Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
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2 December 2009 7.30pm |
Works unspecified |
Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center, University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble director: Dr. Benjamin Pierce Current members of the Ensemble: Matthew Shipes, Debbie Aulerich, Balz Graber, Cameron Storm, Gregory Battista, Lee Larry, Jordan Wilhelm, and A. J. Miller on euphonium Jacob Grewe, Garrett Smith, Dustin Gililand, Jordonn Smith, Austin Hogan, John Banks, Justin Stowe, and Cory Davis on tuba |
3 December 2009 2.00pm and 7.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict |
Arrata Opera Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Calgary Opera Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Gordon Gerrard chorus director: Sandra Atkinson director of production: Tom McCarthy stage manager: Bonni Baynton cast (Emerging Artist Development Program participants): Isabelle Leclerc (soprano); Sharleen Joynt (soprano) Vivien Shotwell (mezzo-soprano); Lauren Phillips (mezzo-soprano) Isaiah Bell (tenor); Robert Clark (tenor) Matthew Cassils (baritone); Brent Calis (baritone) |
3 December 2009 7.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
H. Douglas Lee Chapel, Elizabeth Hall, DeLand, FL, USA Stetson Orchestra (Stetson University School of Music) Concert Choir (Stetson University School of Music) conductor: Andrew Larson |
3 December 2009 8.00pm |
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale | Église Saint-Louis des Invalides,
Paris, France Orchestre d’harmonie des gardiens de la paix conductor: Pierre Walter |
4 December 2009 2.00pm and 7.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict |
Arrata Opera Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Calgary Opera Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Gordon Gerrard chorus director: Sandra Atkinson director of production: Tom McCarthy stage manager: Bonni Baynton cast (Emerging Artist Development Program participants): Isabelle Leclerc (soprano); Sharleen Joynt (soprano) Vivien Shotwell (mezzo-soprano); Lauren Phillips (mezzo-soprano) Isaiah Bell (tenor); Robert Clark (tenor) Matthew Cassils (baritone); Brent Calis (baritone) |
4 December 2009 7.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
H. Douglas Lee Chapel, Elizabeth Hall, DeLand, FL, USA Stetson Orchestra (Stetson University School of Music) Concert Choir (Stetson University School of Music) conductor: Andrew Larson |
4 December 2009 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique In Fantasy |
Neel Performing Arts Center, Bradenton, Florida, USA Sarasota Orchestra conductor: Dirk Meyer |
4 December 2009 8.00pm |
Songs (unspecified) |
Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, Dearborn, MI, USA Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano) Serouj Kradjian (piano) |
5 December 2009 3.00pm (final rehearsal) |
Roméo et Juliette (selections) |
Sherwood Hall, Salinas, California, USA Monterey Symphony conductor: Arthur Post |
5 December 2009 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Shostakovich Philharmonic Hall, Grand Hall, St Petersburg, Russia St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Ignat Solzhenitsyn |
5 December 2009 7.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict |
Arrata Opera Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Calgary Opera Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Gordon Gerrard chorus director: Sandra Atkinson director of production: Tom McCarthy stage manager: Bonni Baynton cast (Emerging Artist Development Program participants): Isabelle Leclerc (soprano); Sharleen Joynt (soprano) Vivien Shotwell (mezzo-soprano); Lauren Phillips (mezzo-soprano) Isaiah Bell (tenor); Robert Clark (tenor) Matthew Cassils (baritone); Brent Calis (baritone) |
5 December 2009 7.30pm |
Marche hongroise
(From La Damnation de Faust)
Te Deum |
St. Paul’s Church, Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK Philharmonia Orchestra of North Wales Colwyn Choral Society (director: Graham Eccles) Conwy Valley Mixed Choir (director: Trystan Lewis) conductor: Graham Eccles Ian Yemm (tenor) |
5 December 2009 7.30pm |
Songe d’une nuit du sabbat (from Symphonie fantastique) |
The
Performing Arts Centre, Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School, Ivanhoe (a
suburb of Melbourne), Victoria, Australia Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra conductor: Christopher Kopke |
5 December 2009 7.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte
Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) The Voice of Advent |
All Saints’ Church, West Dulwich, London, UK The Ionian Singers conductor: Timothy Salter Timothy Salter (organ) |
5 December 2009 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (selections) |
Sherwood Hall, Salinas, California, USA Monterey Symphony conductor: Arthur Post |
5 December 2009 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique In Fantasy |
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Sarasota, Florida, USA Sarasota Orchestra conductor: Dirk Meyer |
5 December 2009 8.00pm |
Die Kindheit Jesu [L’Enfance du Christ] |
Neubaukirche, Würzburg, Germany Monteverdichor Würzburg Mainphilharmonie Würzburg conductor: Matthias Beckert Barbara Bräckelmann (mezzo-soprano) Daniel Jenz (tenor) Johannes Weinhuber (baritone) Jens Hamann (bass) |
6 December 2009 2.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique In Fantasy |
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Sarasota, Florida, USA Sarasota Orchestra conductor: Dirk Meyer |
6 December 2009 3.00pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) |
Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio, USA Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra conductor: Patrick Reynolds |
6 December 2009 3.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (selections) |
Sunset Theater, Sunset Cultural Center, Carmel, California, USA Monterey Symphony conductor: Arthur Post |
6 December 2009 5.00pm |
Die Kindheit Jesu [L’Enfance du Christ] |
Neubaukirche, Würzburg, Germany Monteverdichor Würzburg Mainphilharmonie Würzburg conductor: Matthias Beckert Barbara Bräckelmann (mezzo-soprano) Daniel Jenz (tenor) Johannes Weinhuber (baritone) Jens Hamann (bass) |
6 December 2009 6.00pm |
Die Kindheit Jesu [L’Enfance du Christ] | St. Maximin, Trier, Germany Trierer Konzertchor Philharmonische Orchester Trier conductor: Manfred May Gundula Schneider (mezzo-soprano) Tobias Scharfenberger (baritone) Helmut Wildhaber (tenor) Dominik Nekel (bass) |
6 December 2009 7.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
H. Douglas Lee Chapel, Elizabeth Hall, DeLand, FL, USA Stetson Orchestra (Stetson University School of Music) Concert Choir (Stetson University School of Music) conductor: Andrew Larson |
7 December 2009 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (selections) |
Sunset Theater, Sunset Cultural Center, Carmel, California, USA Monterey Symphony conductor: Arthur Post |
7 December 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, USA Juilliard Orchestra conductor: James DePreist |
11 December 2009 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Royal College of Music, Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, London, UK RCM Sinfonietta conductor: Sam Draper |
11 December 2009 7.30pm |
Intrata di Rob-Roy MacGregor (Overture Rob Roy) |
Grace Presbyterian Church, Centennial, CO, USA South Suburban Community Orchestra conductor: René Knetsch |
11 December 2009 8.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) | Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA University Symphony Orchestra [Michigan] University Chamber Choir [Michigan] University Choir [Michigan] conductor: Professor Kenneth Kiesler |
11 December 2009 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Liszt transcription Fête du 206e anniversaire de la naissance de Berlioz [Celebration of 206th anniversary of Berlioz’s birth] |
Église Saint-André,
La Côte Saint-André, France Eric Ferrand N’Kaoua (piano) |
11 December 2009 9.00pm |
Works unspecified | Salle du foyer rural de Loulay,
Loulay, France Orchestre symphonique des Vals de Saintonge conductor: Francis Gardré |
12 December 2009 6.00pm |
Les Troyens | Tiroler Landestheater, Großes Haus,
Innsbruck, Austria Tiroler Landestheater Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Nicolas Chalvin producer: Brigitte Fassbaender cast: Cassandre: Jennifer Chamandy Énée: Daniel Magdal Ascagne: Christine Buffle Astyanax: Gustav Bloeb Chorèbe: Bernd Valentin Hécube: Susanna von der Burg Hélénus: Thomas Paul Panthée: Michael Dries Priam: Ulrich Burdack Hector: Marc Kugel Un Soldat: Andreas Mattersberger Un chef Grec: Sebastian Krogge Didon: Michelle Breedt Anna: Lysianne Tremblay Iopas: Brenden Gunnell Narbal: Sébastien Soules Un prêtre: Sebastian Kroggel Mercure: Andreas Mattersberger Hylas: Fabiano Cordeiro/Martin Mitterrutzner Soldat 1: Andreas Mattersberger Soldat 2: Sebastian Kroggel |
12 December 2009 6.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte
Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
St Clement Danes, Strand, London, UK Coro (London Chamber Choir) conductor: Mark Griffiths |
12 December 2009 7.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été Algiers Festival of Symphonic Music |
Algerian National Theatre Mahieddine Bachtarzi, Algiers,
Algeria Lea Trommemnschlager (soprano) Erika Hashimoto (piano) |
12 December 2009 7.30pm |
Te Deum |
Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, UK Salisbury Music Society Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra conductor: David Halls William Unwin (tenor) Daniel Cook (organ) |
12 December 2009 7.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte
Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
Royal Festival Hall, London, UK Philharmonia Orchestra Philharmonia Chorus conductor: Christopher Warren-Green |
12 December 2009 7.30pm |
Works unspecified (probably “Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille”, from L’Enfance du Christ Deck the Halls |
Lied Center for Performing Arts, Lincoln, NE, USA Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra Lincoln Boys Choir (director: Burton Schernikau) University of Nebraska at Kearney Choraleers (director: Dr. David Bauer) conductor: Dr. Tyler G. White |
12 December 2009 7.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte
Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
All Saints Church, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK Barry Choral Society conductor: Ian Rhys Parker accompanied by Emma Arscott |
12 December 2009 7.30pm |
“Le Spectre
de la Rose” Ballet based on a poem by Théophile Gautier set to L’Invitation à la valse Weber; orch. Berlioz Celebration of centenary of the Ballets Russes |
Opéra national
de Paris, Palais Garnier,
Paris, France Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris conductor: Vello Pähn choreography: Mikhaïl Fokine decor and costume: Léon Bakst |
12 December 2009 8.30pm |
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale | Église Saint Thomas d’Aquin,
Paris, France Orchestre la Sirène Ensemble vocal de Saint Thomas d’Aquin conductor: Fabrice Colas |
13 December 2009 5.00pm |
Works unspecified Traditional Christmas Concert |
Église Saint-Germain,
Courseulles-sur-Mer, France Ensemble vocal Marguerite-Rioult chorus master: Anita Piantino |
13 December 2009 8.00pm |
“Le Spectre
de la Rose” Ballet based on a poem by Théophile Gautier set to L’Invitation à la valse Weber; orch. Berlioz Celebration of centenary of the Ballets Russes |
Opéra national
de Paris, Palais Garnier,
Paris, France Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris conductor: Vello Pähn choreography: Mikhaïl Fokine decor and costume: Léon Bakst |
13 December 2009 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 2009 7.15pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte
Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) A Christmas Carol Concert with audience participation |
St Andrew’s Church, St Andrew’s Hill, Norwich, UK Anglian Singers conductor: Kate Trett accompanist: John Barham |
15 December 2009 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Tonhalle Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland Akademische Orchester Zürich conductor: Johannes Schlaefli |
15 December 2009 7.30pm |
“Le Spectre
de la Rose” Ballet based on a poem by Théophile Gautier set to L’Invitation à la valse Weber; orch. Berlioz Celebration of centenary of the Ballets Russes |
Opéra national
de Paris, Palais Garnier,
Paris, France Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris conductor: Vello Pähn choreography: Mikhaïl Fokine decor and costume: Léon Bakst |
16 December 2009 7.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte
Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) Christmas Concert |
St Columba’s Church,
Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK Shetland Choral Society conductor: Nigel Hayward |
16 December 2009 7.30pm |
Marche hongroise
(from La Damnation de Faust) Winter Concert |
Auditorium, Millburn High School, Millburn, New Jersey, USA Millburn High School Orchestra conductor: Karen Conrad |
16 December 2009 7.30pm |
“Le Spectre
de la Rose” Ballet based on a poem by Théophile Gautier set to L’Invitation à la valse Weber; orch. Berlioz Celebration of centenary of the Ballets Russes |
Opéra national
de Paris, Palais Garnier,
Paris, France Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris conductor: Vello Pähn choreography: Mikhaïl Fokine decor and costume: Léon Bakst |
16 December 2009 8.00pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte
Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) Christmas Concert |
St George’s Church, Gravesend, Kent, UK Gravesham Choral Society conductor: Alan Vincent Geoffrey Lester (organ) |
17 December 2009 7.30pm |
Cléopâtre Overture to La fuite en Egypte (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Scottish Chamber Orchestra conductor: Robin Ticciati Karen Cargill (mezzo soprano) |
17 December 2009 8.00pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte
Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) Christmas Concert |
St George’s Church, Gravesend, Kent, UK Gravesham Choral Society conductor: Alan Vincent Geoffrey Lester (organ) |
17 December 2009 8.30pm |
Choruses from operas (unspecified) | Salle des fêtes,
Verteuil d’Agenais, France Chœurs, Solistes et Orchestre du Centre Philharmonique Verteuil d’Agenais conductor: Richard Beswick |
18 December 2009 7.30pm |
Cléopâtre Overture to La fuite en Egypte (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
City Halls, Glasgow, Scotland, UK Scottish Chamber Orchestra conductor: Robin Ticciati Karen Cargill (mezzo soprano) |
18 December 2009 7.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
St. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church, Lenox, MA, USA Berkshire Concert Choir conductor: John E. Cheney accompanied by Anne Marcure |
18 December 2009 7.30pm |
“Le Spectre
de la Rose” Ballet based on a poem by Théophile Gautier set to L’Invitation à la valse Weber; orch. Berlioz Celebration of centenary of the Ballets Russes |
Opéra national
de Paris, Palais Garnier,
Paris, France Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris conductor: Vello Pähn choreography: Mikhaïl Fokine decor and costume: Léon Bakst |
18 December 2009 8.00pm |
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) Annual Holiday Concert 2009: “Shepherds: Follow the Star,” |
Old South Church, Boston, MA, USA Chorus Pro Musica conductor: Betsy Burleigh |
18 December 2009 8.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Chapelle du lycée-collège Jacques-Decour, Paris, France Les Concerts d’Athalie Les Chœurs d’Athalie conductor: Léonard Ganvert soloists: Romain Pascal, Élodie Salmon, Pierre Théobald, Franck Biet, Douglas Henderson |
18 December 2009 8.30pm |
Choruses from operas (unspecified) | Salle des fêtes, Monbazillac, France Chœurs, Solistes et Orchestre du Centre Philharmonique Verteuil d’Agenais conductor: Richard Beswick |
18 December 2009 9.00pm |
Operatic arias (unspecified) Programme included aslo works by Mozart, Lully, Purcell, Disette, Strauss, Britten and Offenbach Femmes Enchantées [Enchanted Women] |
Centre d’Action Culturelle, Mazeres, France Compagnie Calune : Catherine Bernardini (soprano) Mireille Bertrand (mezzo soprano) Hélène Delalande (alto) Eloïse Urbain (piano) stage director: Emmanuel Delattre |
19 December 2009 3.00pm |
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
Zion’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pittsfield, MA, USA Berkshire Concert Choir conductor: John E. Cheney accompanied by Anne Marcure |
19 December 2009 4.00pm |
Choruses from operas (unspecified) | Salle des fêtes, Puy l’Evêque, France Chœurs, Solistes et Orchestre du Centre Philharmonique Verteuil d’Agenais conductor: Richard Beswick |
19 December 2009 7.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts
(Requiem) – selections |
Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY, USA The Moscow Boys Choir conductor: Leonid Baklushin |
19 December 2009 7.30pm pre-concert talk at 6.30 |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Rosengarten, Mozartsaal, Mannheim, Germany SWR Orchester conductor: Ludovic Morlot |
19 December 2009 7.30pm |
Cléopâtre Overture to La fuite en Egypte (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
Music Hall, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK Scottish Chamber Orchestra conductor: Robin Ticciati Karen Cargill (mezzo soprano) |
19 December 2009 7.30pm |
“Le Spectre
de la Rose” Ballet based on a poem by Théophile Gautier set to L’Invitation à la valse Weber; orch. Berlioz Celebration of centenary of the Ballets Russes |
Opéra national
de Paris, Palais Garnier,
Paris, France Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris conductor: Vello Pähn choreography: Mikhaïl Fokine decor and costume: Léon Bakst |
19 December 2009 7.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
All Saints Church, Chester,
UK Chester Music Society Youth Choir conductor: Helena Thomas |
20 December 2009 11.00am |
Roméo et Juliette | Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany Badischer staatsorchester Badischer Staatsopernchor CoroPiccolo Karlsruhe (with additional choristers from the Badischer Staatstheater) conductor: Justin Brown chorus masters: Ulrich Wagner and Christian-Markus Raiser Ewa Wolak (alto) Stefan Stoll (baritone) Klaus Schneider (tenor) |
20 December 2009 3.30pm |
Marche hongroise
(from La Damnation de Faust) Concert de Noël |
Salle des fêtes, Ecques, France Harmonie municipale d’Ecques conductor: Fabien Pauchet |
20 December 2009 4.00pm |
Choruses from operas (unspecified) |
Salle du Palays, Pujols, France Chœurs, Solistes et Orchestre du Centre Philharmonique Verteuil d’Agenais conductor: Richard Beswick |
20 December 2009 8.00pm |
“Le Spectre
de la Rose” Ballet based on a poem by Théophile Gautier set to L’Invitation à la valse Weber; orch. Berlioz Celebration of centenary of the Ballets Russes |
Opéra national
de Paris, Palais Garnier,
Paris, France Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris conductor: Vello Pähn choreography: Mikhaïl Fokine decor and costume: Léon Bakst |
21 December 2009 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette | Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany Badischer staatsorchester Badischer Staatsopernchor CoroPiccolo Karlsruhe (with additional choristers from the Badischer Staatstheater) conductor: Justin Brown chorus masters: Ulrich Wagner and Christian-Markus Raiser Ewa Wolak (alto) Stefan Stoll (baritone) Klaus Schneider ( tenor) |
22 December 2009 7.00pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte
Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
Church of St. John the Divine, Victoria, BC, Canada Victoria Philharmonic Choir conductor: Peter Butterfield Nicholas Fairbank (organ) |
22 December 2009 7.30pm |
“Le Spectre
de la Rose” Ballet based on a poem by Théophile Gautier set to L’Invitation à la valse Weber; orch. Berlioz Celebration of centenary of the Ballets Russes |
Opéra national
de Paris, Palais Garnier,
Paris, France Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris conductor: Vello Pähn choreography: Mikhaïl Fokine decor and costume: Léon Bakst |
22 December 2009 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Concert Hall, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Chung Myung-whun |
23 December 2009 7.30pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte
Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) |
Barbican Hall, London, UK London Concert Orchestra The Bach Choir Trinity Boys Choir conductor: David Hill |
23 December 2009 7.30pm |
“Le Spectre
de la Rose” Ballet based on a poem by Théophile Gautier set to L’Invitation à la valse Weber; orch. Berlioz Celebration of centenary of the Ballets Russes |
Opéra national
de Paris, Palais Garnier,
Paris, France Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris conductor: Vello Pähn choreography: Mikhaïl Fokine decor and costume: Léon Bakst |
23 December 2009 7.45pm |
L’Enfance du Christ |
Stadthaus Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland Musikkollegium Winterthur Schweizer Kammerchor (chorus master: Fritz Näf) conductor: Douglas Boyd Brett Polegato (Joseph) Renata Pokupic (Marie) John Mark Ainsley (Le Récitant) Matthew Rose (Hérode) David Wilson Johnson (Père de famille) |
24 December 2009 11.00pm |
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte
Famille (from L’Enfance du Christ) Midnight Eucharist |
Holy Trinity Church, Coventry, UK The Choir of Holy Trinity Church |
25 December 2009 6.00pm |
Троянцы
[Les Troyens]
Staged performance Performed in French, accompanied by captions in Russian |
Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Valery Gergiev principal chorus master: Andrei Petrenko producer: Carlos Padrissa choreography: Emil Chamfer video graphics: Frank Aleu Mariinsky Theatre soloists: Énée: Sergei Semishkur Chorèbe: Alexei Markov Panthée: Vadim Kravets Narbal: Yuri Vorobiev Ascagne: Oksana Shilova Cassandre: Larisa Gogolevskaya Didon: Ekaterina Semenchuk Anna: Zlata Bulycheva Priam: Timur Abdikeyev |
26 December 2009 7.30pm |
“Le Spectre
de la Rose” Ballet based on a poem by Théophile Gautier set to L’Invitation à la valse Weber; orch. Berlioz Celebration of centenary of the Ballets Russes |
Opéra national
de Paris, Palais Garnier,
Paris, France Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris conductor: Vello Pähn choreography: Mikhaïl Fokine decor and costume: Léon Bakst |
27 December 2009 6.00pm |
Троянцы
[Les Troyens]
Staged performance Performed in French, accompanied by captions in Russian |
Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Valery Gergiev principal chorus master: Andrei Petrenko producer: Carlos Padrissa choreography: Emil Chamfer video graphics: Frank Aleu Mariinsky Theatre soloists: Énée: Leonid Zakhozhaev Chorèbe: Alexander Gergalov Panthée: Nikolai Kamensky Narbal: Mikhail Petrenko Ascagne: Zhanna Dombrovskaya Cassandre: Mlada Khudoley Didon: Ekaterina Semenchuk Anna: Lyubov Sokolova Priam: Timur Abdikeyev |
28 December 2009 7.30pm |
“Le Spectre
de la Rose” Ballet based on a poem by Théophile Gautier set to L’Invitation à la valse Weber; orch. Berlioz Celebration of centenary of the Ballets Russes |
Opéra national
de Paris, Palais Garnier,
Paris, France Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris conductor: Vello Pähn choreography: Mikhaïl Fokine decor and costume: Léon Bakst |