales, UK BBC National Orchestra of Wales BBC National Chorus of Wales Bristol Choral Society conductor: Thierry Fischer TBC (Marguerite) Marcel Reijans (Faust) Peter Rose (Méphistophélès) Jonathan Lemalu (Brander) Sarah Tynan (Voix celeste) |
5 April 2008 7.30pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Romantic Gestures |
Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts, Springfield, USA Springfield Symphony Orchestra: conductor: Kevin Rhodes |
5 April 2008 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette |
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Chorus conductor: Valery Gergiev chorus director: Duain Wolfe Isabel Leonard (soprano) Michael Schade ( tenor) Laurent Naouri (bass) |
5 April 2008 8.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Orchestra Hall, Max M. Fisher Music Center, Detroit, USA Detroit Symphony conductor: Leonard Slatkin |
5 April 2008 | Symphonie fantastique |
St. Andrew United Methodist Church, Plano, Texas, USA Plano Symphony Orchestra conductor: Hector Guzman |
6 April 2008 3.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Orchestra Hall, Max M. Fisher Music Center, Detroit, USA Detroit Symphony conductor: Leonard Slatkin |
6 April 2008 4.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été Festival Le Cercle à Musique 2008 |
Salle des Mariages, Hôtel de Ville, Noisy-le-Sec, France Thomas Dolié (baritone) Muriel Berard (piano) |
6 April 2008 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Sala Principal, Auditorio de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain Orchestre de Paris conductor: Christoph Eschenbach |
10 April 2008 | Symphonie fantastique | Musashino Civic Cultural Hall,
Tokyo, Japan Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal conductor: Kent Nagano |
11 April 2008 8.00pm |
Scène d’amour
(from Roméo et Juliette) An evening of Beethoven, Berlioz and Mendelssohn |
The University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, UK Graduate Philharmonia of Oxford conductor: David O’Neill |
12 April 2008 | Symphonie fantastique | Aichi Prefectural Art Theater,
Nagoya, Japan Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal conductor: Kent Nagano |
12 April 2008 11.00am |
Symphonie fantastique |
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA, USA Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor: Joana Carneiro |
12 April 2008 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, UK Kent County Youth Orchestra conductor: Peter Stark |
12 April 2008 8.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) |
Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, Memphis, TN, USA Memphis Symphony Orchestra Memphis Symphony Chorus (director: Dr Lawrence Edwards) conductor: David Loebel Greg Turay (tenor) |
13 April 2008 3.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) |
Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford, USA 150-voice Haverford-Bryn Mawr Chorale and Chamber Orchestra conductor: Thomas Lloyd |
13 April 2008 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Fantastique |
Laeiszhalle-musikhalle – Grosser
Saal, Hamburg, Germany Hamburger Symphoniker conductor: Andrey Boreyko |
14 April 2008 8.00pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Citi Performing Arts Center, Wang Theater, Boston, MA, USA Symphony Orchestra, Boston [a full-sized local pick-up ensemble] conductor: Eugene Kohn |
15 April 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Fantastique |
Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany Hamburger Symphoniker conductor: Andrey Boreyko |
15 April 2008 | Symphonie fantastique | Granship, Shizuoka, Japan Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal conductor: Kent Nagano |
16 April 2008 | Symphonie fantastique | Tokyo Opera City, Tokyo, Japan Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal conductor: Kent Nagano |
17 April 2008 8.30pm |
L’Invitation al la valse Weber, arr. Berlioz |
Auditorium
Rai Arturo Toscanini, Torino, Italy Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai conductor: Giampaolo Bisanti |
18 April 2008 7.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) |
Edman Memorial Chapel, Wheaton College campus, Wheaton, USA Wheaton College Symphony Orchestra Wheaton College Concert Choir (dir: Paul Wiens) Wheaton College Men’s Glee Club and Women’s Chorale (dir: Mary Hopper) Appolo Chorus of Chicago (dir: Stephen Alltop) Northern Illinois University Chorus (dir: Eric Johnson) Valparaison University Chorale and Bach Choir (dir: Christopher Cock) conductor: John Nelson John Tessier (tenor) |
18 April 2008 8.00pm pre-concert talk by Ian Fox at 6.45pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | National Concert Hall, Dublin,
Ireland RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra conductor: Giancarlo Andretta |
18 April 2008 8.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust 75th anniversary of the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg |
Grand Auditorium, Philharmonie, Luxembourg Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg Choeur de Brno conductor: Emmanuel Krivine chorus master: Petr Fiala Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano) Gregory Kunde (tenor) Nicolas Testé (bass) |
18 April 2008 8.30pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict (duo of Act I) La mort d’Ophélie Roméo et Juliette (excerpts): – Roméo seul – Grande fête chez les Capulets |
Arsenal, Metz, France Orchestre national de Lorraine Chœur de femmes conductor: Yoav Talmi Sophie Marin-Degor (soprano) Claire Brua (mezzo-soprano) |
18 April 2008 9.00pm |
L’Invitation al la valse Weber, arr. Berlioz |
Auditorium
Rai Arturo Toscanini, Torino, Italy Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai conductor: Giampaolo Bisanti |
18 April 2008 | Symphonie fantastique | Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul,
South Korea Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal conductor: Kent Nagano |
19 April 2008 11.00am |
Symphonie fantastique |
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA, USA Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor: Joana Carneiro |
19 April 2008 7.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) |
Edman Memorial Chapel, Wheaton College campus, Wheaton, USA Wheaton College Symphony Orchestra Wheaton College Concert Choir (dir: Paul Wiens) Wheaton College Men’s Glee Club and Women’s Chorale (dir: Mary Hopper) Appolo Chorus of Chicago (dir: Stephen Alltop) Northern Illinois University Chorus (dir: Eric Johnson) Valparaison University Chorale and Bach Choir (dir: Christopher Cock) conductor: John Nelson John Tessier (tenor) |
19 April 2008 8.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust 75th anniversary of the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg |
Grand Auditorium, Philharmonie, Luxembourg Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg Choeur de Brno conductor: Emmanuel Krivine chorus master: Petr Fiala Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano) Gregory Kunde (tenor) Nicolas Testé (bass) |
20 April 2008 5.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Tonhalle, Wil, Switzerland Mona Somm (mezzo-soprano) Georges Starobinski (piano) |
20 April 2008 8.00pm pre-concert lecture by Hugh Macdonald in M242 at 6.30pm |
L’Enfance du
Christ Doctoral Conducting Recital |
Auer Hall, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Blommington, USA IU Symphonic Choir Conductors’ Orchestra conductor: Stephen Mager Soloists’ names were not available. |
21 April 2008 7.30pm |
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale |
Heritage Theatre, Cedar City, USA Southern Utah University Wind Symphony Southern Utah University Concert Choir conductor: Mark Stickney |
22 April 2008 8.00pm pre-concert talk given by Marc Mandel, Director of Program Publications, at Symphony Hall |
Les Troyens: Acts: I and II: La Prise de Troie concert performance Sung in French with English supertitles |
Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Boston Symphony Orchestra Tanglewood Festival Chorus (chorus master: John Oliver) conductor: James Levine Marcello Giordani, tenor (Aeneas) Yvonne Naef, mezzo-soprano (Cassandra) Dwayne Croft, baritone (Chorebus) Clayton Brainerd, bass-baritone (Pantheus) Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano (Ascanius) Jane Bunnell, mezzo-soprano (Hecuba) Ronald Naldi, tenor (Helenus) Eric Owens, bass (Ghost of Hector) |
24 April 2008 8.00pm pre-concert talk given by Marc Mandel, Director of Program Publications, at Symphony Hall |
Les Troyens:
Acts: I and II: La Prise de Troie concert performance Sung in French with English supertitles |
Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Boston Symphony Orchestra Tanglewood Festival Chorus (chorus master: John Oliver) conductor: James Levine Marcello Giordani, tenor (Aeneas) Yvonne Naef, mezzo-soprano (Cassandra) Dwayne Croft, baritone (Chorebus) Clayton Brainerd, bass-baritone (Pantheus) Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano (Ascanius) Jane Bunnell, mezzo-soprano (Hecuba) Ronald Naldi, tenor (Helenus) Eric Owens, bass (Ghost of Hector) |
24 April 2008 8.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) |
Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, USA Knoxville Symphony Knoxville Choral Society conductor: Lucas Richman |
24 April 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Kent Nagano |
24 April 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, Maryland, USA Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conductor: Yuri Temirkanov |
25 April 2008 8.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) |
Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, USA Knoxville Symphony Knoxville Choral Society conductor: Lucas Richman |
25 April 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Kent Nagano |
25 April 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier |
26 April 2008 7.30pm |
Overture to Bèatrice et Bènèdict Shakespearean Fusion |
Macky Auditorium, Boulder, CO, USA Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Michael Butterman |
26 April 2008 8.00pm pre-concert talk given by Marc Mandel, Director of Program Publications, at Symphony Hall live broadcast on WCRB: 99.5, wcrb.com |
Les Troyens:
Acts: I and II: La Prise de Troie
concert performance Sung in French with English supertitles |
Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Boston Symphony Orchestra Tanglewood Festival Chorus (chorus master: John Oliver) conductor: James Levine Marcello Giordani, tenor (Aeneas) Yvonne Naef, mezzo-soprano (Cassandra) Dwayne Croft, baritone (Chorebus) Clayton Brainerd, bass-baritone (Pantheus) Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano (Ascanius) Jane Bunnell, mezzo-soprano (Hecuba) Ronald Naldi, tenor (Helenus) Eric Owens, bass (Ghost of Hector) |
26 April 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Kent Nagano |
26 April 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier |
26 April 2008 | Symphonie fantastique |
Town Hall, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, UK Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa |
27 April 2008 3.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier |
27 April 2008 4.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Italy Orchestra Verdi conductor and soloist: Yuri Bashmet |
28 April 2008 8.30pm |
Harold en Italie | Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Italy Orchestra Verdi conductor and soloist: Yuri Bashmet |
29 April 2008 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Kent Nagano |
29 April 2008 7.30pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict (excerpts) An Evening of Opera Scenes |
University of Arizona Music Building, Crowder Hall, Tucson, USA University of Arizona Philharmonic Orchestra the orchestra led by graduate student conductors Lucik Aprahamian, Eiki Isomura and James Stopher the programme directed by Kristin Dauphinais and student assistant directors Stephanie Martin and Connie Nokes-Roberts soloists not announced |
29 April 2008 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Italy Orchestra Verdi conductor and soloist: Yuri Bashmet |
30 April 2008 7.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts
(Requiem) Open rehearsal (see 1, 2, 3 May for the performances) |
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, USA Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Donald Runnicles Joseph Kaiser (tenor) |
30 April 2008 7.30pm pre-concert talk given by Marc Mandel, Director of Program Publications, at Symphony Hall live broadcast on WCRB: 99.5 and its website |
Les Troyens:
Acts: III, IV, IV: Les Troyens à Carthage concert performance Sung in French with English supertitles |
Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Boston Symphony Orchestra Tanglewood Festival Chorus (chorus master: John Oliver) conductor: James Levine Marcello Giordani, tenor (Aeneas) Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano (Dido) Kwangchul Youn, bass (Narbal) Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano (Ascanius) Wendy White, mezzo-soprano (Anna) Eric Cutler, tenor (Iopas) Kenneth Tarver, tenor (Hylas) Clayton Brainerd, bass-baritone (Pantheus) Yvonne Naef, mezzo-soprano (Ghost of Cassandra) Dwayne Croft, baritone (Ghost of Chorebus) to be announced, bass-baritone (Ghost of Priam) Eric Owens, bass (Ghost of Hector) |