Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
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1 May 2008 8.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) |
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, USA Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Donald Runnicles Joseph Kaiser (tenor) |
1 May 2008 8.00pm |
Villanelle (from Les Nuits d’été) |
Carnegie Hall, New York, USA Jessye Norman (soprano) Mark Markham (piano) |
2 May 2008 7.30pm pre-concert talk given by Marc Mandel, Director of Program Publications, at Symphony Hall |
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) Clayton Brainerd, bass-baritone (Pantheus) Kenneth Tarver, tenor (Hylas) 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) |
2 May 2008 8.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) |
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, USA Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Donald Runnicles Joseph Kaiser (tenor) |
3 May 2008 6.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Sala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco
della Musica, Rome, Italy Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conductor: Kazushi Ono |
3 May 2008 8.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) |
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, USA Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Donald Runnicles Joseph Kaiser (tenor) |
3 May 2008 8.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) |
Carnegie Hall, New York, USA Brooklyn Philharmonic New York Choral Society conductor: John Daly Goodwin |
3 May 2008 9.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Main Hall, Cairo, Egypt Cairo Symphony Orchestra conductor: Andreas Spörri |
4 May 2008 12.00 noon Introduction at 11.00am |
Symphonie fantastique | Sala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco
della Musica, Rome, Italy Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conductor: Kazushi Ono |
4 May 2008 3.00pm: Acts: I and II 4 May 2008 pre-concert talk given by Marc Mandel, Director of Program Publications, at Symphony Hall Read a review of this performance by Michael Miller |
Les Troyens
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 Acts I and II: 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) Acts: III, IV, IV: 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) |
4 May 2008 9.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria, Egypt Cairo Symphony Orchestra conductor: Andreas Spörri |
5 May 2008 9.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Sala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco
della Musica, Rome, Italy Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conductor: Kazushi Ono |
6 May 2008 6.30pm |
Roméo et Juliette
(excerpts) Discover Berlioz – A Musical Lecture Richard Gill plays guide on a tour of the highlights in a musical lecture/performance, prior to Charles Dutoit’s complete performance on 6 and 7 June 2008 |
City Recital Hall, Sydney, Australia Sydney Sinfonia conductor: Richard Gill |
6 May 2008 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Sala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco
della Musica, Rome, Italy Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conductor: Kazushi Ono |
8 May 2008 6.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict | Centennial Hall, Newark Public
Library, Newark, NJ, USA Harbor Opera Company conductor: Grant Gilman director: Lawrence Brittain cast: James Mills (Leonato); Erin Brittain (Hero) Elspeth Davis (Béatrice); Jami Tyzik (Ursule) Robert Maril (Claudio); Byron Singleton (Bénédict) Richard Bozic (Don Pedro); Scott Elliott (Somarone) |
8 May 2008 |
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale (excerpt: Apotheose) Première performance in the city of San Juan |
Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico [Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico] The Concert Band and Choruses of the Conservatory conductor: Mr. Rafael Enrique Irizarry, a faculty member |
9 May 2008 7.45pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Franz Liszt Academy, Budapest, Hungary Budapest Festival Orchestra conductor: Ludovic Morlot |
10 May 2008 3.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict | Centennial Hall, Newark Public
Library, Newark, NJ, USA Harbor Opera Company conductor: Grant Gilman director: Lawrence Brittain cast: James Mills (Leonato); Erin Brittain (Hero) Elspeth Davis (Béatrice); Jami Tyzik (Ursule) Robert Maril (Claudio); Byron Singleton (Bénédict) Richard Bozic (Don Pedro); Scott Elliott (Somarone) |
10 May 2008 6.00pm |
Cléopâtre | Sala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco
della Musica, Rome, Italy Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conductor: Pinchas Steinberg Violeta Urmana (soprano) |
10 May 2008 7.30pm |
Marche hongroise
(from La Damnation de Faust) Symphonie fantastique (5th movement) Heroes and Villains |
Stourbridge Town Hall, Stourbridge, UK Birmingham Concert Orchestra conductor: James Cunningham |
10 May 2008 7.45pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Franz Liszt Academy, Budapest, Hungary Budapest Festival Orchestra conductor: Ludovic Morlot |
10 May 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Concertgebouw Brugge, Brugge, Belgium Anima Eterna Ensemble conductor: Jos van Immerseel |
11 May 2008 10.00am |
Choral Music (unspecified) Lauterbacher Pfingstmusiktage 2008 |
Stadtkirche, Lauterbach, Germany Lauterbacher Jugendkantorei conductor (from the organ) Karin Sachers |
11 May 2008 3.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Franz Liszt Academy, Budapest, Hungary Budapest Festival Orchestra conductor: Ludovic Morlot |
11 May 2008 4.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Schumann Festival 2008 |
Tonhalle, Düsseldorf, Germany Anima Eterna Ensemble conductor: Jos van Immerseel |
11 May 2008 5.00pm |
“Romeo and Juliet” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
The Broadway Theatre, Barking, UK Independent Ballet Wales artistic director: Darius James |
12 May 2008 9.00pm |
Cléopâtre | Sala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco
della Musica, Rome, Italy Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conductor: Pinchas Steinberg Violeta Urmana (soprano) |
12 May 2008 |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Symphonie fantastique |
Tage Alter Musik, Regensburg,
Germany Anima Eterna Ensemble conductor: Jos van Immerseel |
13 May 2008 7.30pm |
Cléopâtre | Sala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco
della Musica, Rome, Italy Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conductor: Pinchas Steinberg Violeta Urmana (soprano) |
13 May 2008 8.00pm |
Scène d’amour Roméo au tombeau (from Roméo et Juliette) |
Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts, Montréal, Canada Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal conductor: Emmanuel Williams |
15 May 2008 12.15pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Kultur-Casino Bern, Grosser Saal, Bern, Switzerland Berner Symphonie-Orchester conductor: Andrey Boreyko |
15 May 2008 7.30pm |
Romeo and Juliet Ballet set to Berlioz’s dramatic symphony Roméo et Juliette |
Belk Theater, Charlotte, NC, USA North Carolina Dance Theatre artistic director: Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux choreographer: Dwight Rhoden |
15 May 2008 7.30pm pre-concert talk by Dr. Arne Stollberg |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Cléopâtre Episode de la vie d’un compositeur: Hector Berlioz |
Kultur-Casino Bern, Grosser Saal, Bern, Switzerland Berner Symphonie-Orchester conductor: Andrey Boreyko Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano) |
15 May 2008 7.45pm |
“Romeo and Juliet” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage, UK Independent Ballet Wales artistic director: Darius James |
15 May 2008 8.00pm pre-concert talk at 7.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) | Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany Berliner Philharmoniker Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus conductor: Donald Runnicles chorus master: Norman Mackenzie Joseph Kaiser (tenor) |
15 May
2008 9.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Osesp) conductor: Michel Plasson |
16 May 2008 7.30pm pre-concert talk by Dr. Arne Stollberg |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Cléopâtre Episode de la vie d’un compositeur: Hector Berlioz |
Kultur-Casino Bern, Grosser Saal, Bern, Switzerland Berner Symphonie-Orchester conductor: Andrey Boreyko Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano) |
16 May 2008 8.00pm |
Romeo and Juliet Ballet set to Berlioz’s dramatic symphony Roméo et Juliette |
Belk Theater, Charlotte, NC, USA North Carolina Dance Theatre artistic director: Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux choreographer: Dwight Rhoden |
16 May 2008 8.00pm pre-concert talk at 7.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) | Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany Berliner Philharmoniker Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus conductor: Donald Runnicles chorus master: Norman Mackenzie Joseph Kaiser (tenor) |
16 May 2008 8.30pm |
Overture le Carnaval romain Symphonie fantastique Festival de l’Epau |
Abbaye de l’Epau, Le Mans, France Anima Eterna Ensemble conductor: Jos van Immersel |
16 May
2008 9.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Osesp) conductor: Michel Plasson |
17 May
2008 4.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Sala São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Osesp) conductor: Michel Plasson |
17 May 2008 7.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust | Musiktheater im Revier – Großes
Haus, Gelsenkirchen, Germany Musiktheater im Revier Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Cosima Sophia Osthoff chorus master: Christian Jeub cast: Marguerite: Anna Agathonos / Anke Sieloff Faust: Christopher Lincoln Méphistophélès: Nicolai Karnolsky Brander: Joachim Gabriel Maaß |
17 May 2008 7.30pm |
Grande Fête chez Capulet (from Roméo et Juliette) concert in support of the charity Headway Black Country |
Birmingham Cathedral, Birmingham, UK The British Police Symphony Orchestra conductor: Patrick Bailey |
17 May 2008 7.30pm |
“Romeo and Juliet” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette (workshop) |
Blackwood Miners Institute, Blackwood, UK Independent Ballet Wales artistic director: Darius James |
17 May 2008 8.00pm pre-concert talk at 7.00pm live broadcast on radio and TV |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) |
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany Berliner Philharmoniker Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus conductor: Donald Runnicles chorus master: Norman Mackenzie Joseph Kaiser (tenor) |
17 May 2008 8.00pm |
Romeo and Juliet Ballet set to Berlioz’s dramatic symphony Roméo et Juliette |
Belk Theater, Charlotte, NC, USA North Carolina Dance Theatre artistic director: Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux choreographer: Dwight Rhoden |
17 May 2008 8.00pm Live broadcast on Radio Classique Read a review of this concert by Christian Wasselin (in French) |
Symphonie fantastique |
Salle des concerts, Cité de la Musique, Paris, France Anima Eterna Ensemble conductor: Jos van Immersel |
17 May 2008 8.00pm |
Cléopâtre |
Opéra Bastille, Paris, France Orchestre de l’Opéra de Paris conductor: Thomas Engelbock Deborah Polaski (mezzo-soprano) |
17 May 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Cultureel Centrum De Spil, Roeselare, Belgium National Orchestra of Belgium conductor: Eivind Aadland |
17 May 2008 8.30pm |
Harold en Italie (Liszt transcription) |
Salle Aglaé Moyne, Pamiers, France Arnaud Thorette (viola) Johan Farjot (piano) |
18 May 2008 11.00am |
Harold en Italie | Historische Stadthalle – Großer
Saal, Wuppertal, Germany Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal conductor: Toshiyuki Kamioka Wolfram Christ (viola) |
18 May 2008 3.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Salle Henry
Le Bœuf, Brussels, Belgium National Orchestra of Belgium conductor: Eivind Aadland |
18 May 2008 3.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts
(Requiem)
(excerpts) Music of Heaven and Earth |
Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, USA Apollo Chorus conductor: Stephen Alltop |
18 May 2008 3.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Le Phénix, Valencienne, France Anima Eterna Ensemble conductor: Jos van Immersel |
18 May 2008 3.30pm |
Messe solennelle |
Cathédrale Saint-André, Bordeaux, France Orchestre Aquitaine Hauts-de-Garonne Chœur symphonique Polifonia Ensemble vocal d’Aquitaine Conductor: Éliane Lavail Junko Saïto-Cattelain (soprano) Michael Bennett (tenor) Vincent Lecornier (bass) |
18 May 2008 5.00pm |
Scene d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette) |
Teatro Filarmonico, Verona, Italy Orchestra dell’Arena conductor: Julian Kovatchev |
19 May 2008 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Historische Stadthalle – Großer
Saal, Wuppertal, Germany Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal conductor: Toshiyuki Kamioka Wolfram Christ (viola) |
19 May 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Flagey, Brussels, Belgium Anima Eterna Ensemble conductor: Jos van Immerseel |
19 May 2008 8.30pm |
Messe solennelle |
Cathédrale Saint-André, Bordeaux, France Orchestre Aquitaine Hauts-de-Garonne Chœur symphonique Polifonia Ensemble vocal d’Aquitaine Conductor: Éliane Lavail Junko Saïto-Cattelain (soprano) Michael Bennett (tenor) Vincent Lecornier (bass) |
19 May 2008 | Symphonie fantastique | Great Hall, Moscow Conservatoire,
Moscow, Russia Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus |
20 May 2008 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Alfried Krupp Saal, Philharmonie Essen, Essen,
Germany Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal conductor: Toshiyuki Kamioka Wolfram Christ (viola) |
21 May 2008 7.30pm |
“Romeo and Juliet” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette (workshop) |
Playhouse, Harlow, UK Independent Ballet Wales artistic director: Darius James |
22 May 2008 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Fantasy Night |
Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, USA Lakewood Symphony Orchestra conductor: Matthew Switzer |
22 May 2008 8.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict (excerpts) An Evening of Musical Shakespeare |
Atlanta Symphony Center, Atlanta, USA Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conductor: Nicholas McGegan Anne-Carolyn Bird (soprano) Georgia Shakespeare Theatre Actors |
22 May 2008 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Piazza Rossaro, Auditorium Rai, Turin,
Italy Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai conductor: Oleg Caetani |
23 May 2008 7.30pm |
“Romeo and Juliet” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury, UK Independent Ballet Wales artistic director: Darius James |
23 May 2008 8.00pm pre-concert talk by Colman Pearce at 6.45pm |
Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem) | National Concert Hall, Dublin,
Ireland RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra RTÉ Philharmonic Choir conductor: Gerhard Markson chorus master: Mark Duley Daniil Shtoda (tenor) |
23 May 2008 8.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict (excerpts) An Evening of Musical Shakespeare |
Atlanta Symphony Center, Atlanta, USA Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conductor: Nicholas McGegan Anne-Carolyn Bird (soprano) Georgia Shakespeare Theatre Actors |
23 May 2008 8.00pm |
Te Deum
Concert cancelled because of the fire in the Phiharmonie on 20 May |
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany Berliner Philharmoniker Rundfunkchor Berlin Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks Berliner Maedchenchor Chor der Hans-und-Hilde-Coppi-Oberschule Rundfunk-Kinderchor der Georg-Friedrich-Haendel-Oberschule Chor der Broendby-Oberschule Chor der Kurt-Tucholsky-Oberschule Maedchenchor der Sing-Akademie zu Berlin Staats- und Domchor Berlin conductor: Claudio Abbado Marius Brenciu (tenor) Iveta Apkalna (organ) |
23 May 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Cultureel Centrum Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium Anima Eterna Ensemble conductor: Jos van Immersseel |
23 May 2008 9.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Piazza Rossaro, Auditorium Rai, Turin,
Italy Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai conductor: Oleg Caetani |
23 May 2008 9.00pm |
Simfonia Fantàstica [Symphonie fantastique] |
L’Auditori Simfònica, Barcelona. Spain Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (OBC) conductor: Leonard Slatkin |
23 May 2008 | “Symphonie fantastique” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique |
Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, Australia The Australian Ballet Adelaide Symphony Orchestra conductor: Brett Kelly set, costume and video design: Tatyana van Walsum lighting design: Jon Buswell, relit by John Berrett |
24 May 2008 7.00pm |
Simfonia Fantàstica [Symphonie fantastique] |
L’Auditori Simfònica, Barcelona, Spain Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (OBC) conductor: Leonard Slatkin |
24 May 2008 8.00pm Recorded by the BBC for broadcast on Radio 3 on 7 July at 2.45pm, and available in the “Listen again” section of the station’s website for a week. |
Te Deum | Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany (change of venue because of fire in the Philharmonie on 20 May) Berliner Philharmoniker Rundfunkchor Berlin Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks Berliner Maedchenchor Chor der Hans-und-Hilde-Coppi-Oberschule Rundfunk-Kinderchor der Georg-Friedrich-Haendel-Oberschule Chor der Broendby-Oberschule Chor der Kurt-Tucholsky-Oberschule Maedchenchor der Sing-Akademie zu Berlin Staats- und Domchor Berlin conductor: Claudio Abbado Marius Brenciu (tenor) Iveta Apkalna (organ) |
24 May 2008 8.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict (excerpts) An Evening of Musical Shakespeare |
Atlanta Symphony Center, Atlanta, USA Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conductor: Nicholas McGegan Anne-Carolyn Bird (soprano) Georgia Shakespeare Theatre Actors |
24 May 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Grande Salle, Arsenal, Metz, France Anima Eterna Ensemble conductor: Jos van Immersel |
24 May 2008 8.00pm Recorded for broadcast on WGUC 90.9 on 3 November at 7.30pm |
Roméo et
Juliette Sung in French with English supertitles with projected artwork from around the world, curated by the Cincinnati Art Museum May Festival 2008 Finale |
Music Hall, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, USA Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra May Festival Chorus conductor: James Conlon Isabel Leonard (mezzo-soprano) John Aler (tenor) Donnie Ray Albert (baritone) |
24 May 2008 | “Symphonie fantastique” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique |
Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, Australia The Australian Ballet Adelaide Symphony Orchestra conductor: Brett Kelly set, costume and video design: Tatyana van Walsum lighting design: Jon Buswell, relit by John Berrett |
25 May 2008 11.00am |
Simfonia Fantàstica [Symphonie fantastique] |
L’Auditori Simfònica, Barcelona, Spain Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (OBC) conductor: Leonard Slatkin |
25 May 2008 11.00am pre-concert talk at 10.15 |
Overture Le Carnaval romain
Cléopâtre Symphonie fantastique |
Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany Philharmoniker Hamburg conductor: Bertrand de Billy Deborah Polaski (soprano) |
25 May 2008 4.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Arsenal, Metz, France Orchestre national de Lorraine conductor: Edmon Colomber |
25 May 2008 4.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Season Finale – Journeys of the Mind |
The Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, USA Greater Baltimore Youth Orchestra conductor: Jason Love |
25 May 2008 7.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Lighthouse, Poole, UK Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier |
25 May 2008 8.00pm |
Te Deum
Concert cancelled because of the fire in the Phiharmonie on 20 May |
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany Berliner Philharmoniker Rundfunkchor Berlin Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks Berliner Maedchenchor Chor der Hans-und-Hilde-Coppi-Oberschule Rundfunk-Kinderchor der Georg-Friedrich-Haendel-Oberschule Chor der Broendby-Oberschule Chor der Kurt-Tucholsky-Oberschule Maedchenchor der Sing-Akademie zu Berlin Staats- und Domchor Berlin conductor: Claudio Abbado Marius Brenciu (tenor) Iveta Apkalna (organ) |
25 May 2008 | Les Nuits d’été | Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, Ferrara,
Italy Mahler Chamber Orchestra conductor: Tugan Sokhiev Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano) |
25 May 2008 | “Symphonie fantastique” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique |
Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, Australia The Australian Ballet Adelaide Symphony Orchestra conductor: Brett Kelly set, costume and video design: Tatyana van Walsum lighting design: Jon Buswell, relit by John Berrett |
26 May 2008 8.00pm pre-concert talk at 7.15 |
Overture Le Carnaval romain
Cléopâtre Symphonie fantastique |
Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany Philharmoniker Hamburg conductor: Bertrand de Billy Deborah Polaski (soprano) |
26 May 2008 9.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Théâtre Capitol, Moncton, Canada Symphony New Brunswick conductor: Stephane Laforest Measha Brueggergosman (soprano) |
26 May 2008 | “Symphonie fantastique” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique |
Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, Australia The Australian Ballet Adelaide Symphony Orchestra conductor: Brett Kelly set, costume and video design: Tatyana van Walsum lighting design: Jon Buswell, relit by John Berrett |
27 May 2008 9.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Wilmot United Church, Fredericton, Canada Symphony New Brunswick conductor: Stephane Laforest Measha Brueggergosman (soprano) |
28 May 2008 1.10pm |
Villanelle
(from Les Nuits d’été) Fairies in Spring |
Crown Court Church of Scotland, Covent Garden, London, UK Kerry McDonnough (soprano) or Grace Trinnaman (soprano) (probably with piano accompaniment) |
28 May 2008 7.45pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict |
The Anvil, Basingstoke, UK Philharmonia Orchestra conductor: Sir Andrew Davis |
28 May 2008 9.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Théâtre
Imperial, Saint-Jean, Canada Symphony New Brunswick conductor: Stephane Laforest Measha Brueggergosman (soprano) |
29 May 2008 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN, USA Nashville Symphony Orchestra conductor: Leonard Slatkin |
29 May 2008 7.30pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict |
Royal Festival Hall, London, UK Philharmonia Orchestra conductor: Sir Andrew Davis |
29 May 2008 8.00pm |
Cléopâtre Symphonie fantastique |
Hangar 2, Tempelhof Airport, Berlin,
Germany (change of venue because of fire in the Philharmonie on 20 May) Berliner Philharmoniker conductor: Sir Simon Rattle Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) |
29 May 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Alfried Krupp Saal, Philharmonie
Essen, Essen, Germany Essener Philharmoniker conductor: Matthias Pintscher |
30 May 2008 7.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust | Musiktheater im Revier – Großes
Haus, Gelsenkirchen, Germany Musiktheater im Revier Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Cosima Sophia Osthoff chorus master: Christian Jeub cast: Marguerite: Anna Agathonos / Anke Sieloff Faust: Christopher Lincoln Méphistophélès: Nicolai Karnolsky Brander: Joachim Gabriel Maaß |
30 May 2008 7.30pm |
“Romeo and Juliet” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette (workshop) |
Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, Wales, UK Independent Ballet Wales artistic director: Darius James |
30 May 2008 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany NDR Sinfonieorchester conductor: Sylvain Cambreling |
30 May 2008 8.00pm |
Cléopâtre Symphonie fantastique |
Hangar 2, Tempelhof Airport, Berlin,
Germany (change of venue because of fire in the Philharmonie on 20 May) Berliner Philharmoniker conductor: Sir Simon Rattle Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) |
30 May 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Alfried Krupp Saal, Philharmonie
Essen, Essen, Germany Essener Philharmoniker conductor: Matthias Pintscher |
30 May 2008 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Les Nuits d’été |
Centre in the Square, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony conductor: Edwin Outwater Measha Brueggergosman (soprano) |
31 May 2008 7.30pm |
“Romeo and Juliet” Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette (workshop) |
Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, Wales, UK Independent Ballet Wales artistic director: Darius James |
31 May 2008 8.00pm |
Cléopâtre Symphonie fantastique |
Hangar 2, Tempelhof Airport, Berlin,
Germany (change of venue because of fire in the Philharmonie on 20 May) Berliner Philharmoniker conductor: Sir Simon Rattle Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) |
31 May 2008 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Les Nuits d’été |
Centre in the Square, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony conductor: Edwin Outwater Measha Brueggergosman (soprano) |