Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
The table below lists the performances in chronological order.
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1 January 2008 6.00pm |
L’Invitation à la valse Weber, orch. Berlioz New Year Concert |
congress centrum neue weimarhalle
(ccnweimarhalle), Weimar, Germany Staatskapelle Weimar conductor: Marek Janowski |
1 January 2008 7.00pm |
Overture Rob Roy Scottish New Year concert |
Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, St Albans, UK St Albans Symphony Orchestra conductor: James Ross |
5 January 2008 3.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Wagenhalle, Griesheim, Germany Darmstädter Philharmonie Merck conductor: Wolfgang Heinzel |
5 January 2008 7.30pm pre-concert lecture at 7.00 |
Les Nuits d’été |
Goff Memorial Hall, Rehoboth, MA, USA South Coast Chamber Music Society Rachel Lewis (soprano) Leslie Amper (piano) |
5 January 2008 | La Damnation de Faust concert performance Red Sea Classical Music Festival |
A hanger in the harbour,
Eilat, Israel Mariinsky Opera Orchestra, Chorus and soloists conductor: Valery Gergiev |
6 January 2008 11.00am |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Friedrich von Thiersch Saal,
Kurhaus Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany Philharmonie Merck conductor: Wolfgang Heinzel |
8 January 2008 8.00pm |
Devant la maison... (from La damnation de Faust) |
Centre national des Arts, Ottawa, Canada Samuel Ramey (bass) Jake Heggie (piano) |
9 January 2008 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Musique française |
Cité des Congrès, Nantes, France Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire conductor: Alain Lombard |
10 January 2008 7.30pm pre-concert lecture at 7.00 |
Les Nuits d’été |
Music Hall, Marion, MA, USA South Coast Chamber Music Society Rachel Lewis (soprano) Leslie Amper (piano) |
10 January 2008 7.30pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini Cléopâtre |
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, USA New York Philharmonic Lorin Maazel, conductor Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) |
10 January 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, USA Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conductor: Donald Runnicles |
10 January 2008 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Semperoper, Dresden, Germany Violeta Urmana (soprano) Jan Philip Schulze (piano) |
10 January 2008 8.00pm |
Chasse royale et orage (from Les Troyens) |
Lee Auditorium, Pinecrest HS, Southern Pines, USA North Carolina Symphony conductor: Emmanuel Villaume |
10 January 2008 8.15pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest conductor: Charles Dutoit |
10 January 2008 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Musique française |
Cité des Congrès, Nantes, France Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire conductor: Alain Lombard |
11 January 2008 7.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust
(staged production) |
Freiburger Theater – Großes
Haus, Freiburg, Germany Freiburger Theater’s orchestra and chorus conductor: Gerhard Markson chorus master: Bernhard Moncado producer: Thomas Krupa Faust: Dong Won Kim Marguerite: Jana Havranová Mephistopheles: Radu Cojocariu Brander: Matthias Flohr |
11 January 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, USA Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conductor: Donald Runnicles |
11 January 2008 8.00pm |
Chasse royale et orage (from Les Troyens) |
Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, NC, USA North Carolina Symphony conductor: Emmanuel Villaume |
11 January 2008 8.00pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini Cléopâtre |
Avery Fisher Hall,
Lincoln Center, New York, USA New York Philharmonic Lorin Maazel, conductor Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) |
11 January 2008 8.00pm pre-concert lecture at 7.00 |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Ferguson Center for the Arts, Newport News, USA Virginia Symphony Orchestra conductor: JoAnn Falletta |
11 January 2008 8.15pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest conductor: Charles Dutoit |
12 January 2008 8.00pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini Cléopâtre |
Avery Fisher Hall,
Lincoln Center, New York, USA New York Philharmonic Lorin Maazel, conductor Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) |
12 January 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, USA Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conductor: Donald Runnicles |
12 January 2008 8.00pm |
Chasse royale et orage (from Les Troyens) |
Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, NC, USA North Carolina Symphony conductor: Emmanuel Villaume |
12 January 2008 8.00pm pre-concert lecture at 7.00 |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Chrysler Hall, Norfolk, USA Virginia Symphony Orchestra conductor: JoAnn Falletta |
12 January 2008 8.15pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest conductor: Charles Dutoit |
13 January2008 2.15pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest conductor: Charles Dutoit |
13 January 2008 2.30pm pre-concert lecture at 1.30 |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Sandler Center, Virginia Beach, USA Virginia Symphony Orchestra conductor: JoAnn Falletta |
13 January 2008 3.00pm pre-concert lecture at 2.30 |
Les Nuits d’été |
Grace Episcopal Church, New Bedford, MA, USA South Coast Chamber Music Society Rachel Lewis (soprano) Leslie Amper (piano) |
15 January 2008 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France Kammerorchester Basel [Basel Chamber Orchestra] conductor: Paul McCreesh Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano) |
17 January 2008 7.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Uihlein Hall, Marcus Center, Milwaukee, USA Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra conductor: Ludovic Morlot |
17 January 2008 8.00pm Introduction in Bock B and C in the Gasteig at 6.45pm |
La Damnation de Faust | Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich,
Germany Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks conductor: Charles Dutoit Ruxandra Donose (Marguerite) Gregory Kunde (Faust) David Wilson-Johnson (Méphistophélès) Yorck Felix Speer (Brander) |
17 January 2008 | D’amour
l’ardente flamme (from La Damnation de Faust) Les Nuits d’été Recital organsied by the Centre culturel français d’Algers |
Auditorium, Algerian National
Radio, Algiers, Algeria Elsa Levy (soprano) Simon Zaoui (piano) |
18 January 2008 8.00pm Introduction in Bock B and C in the Gasteig at 6.45pm |
La Damnation de Faust | Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich,
Germany Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks conductor: Charles Dutoit Ruxandra Donose (Marguerite) Gregory Kunde (Faust) David Wilson-Johnson (Méphistophélès) Yorck Felix Speer (Brander) |
18 January 2008 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Uihlein Hall, Marcus Center, Milwaukee, USA Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra conductor: Ludovic Morlot |
18 January 2008 8.15pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Concertgebouw, Amsterdam,
Netherlands Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest [Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra] conductor: Mariss Jansons |
19 January 2008 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Uihlein Hall, Marcus Center, Milwaukee, USA Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra conductor: Ludovic Morlot |
19 January 2008 8.00pm preview from the Podium |
Symphonie fantastique |
E. J. Thomas Hall, Akron, OH, USA Akron Symphony Orchestra conductor: Christopher Wilkins |
19 January 2008 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été Voilà la France! |
Alfried Krupp Saal, Philharmonie Essen, Essen, Germany Basel Chamber Orchestra conductor: Paul McCreesh Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano) |
19 January 2008 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Salle
du Revol, Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France Orchestres d’harmonie de Saint-Laurent-du-Pont et Saint-Marcellin conductor not announced. |
21 January 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Congress Union Celle, Celle, Germany NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover conductor: Vassily Petrenko |
21 January 2008 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Großer Saal, Alte Oper Frankfurt,
Frankfurt, Germany Basel Chamber Orchestra conductor: Paul McCreesh Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano) |
21 January 2008 8.15pm |
Symphonie fantastique | De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest [Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra] conductor: Mariss Jansons |
22 January 2008 7.30pm pre-performance talk by Ralph Blase in Vortragssaal at 6.30 |
Béatrice et Bénédict
In German and French with German subtitles |
Großer Saal, Forum, Leverkusen,
Germany Städtische Bühnen Münster Sinfonieorchester Münster conductor: Thorsten Schmid-Kapfenburg director: Wolfgang Quetes choreography: Tomasz Zwozniak dramaturgy: Ralph Blase cast included: Judith Gennrich (Beatrice), Christiane Hagedorn (Beatrice) James McLean (Benedict), Marek Sarnowski (Benedict) Suzanne McLeod (Ursule) Julia Neumann (Hero), Nicole Schößler (Hero) Matthias Caspari (Claudio) Johannes-Paul Kindler (Don Pedro) Wendelin Starke-Brauer (Leonato) |
23 January 2008 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Utah Valley Symphony and Youth Side-by-Side Concert |
Covey Center for the Arts, Provo, Utah, USA Utah Valley Symphony with 40 members of Utah Valley Youth Symphony conductor: Bryce Rytting |
24 January 2008 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Utah Valley Symphony and Youth Side-by-Side Concert |
Covey Center for the Arts, Provo, Utah, USA Utah Valley Symphony with 40 members of Utah Valley Youth Symphony conductor: Bryce Rytting |
24 January 2008 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
The Sage, Gateshead, UK Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conductor: Marek Janowski |
24 January 2008 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Symphonie fantastique Fantastique Dutoit |
Orchestra Hall, Max M. Fisher Music Center, Detroit, USA Detroit Symphony Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
25 January 2008 10.45am |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Symphonie fantastique Fantastique Dutoit |
Orchestra Hall, Max M. Fisher Music Center, Detroit, USA Detroit Symphony Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
25 January 2008 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Francis Winspear Centre for Music, Edmonton, Canada Edmonton Symphony Orchestra conductor: William Eddins |
25 January 2008 7.30pm |
Songe d’une Nuit du Sabbat Marche au supplice (from Symphonie fantastique) 10th anniversary of the Orchestre-Atelier OstinatO |
Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France Orchestre-Atelier OstinatO conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud |
25 January 2008 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Symphonie fantastique Fantastique Dutoit |
Orchestra Hall, Max M. Fisher Music Center, Detroit, USA Detroit Symphony Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
25 January 2008 8.00pm |
Invitation à la Valse (Weber, orch: Berlioz) Un bal (from Symphonie fantastique) Invitation à la valse |
Grand Théâtre de Québec, Salle Louis-Fréchette, Québec, Canada Orchestre Symphonique de Québec conductor: Yoav Talmi |
26 January 2008 6.00pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Mitchell Hall, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA All-State Honor Orchestra conductor: Brian Stone |
26 January 2008 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Francis Winspear Centre for Music, Edmonton, Canada Edmonton Symphony Orchestra conductor: William Eddins |
26 January 2008 7.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust
(staged production) |
Freiburger Theater – Großes
Haus, Freiburg, Germany Freiburger Theater’s orchestra and chorus conductor: Gerhard Markson chorus master: Bernhard Moncado producer: Thomas Krupa Faust: Dong Won Kim Marguerite: Jana Havranová Mephistopheles: Radu Cojocariu Brander: Matthias Flohr |
26 January 2008 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conductor: Marek Janowski |
26 January 2008 7.30pm |
L’Enfance
du Christ (excerpts) Winter Concert |
St Thomas-on-the-Bourne Church, Farnham, UK
Vox Chamber Choir conductor: George Bruell Julian Cooper (organ) |
26 January 2008 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique
(2nd movement) Academy of Music 151st Anniversary Concert |
Academy of Music, Philadelphia, USA The Philadelphia Orchestra conductor: Christoph Eschenbach |
26 January 2008 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Symphonie fantastique Fantastique Dutoit |
Orchestra Hall, Max M. Fisher Music Center, Detroit, USA Detroit Symphony Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
26 January 2008 8.00pm |
Invitation à la Valse (Weber, orch: Berlioz) Un bal (from Symphonie fantastique) Invitation à la valse |
Grand Théâtre de Québec, Salle Louis-Fréchette, Québec, Canada Orchestre Symphonique de Québec conductor: Yoav Talmi |
26 January 2008 |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Symphonie fantastique |
Orchestra Hall, Max M. Fisher Music Center, Detroit, USA Detroit Symphony Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
27 January 2008 2.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Fantasy on Classic! |
Concert Hall, Opera City, Tokyo,
Japan Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Yoichiro Omachi |
27 January 2008 3.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Island, WA, USA Sharon Acton (soprano) Mary Foster Grant (piano) |
27 January 2008 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conductor: Mariss Janson |
27 January 2008 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Portraits of Passion |
West Road Concert Hall, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Cambridge Orchestra conductor: Darrell Davison |
27 January 2008 7.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Teatro Principal de Burgos, Burgos, Spain Orquesta Sinfónica de Burgos conductor: Javier Castro Howard Crook (tenor) |
28 January 2008 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Großes Haus, Mecklenburgisches
Staatstheater, Schwerin, Germany Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin conductor: Judith Kubitz |
28 January 2008 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Palau de la Musica, Barcelona, Spain NDR Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Vasily Petrenko Measha Brueggergosman (soprano) |
28 January 2008 8.15pm |
Harold en Italie | Audimax der Universität, Konstanz,
Germany Universitätsorchester Konstanz conductor: Peter Bauer Chaim Steller (viola) |
29 January 2008 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Großes Haus, Mecklenburgisches
Staatstheater, Schwerin, Germany Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin conductor: Judith Kubitz |
30 January 2008 10.00am |
Roméo seul Grande fête chez Capulet (from Roméo et Juliette) Youth Concert Series |
Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor: Federico Cortese |
30 January 2008 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Großes Haus, Mecklenburgisches
Staatstheater, Schwerin, Germany Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin conductor: Judith Kubitz |
30 January 2008 7.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK Basel Chamber Orchestra conductor: Paul McCreesh Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano) |
30 January 2008 7.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire Concert to mark the 150th anniversary of the Hallé Orchestra |
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK Hallé Orchestra conductor: Mark Elder presenter: Dame Janet Baker |
30 January 2008 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Symphonie fantastique |
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada Toronto Symphony Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
31 January 2008 10.00am |
Roméo seul Grande fête chez Capulet (from Roméo et Juliette) Youth Concert Series |
Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor: Federico Cortese |
31 January 2008 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Symphonie fantastique |
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada Toronto Symphony Orchestra conductor: Charles Dutoit |
31 January 2008 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Pierre Boulez, Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) |