Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
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2 December 2008 7.30pm |
“Romeo and Juliet” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Leatherhead Theatre, Leatherhead,
UK Independent Ballet Wales artistic director: Darius James principal dancers: Richard Read, Iselin Eie Bowen, Oliver Eastwood, Lauren Poulton |
3 December 2008 5.00pm |
Marche hongroise
(from La Damnation de Faust) Intermezzo, organised by the Associazione Filarmonica del Friuli Venezia Giulia |
Istituto di Medicina Fisica e
Riabilitazione "Gervasutta", Udine, Italy Musicians from Orchestra dell’Associazione Filarmonica del Friuli Venezia Giulia: Tiziano Cantoni (flute) Enrico Cossio (oboe) Maddalena D’Ambrosio (clarinet) Andrea Liani (horn) Dario Braidotti (basoon) |
3 December 2008 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Lighthouse, Poole, UK Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conductor: Kirill Karabits |
4 December 2008 7.30pm |
“Romeo and Juliet” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
The Brindley, Runcorn,
UK Independent Ballet Wales artistic director: Darius James principal dancers: Richard Read, Iselin Eie Bowen, Oliver Eastwood, Lauren Poulton |
4 December 2008 8.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust Staged production, in collaboration with Ex Machina This new production was reconceived for the
Metropolitan Opera |
Lincoln Center, New York City, New York, USA The Metropolitan Opera conductor: James Levine/TBA production: Robert Lepage set designer: Carl Fillion costume designer: Karin Erskine lighting designer: Sonoyo Nishikawa choreographers: Johanne Madore and Alain Gautier video designers: Holger Foerterer and Boris Firquet Marguerite: Susan Graham Faust: Marcello Giordani Méphistophélès: John Relyea |
5 December 2008 1.00pm |
“Romeo and Juliet” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
The Brindley, Runcorn,
UK Independent Ballet Wales artistic director: Darius James principal dancers: Richard Read, Iselin Eie Bowen, Oliver Eastwood, Lauren Poulton |
5 December 2008 7.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust |
Concert Hall (Horsecross), Perth, Scotland, UK Royal Scottish National Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus conductor: Stéphane Denève Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano) Gregory Kunde (tenor) Nicolas Cavallier (bass) |
5 December 2008 8.30pm |
Ô mon cher fils, donne cette herbe tendre... (duo from part I of L’Enfance du Christ) A Night Before Christmas |
Peacock Lounge, Huddersfield, UK David Heathcote (baritone) Sarah Helsby-Hughes (soprano) Susanna Hewitt (piano) |
5 December 2008 |
Les Troyens (excerpts) The concert, entitled “Altre stelle”, also includes excerpts from Hippolyte et Aricie by Rameau and Armide by Gluck |
Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Luxembourg Les Siècles Orchestra conductor: François-Xavier Roth staging: Juliette Deschamps Anna-Caterina Antonacci (soprano) |
6 December 2008 7.30pm pre-concert talk by Michael Tumelty at 6.45 |
La Damnation de Faust |
Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, UK Royal Scottish National Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus conductor: Stéphane Denève Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano) Gregory Kunde (tenor) Nicolas Cavallier (bass) |
6 December 2008 7.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte
Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) Christmas Classics |
Holy Trinity Church, Redhill, UK Reigate & Redhill Choral Society conductor: Peter Farrant Ray Maulkin (organ) |
6 December 2008 8.00pm |
“Romeo and Juliet” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Town Hall, Stourbridge, UK Independent Ballet Wales artistic director: Darius James principal dancers: Richard Read, Iselin Eie Bowen, Oliver Eastwood, Lauren Poulton |
6 December 2008 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Grand Théâtre, Tours, France Orchestre Symphonique Région Centre-Tours conductor: Jean-Yves Ossonce Antoine Tamestit (viola) |
6 December 2008 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Richardson Auditorium, Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield, USA Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra conductor: Gerald Steichen |
7 December 2008 3.00pm |
Works unspecified |
Auditorium, Canyon Del Oro High School, Oro Valley, AZ, USA Civic Orchestra of Tucson conductor: Dr. Herschel Kreloff |
7 December 2008 4.00pm |
Marche hongroise
(from La Damnation de Faust) Young People’s Philharmonic Holiday Concert |
Broughal Middle School, Bethlehem, PA, USA Young People’s Philharmonic conductor: Jerry Bidlack |
7 December 2008 5.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Grand Théâtre, Tours, France Orchestre Symphonique Région Centre-Tours conductor: Jean-Yves Ossonce Antoine Tamestit (viola) |
7 December 2008 | Benvenuto Cellini New production |
Staatstheater Nürnberg, Nürnberg,
Germany Staatstheater Nürnberg Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Guido Johannes Rumstadt Chorus master: Edgar Hykel producer and choreographer: Laura Scozzi sets: Barbara de Limburg cast: Benvenuto Cellini: Christopher Lincoln / Jean-Francis Monvoisin Giacomo Balducci: Rainer Zaun Fieramosca:Melih Tepretmez Teresa: Hrachuhí Bassénz Ascanio: Jordanka Milkova / Anna Alàs i Jové Pape Clément VII Guido Jentjens Francesco: Kalle Koiso-Kanttila Bernardino: Vladislav Solodyagin Pompeo: Jeong-Kyu Kim |
7 December 2008 |
“Altre
Stelle” La Mort d’Ophélie Les Troyens (excerpts from act V): – Voyez ! ... Qu’entends-je – Adieu, fière Cité – Je vais mourir This staged spectacle of favourite vocal and orchestral music also includes works by Méhul, Cherubini, Rameau and Gluck |
Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Luxembourg Orchestre Les Siècles conductor: François-Xavier Roth staging: Juliette Deschamps Anna-Caterina Antonacci (soprano) |
8 December 2008 7.30pm |
Overture Le Roi Lear |
Royal Festival Hall, London, UK Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conductor: Sir Simon Rattle |
8 December 2008 7.30pm |
“Romeo and Juliet” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
The Plough, Torrington, UK Independent Ballet Wales artistic director: Darius James principal dancers: Richard Read, Iselin Eie Bowen, Oliver Eastwood, Lauren Poulton |
8 December 2008 7.30pm |
Songs (unspecified) |
Redpath Hall, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada Cora Burggraaf (mezzo-soprano) Simon Lepper (piano) |
9 December 2008 7.30pm |
Overture Les Francs-Juges |
Royal Festival Hall, London, UK Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conductor: Sir Simon Rattle |
9 December 2008 8.00pm |
Marche hongroise D’amour l’ardente flamme (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Teatru Manoel, Valletta, Malta Malta Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Michael Laus Kate Aldrich (mezzo-soprano) |
9 December 2008 8.30pm |
Harold en Italie | Centre Culturel, Issoudun, France Orchestre Symphonique Région Centre-Tours conductor: Jean-Yves Ossonce Antoine Tamestit (viola) |
9 December 2008 8.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysian Philharmonic Youth Orchestra conductor: Kevin Field |
10 December 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale Concert to mark the centenary of Messiaen’s birth on 10 December 1908 |
Cathédrale, Chartres, France Orchestre de la Garde républicaine conductor: François Boulanger |
11 December 2008 7.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ |
Stadtkirche Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland Aargauer Kantorei Collegium Vocale Grossmünster Philharmonischen Orchester Budweis conductor: Daniel Schmid soloists: Ingrid Alexandre (mezzo-soprano) Tino Brütsch (tenor) Ernst Buscagne (baritone) Peter Mächler (bass) |
11 December 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Hamer Hall, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conductor: Oleg Caetani |
11 December 2008 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) |
Auditorio Beluarte, Pamplona, Spain Orquesta sinfonica de Navarra conductor: François-Xavier Roth |
11 December 2008 8.00pm Read the talk given by Christian Wasselin at this event (in French) Read a review of this performance by Pierre-René Serna (in French) |
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale Concert to mark the centenary of Messiaen’s birth on 10 December 1908 |
Eglise Saint-Louis des Invalides,
Paris, France Orchestre de la Garde républicaine conductor: François Boulanger |
11 December 2008 8.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ
(Part I) Concert of European music by artists from Macedonia, France, Germany and Italy on the 15th anniversary from Macedonia’s recognition by 11 European countries |
Army Hall, Skopje, Macedonia St. Kliment Ohridski Choir Symphony Orchestra of "Macedonian Music and Entertainment" conductor: Olivier Dejours (from France) Neven Siljanovski (bass, from Macedonia) Dejan Stoev (tenor, from Macedonia) Alexander Knopn (baritone, from Germany) Ornela Pratesi (soprano, from Italy) |
11 December 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Le Roi Lear |
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Salle Henry
Le Bœuf, Brussels, Belgium Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conductor: Sir Simon Rattle |
11 December 2008 8.30pm |
Tristia | RAI Auditorium, Turin, Italy Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai Coro Filarmonico di Praga conductor: Christian Arming chorus master: Lukas Vasilek |
12 December 2008 7.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ |
Stadtkirche Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland Aargauer Kantorei Collegium Vocale Grossmünster Philharmonischen Orchester Budweis conductor: Daniel Schmid soloists: Ingrid Alexandre (mezzo-soprano) Tino Brütsch (tenor) Ernst Buscagne (baritone) Peter Mächler (bass) |
12 December 2008 7.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte
Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
St Mary Magdalene Church, Woodstock, Oxon, UK Woodstock Music Society accompanied by orchestra conductor: Paul Ingram |
12 December 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Les Francs-Juges |
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Salle Henry
Le Bœuf, Brussels, Belgium Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conductor: Sir Simon Rattle |
13 December 2008 7.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ |
Stadtkirche Zofingen, Zofingen, Switzerland Aargauer Kantorei Collegium Vocale Grossmünster Philharmonischen Orchester Budweis conductor: Daniel Schmid soloists: Ingrid Alexandre (mezzo-soprano) Tino Brütsch (tenor) Ernst Buscagne (baritone) Peter Mächler (bass) |
12 December 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Hamer Hall, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conductor: Oleg Caetani |
12 December 2008 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) |
Auditorio Beluarte, Pamplona, Spain Orquesta sinfonica de Navarra conductor: François-Xavier Roth |
12 December 2008 8.15pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht,
Netherlands Radio Kamer Filharmonie conductor: Jaap van Zweden Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo-soprano) |
12 December 2008 9.00pm |
Tristia | RAI Auditorium, Turin, Italy Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai Coro Filarmonico di Praga conductor: Christian Arming chorus master: Lukas Vasilek |
12 December 2008 9.00pm |
Works unspecified | Salle du foyer rural de Loulay,
Loulay, France Orchestre symphonique des Vals de Saintonge conductor: Francis Gardé |
13 December 2008 6.00pm |
Obertura El carnaval romano [Overture Le Carnaval romain] |
Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli, México City, Mexico Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México conductor: Gernot Schulz |
13 December 2008 7.15pm |
Works unspecified (probably Adieu des bergers à la Sainte Famille from L’Enfance du Christ) Music for Christmas season |
Holmfirth Civic Hall, Holmfirth, UK Holmfirth Choral Society Valley Sinfonia conductor: Kenneth Rothery |
13 December 2008 7.30pm |
Marche hongroise
(from La Damnation de Faust) Hungarian Christmas Concert |
St John’s Church, Sidcup, UK Sidcup Symphony Orchestra conductor: James Ross |
13 December 2008 7.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte
Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
St Mary Magdalene Church, Woodstock, Oxon, UK Woodstock Music Society accompanied by orchestra conductor: Paul Ingram |
13 December 2008 7.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte
Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) Christmas Concert |
St Andrew’s Garrison Church of
Scotland, Aldershot, UK The Rushmoor Choir The Choir of St Peter’s Junior School, Farnborough conductor: Benjamin Wolf |
13 December 2008 7.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte
Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) The Glory of Christmas |
Trinity Church, North Finchley, London, UK Finchley Chamber Choir Finchley Chamber Orchestra conductor: David Lardi |
13 December 2008 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie |
All Saints Church, Leamington Spa, UK Leamington Sinfonia conductor: Jenny Barrie Ting Chiu (viola) |
13 December 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Hamer Hall, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conductor: Oleg Caetani |
13 December 2008 9.00pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) | Théâtre Municipal, Rion-des-Landes,
France L’Harmonie Municipale de Rion-des-Landes conductor: Frédéric Sieze |
14 December 2008 11.00am |
Les Nuits d’été | Concertgebouw, Amsterdam,
Netherlands conductor: Jaap van Zweden Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo-soprano) |
14 December 2008 11.00am |
Overture Le Corsaire Symphonie fantastique |
Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Halle,
Halle-Saale, Germany Staatskapelle Halle conductor: Axel Kober |
14 December 2008 12.30pm |
Obertura El carnaval romano [Overture Le Carnaval romain] |
Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli, México City, Mexico Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México conductor: Gernot Schulz |
14 December 2008 4.00pm |
Le Pêcheur (from Lélio) Le Coucher du soleil from Neuf mélodies – Irlande) Béatrice et Bénédict (excerpts) “Les voix d’Olivier Messiaen” |
Théâtre de l’Athénée, Paris,
France Solistes de l’Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra national de Paris: Marie-Adeline Henry (soprano) Arnaud Arbet (piano) |
14 December 2008 5.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ |
Grossmünster Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland Aargauer Kantorei Collegium Vocale Grossmünster Philharmonischen Orchester Budweis conductor: Daniel Schmid soloists: Ingrid Alexandre (mezzo-soprano) Tino Brütsch (tenor) Ernst Buscagne (baritone) Peter Mächler (bass) |
14 December 2008 7.30pm |
Overture Le Roi Lear | Wiener Konzerthaus, Großer
Saal, Vienna, Austria Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conductor: Sir Simon Rattle |
14 December 2008 | Benvenuto Cellini New production |
Staatstheater Nürnberg, Nürnberg,
Germany Staatstheater Nürnberg Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Guido Johannes Rumstadt Chorus master: Edgar Hykel producer and choreographer: Laura Scozzi sets: Barbara de Limburg cast: Benvenuto Cellini: Christopher Lincoln / Jean-Francis Monvoisin Giacomo Balducci: Rainer Zaun Fieramosca: Melih Tepretmez Teresa: Hrachuhí Bassénz Ascanio: Jordanka Milkova / Anna Alàs i Jové Pape Clément VII Guido Jentjens Francesco: Kalle Koiso-Kanttila Bernardino: Vladislav Solodyagin Pompeo: Jeong-Kyu Kim |
15 December 2008 7.30pm |
Overture Les Francs-Juges | Wiener Konzerthaus, Großer
Saal, Vienna, Austria Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conductor: Sir Simon Rattle |
15 December 2008 7.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire Symphonie fantastique |
Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Halle,
Halle-Saale, Germany Staatskapelle Halle conductor: Axel Kober |
15 December 2008 8.00pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte
Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
The Abbey, Shrewsbury, UK New College Chorale Shropshire Youth Orchestra conductor not announced |
15 December 2008 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Auditorium,Yayasan Sabah Building, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Malaysian Philharmonic Youth Orchestra conductor: Kevin Field |
16 December 2008 7.30pm |
Overture Le Roi Lear |
Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid, Spain Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conductor: Simon Rattle |
16 December 2008 8.30pm |
« Les enfants de Berlioz » Les Nuits d’été Harold en Italie Symphonie fantastique (excerpts) Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) La Damnation de Faust (excerpts, including Marguerite’s two airs) Concert to mark the final session of the European Parliament under French presidency of the Union |
Palais de la Musique, Strasbourg,
France Slovakia Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Claire Gibault Anna-Caterina Antonacci (soprano) Arnaud Thorette (viola) with a choir of 200 children from school choirs around Europe (Poland, Estonia, Spain, Belgium, Great Britain, Germany, France and Italy) |
17 December 2008 1.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Melbourne Town Hall, Main Hall, Melbourne, Australia Orchestra Victoria conductor: Antony Walker |
17 December 2008 8.00pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte
Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) Music at Oxford Carol Concert |
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, UK Christ Church Choir music director: Stephen Darlington Clive Driskell-Smith (organ) |
17 December 2008 8.15pm |
Overture Le Roi Lear |
Palau de la Música de Valencia, Valencia, Spain Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conductor: Simon Rattle |
17 December 2008 8.30pm |
Villanelle Le spectre de la Rose (from Les Nuits d’été) Accademia Paganiniana |
Sala degli Argenti, Palazzo del
Principe, Genoa, Italy Sara Cappellini (soprano) Ermindo Polidori Lucani (piano) presented by Alberto Cantù as “maestro d’Accademia” |
18 December 2008 8.00pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte
Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) Music at Oxford Carol Concert |
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, UK Christ Church Choir music director: Stephen Darlington Clive Driskell-Smith (organ) |
18 December 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Fabio Luisi |
18 December 2008 8.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ |
Koncertsalen Alsion, Sønderborg, Denmark South Jutland Symphony Orchestra Filharmonisk Kor (director: Alice Granum) conductor: Matthew Best Sune Hjerrilds (narrator) Alastair Miles (Herod; father of the family) Jean Rigby (Mary) Jørn Pedersen (Joseph) Steffen Bruun (Polydorus) Thomas Præstegaard (a centurion) |
19 December 2008 1.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Fabio Luisi |
19 December 2008 7.30pm |
Overture Le Roi Lear |
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conductor: Sir Simon Rattle |
19 December 2008 8.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ |
Kristkirken, Kolding, Denmark South Jutland Symphony Orchestra Filharmonisk Kor (director: Alice Granum) conductor: Matthew Best Sune Hjerrilds (narrator) Alastair Miles (Herod; father of the family) Jean Rigby (Mary) Jørn Pedersen (Joseph) Steffen Bruun (Polydorus) Thomas Præstegaard (a centurion) |
19 December 2008 8.00pm |
Works unspecified (probably Adieu des bergers à la Sainte Famille from L’Enfance du Christ) |
Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, Alexandria, USA The City Choir of Washington artistic director: Robert Shafer |
19 December 2008 8.30pm |
La infancia de Cristo [L’Enfance du Christ] |
Teatro de la Maestranza, Salas del Arenal S.A, Seville, Spain Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla Coro de la A.A. del Teatro de la Maestranza conductor: John Nelson John Tessier (tenor) Zandra McMaster (mezzo-soprano) Armando Noguera (baritone) Renaud Delaigue (bass) Bertrand Grunenwald (bass) |
20 December 2008 3.00pm |
Works unspecified (probably Adieu des bergers à la Sainte Famille from L’Enfance du Christ) |
Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, Alexandria, USA The City Choir of Washington artistic director: Robert Shafer |
20 December 2008 3.00pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte
Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
The Paramount Theater, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA The Oratorio Society of Viginia with chamber orchestra conductor: L. Thomas Vining |
20 December 2008 4.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ |
Løgumkloster Kirke, Løgumkloster, Denmark South Jutland Symphony Orchestra Filharmonisk Kor (director: Alice Granum) conductor: Matthew Best Sune Hjerrilds (narrator) Alastair Miles (Herod; father of the family) Jean Rigby (Mary) Jørn Pedersen (Joseph) Steffen Bruun (Polydorus) Thomas Præstegaard (a centurion) |
20 December 2008 7.15pm |
Sérénade agreste à la madone sur le thème des pifferari romains | Chiesa dell’Immacolata
al Vomero, Naples, Italy Mauro Castaldo (organ) |
20 December 2008 8.00pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
The Paramount Theater, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA The Oratorio Society of Viginia with chamber orchestra conductor: L. Thomas Vining |
20 December 2008 8.00pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte
Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) Music at Oxford Carol Concert |
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, UK Christ Church Choir music director: Stephen Darlington Clive Driskell-Smith (organ) |
20 December 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Fabio Luisi |
20 December 2008 7.00pm |
Overture Le Roi Lear | Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden,
Germany Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conductor: Sir Simon Rattle |
20 December 2008 8.30pm |
La infancia de Cristo [L’Enfance du Christ] |
Teatro de la Maestranza, Salas del Arenal S.A, Seville, Spain Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla Coro de la A.A. del Teatro de la Maestranza conductor: John Nelson John Tessier (tenor) Zandra McMaster (mezzo-soprano) Armando Noguera (baritone) Renaud Delaigue (bass) Bertrand Grunenwald (bass) |
21 December 2008 2.30pm |
L’Enfance du
Christ Proceeds to the Children’s Hospitals ‘Hush’ music project |
Sacred Heart Church, Melbourne, Australia Stonnington Symphony and The Yarra Trio Trewman Ensemble, DeChorum conductor: Pat Miller chorus master: Trevor Jones soloists: Jacqueline Porter, Timothy Reynolds Michael Leighton Jones, Gary Rowley, Jerzy Kozlowski |
21 December 2008 8.00pm |
Overture Le Roi Lear Overture Les Francs-Juges |
Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne,
Germany Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conductor: Sir Simon Rattle |
21 December 2008 | Harold en Italie | Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, NCPA,
Mumbai, India Symphony Orchestra of New Russia (“Novaya Rossiya”) conductor and soloist: Yuri Bashmet |
22 December 2008 8.00pm pre-projection introduction with Franck Krawczyk at 7.00pm meeting with François Salès after the projection |
“Berlioz grésille dans la
poussière d’hiver”
Video creation after La Damnation de Faust |
Salle Favart, Opéra-Comique, Paris,
France producer: François Salès composer of the sound track: Franck Krawczyk |
21 December 2008 8.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Teatro Municipale, Piacenza, Italy Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini conductor: Maurizio Benini Sonia Ganassi (mezzo-soprano) |
22 December 2008 8.00pm Live broadcast on France Musique |
Overture Les Francs-juges | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées,
Paris, France Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conductor: Sir Simon Rattle |
23 December 2008 7.30pm |
Marche hongroise
(from La Damnation de Faust) Winter Concert |
Castle Hall, Hertford, UK Hertfordshire Schools’ Symphony Orchestra conductor: David McCallum |
25 December 2008 | Marche hongroise
(from La Damnation de Faust) Weihnachtskonzert [Christmas concert] |
Musikvereins, Markt Kühbach,
Germany Jugendblaskapelle des Musikvereins Kühbach conductor: Joseph Rast |
25 December 2008 | Benvenuto Cellini New production |
Staatstheater Nürnberg, Nürnberg,
Germany Staatstheater Nürnberg Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Guido Johannes Rumstadt Chorus master: Edgar Hykel producer and choreographer: Laura Scozzi sets: Barbara de Limburg cast: Benvenuto Cellini: Christopher Lincoln / Jean-Francis Monvoisin Giacomo Balducci: Rainer Zaun Fieramosca: Melih Tepretmez Teresa: Hrachuhí Bassénz Ascanio: Jordanka Milkova / Anna Alàs i Jové Pape Clément VII Guido Jentjens Francesco: Kalle Koiso-Kanttila Bernardino: Vladislav Solodyagin Pompeo: Jeong-Kyu Kim |