Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
The table below lists the performances in chronological order.
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2 January 2009 9.00pm |
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) Concert d’Any Nou [New Year Concert] |
Auditòrium de Palma de Mallorca, Palma, Spain Orquestra Simfònica de Balears "Ciutat de Palma" conductor: Philippe Bender |
3 January 2009 7.30pm |
Roméo Seul, Grande Fêtes chez Capulets (from Roméo et Juliette) |
Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon, UK Wiltshire and Swindon Youth Orchestra conductor: Gerald Cornelius |
4 January 2009 4.00pm |
Roméo Seul, Grande Fêtes chez Capulets (from Roméo et Juliette) |
Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon, UK Wiltshire and Swindon Youth Orchestra conductor: Gerald Cornelius |
4 January 2009 | Symphonie funèbre et triomphale XVII Concerto della Speranza [Concert of Hope] |
Palauditorium Karol Wojtyla,
Montescaglioso, Matera, Italy Rocco D’ambrosio di Montescaglioso Polifonica Rosa Ponselle (director: Giuseppe Ciaramella) conductor: Giovanni Pompeo |
6 January 2009 3.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Dreikönigskonzert der SHW-Bergkapelle [SHW-Bergkapelle’s Epiphany Concert] |
Stadthalle, Aalen, Germany SHW-Bergkapelle conductor: Philip Walford |
6 January 2009 | La Damnation de Faust
Sung in French with German surtitles |
Semperoper, Dresden, Germany Staatsopernchor Sinfoniechor Dresden e.V. Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden Kinderchor producer: Keith Warner sets: David Fielding costumes: Emma Ryott lighting: Jan Seeger conductor: Patrick Fournillier chorus master: Matthias Brauer choreographer: Nora Sitges-Sardà, Claudi Bombardó Anke Vondung (Marguerite) Vinson Cole (Faust) Kristinn Sigmundsson (Méphistophélès) Jacques-Greg Belobo (Brander) Christiane Hossfeld (Voix Céleste) |
7 January 2009 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Teatro Valli, Reggio Emilia, Italy Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai conductor: Gianandrea Noseda |
9 January 2009 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie |
Lincoln Theatre, Miami Beach, FL, USA New World Symphony conductor: Robert Spano Reid Harris (viola) |
10 January 2009 7.30pm |
Songs (unspecified) (probably Les Nuits d’été complete or a selection) Songs for All Seasons |
Watson Chamber Music Hall, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Glenn Siebert (tenor) Janine Hawley (mezzo-soprano) Allison Gagnon (piano) |
10 January 2009 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie |
Lincoln Theatre, Miami Beach, FL, USA New World Symphony conductor: Robert Spano Reid Harris (viola) |
10 January 2009 | 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 |
11 January 2009 3.00pm |
Harold en Italie |
Lincoln Theatre, Miami Beach, FL, USA New World Symphony conductor: Robert Spano Reid Harris (viola) |
11 January 2009 4.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été Concert du Nouvel An [New Year Concert) |
Basilique Saint-Denys d’Argenteuil,
Argenteuil, France Orchestre du Conservatoire conductor: Béatrice Maffei Noëlle Thibon (mezzo-soprano) |
11 January 2009 | La Damnation de Faust
Sung in French with German surtitles |
Semperoper, Dresden, Germany Staatsopernchor Sinfoniechor Dresden e.V. Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden Kinderchor producer: Keith Warner sets: David Fielding costumes: Emma Ryott lighting: Jan Seeger conductor: Patrick Fournillier chorus master: Matthias Brauer choreographer: Nora Sitges-Sardà, Claudi Bombardó Anke Vondung (Marguerite) Vinson Cole (Faust) Kristinn Sigmundsson (Méphistophélès) Jacques-Greg Belobo (Brander) Christiane Hossfeld (Voix Céleste) |
14 January 2009 3.00pm |
La ronde des animaux Poetry by Baudelaire, Brassens, La Fontaine, and Prévert Music by Berlioz, Debussy, Joseph Kosma, Offenbach and Rossini |
Espace Maurice Béjart,
Verneuil-sur-Seine, France A programme of poetry and music for children of 11 years old and above with Françoise Krief, Estelle Boin, George Mathieu, Véronique Joulin, Julien Mouchel, Laurent Clergeau stage manager: Frédéric Bang-Rouhet |
14 January 2009 8.00pm |
La Mort d’Ophelie Zaïde Presented by Friends of Chamber Music of Miami |
Wertheim Performing Arts Center, Florida International University, West
Miami-Dade, USA Kate Lindsey (mezzo-soprano) Ken Noda (piano) |
15 January 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain A Roman Holiday |
Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA North Carolina Symphony conductor: Michael Christie |
16 January 2009 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, Estonia Estonian National Symphony Orchestra conductor: Dmitri Slobodeniouk |
16 January 2009 7.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
City Halls Grand Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, UK Scottish Chamber Orchestra conductor: Olari Elts Kate Royal (soprano) |
16 January 2009 8.00pm Take Note discussion conducted by Neal Gittleman at 7.00 in the Mead Theatre |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Schuster Center, Dayton, OH, USA Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Neal Gittleman |
16 January 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain A Roman Holiday |
Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA North Carolina Symphony conductor: Michael Christie |
17 January 2009 7.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Scottish Chamber Orchestra conductor: Olari Elts Kate Royal (soprano) |
17 January 2009 8.00pm Take Note discussion conducted by Neal Gittleman at 7.00 in the Mead Theatre |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Festa Italiana! |
Schuster Center, Dayton, OH, USA Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Neal Gittleman |
17 January 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain A Roman Holiday |
Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA North Carolina Symphony conductor: Michael Christie |
17 January 2009 8.00pm pre-concert talk at 7.00 |
Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette) |
Victory Theatre, Evansville, IN, USA Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Alfred Savia |
17 January 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Festa Italiana! |
Granada Theatre, Santa Barbara, California, USA Santa Barbara Symphony conductor: Nir Kabaretti |
18 January 2009 3.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Granada Theatre, Santa Barbara, California, USA Santa Barbara Symphony conductor: Nir Kabaretti |
18 January 2009 4.00pm |
Mélodies (unspecified) | Opéra national de Lyon, Lyon,
France Anna Caterina Antonacci (mezzo-soprano) Donald Sulzen (piano) |
18 January 2009 4.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Gary Dickinson Performing Arts Center, Chillicothe, MO, USA Kansas City Symphony conductor: Steven Jarvi |
18 January 2009 | 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 |
20 January 2009 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, USA The Curtis Symphony Orchestra conductor: Christoph Eschenbach |
21 January 2009 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique (Liszt transcription) |
Salle Molière, Lyon, France Giovanni Bellucci (piano) |
22 January 2009 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Kennedy Center, Concert Hall, Washington, DC, USA National Symphony Orchestra conductor: Emmanuel Krivine |
22 January 2009 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Teatro monumental, Madrid, Spain Orquesta sinfónica de la Radio Television española conductor: George Pehlivanian Zandra McMaster (mezzo-soprano) |
23 January 2009 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été |
Teatro monumental, Madrid, Spain Orquesta sinfónica de la Radio Television española conductor: George Pehlivanianr Zandra McMaster (mezzo-soprano) |
23 January 2009 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Kennedy Center, Concert Hall, Washington, DC, USA National Symphony Orchestra conductor: Emmanuel Krivine |
23 January 2009 8.30pm |
Villanelle Le Spectre de la rose L’Île inconnue (from Les Nuits d’été) |
Auditorium, Lyon, France Orchestre national de Lyon conductor: Michel Plasson Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) |
24 January 2009 6.00pm |
Villanelle Le Spectre de la rose L’Île inconnue (from Les Nuits d’été) |
Auditorium, Lyon, France Orchestre national de Lyon conductor: Michel Plasson Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) |
24 January 2009 7.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ |
Cadogan Hall, London, UK Choir of London and Orchestra conductor: Sir Colin Davis soloists: Nicholas Muroy (Narrator) Catherine Hopper (Mary) Alex Ashworth (Joseph) George Humphreys (Herod) Jonathan Saunders (Polydorus / Father) Andrew Staples (Centurion) |
24 January 2009 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain 152nd Anniversary Concert |
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, USA The Philadelphia Orchestra conductor: Christoph Eschenbach |
24 January 2009 7.45pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Ravensbourne School, Bromley, UK Bromley Symphony Orchestra conductor: Adrian Brown |
24 January 2009 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Kennedy Center, Concert Hall, Washington, DC, USA National Symphony Orchestra conductor: Emmanuel Krivine |
24 January 2009 8.00pm |
Choral excerpts from: L’Enfance du Christ Lélio Le Ballet des ombres La Mort d’Ophélie Benvenuto Cellini Les Troyens La Damnation de Faust concert devoted to works by Berlioz and Fauré |
Théâtre Molière, Sète, France Chœurs de l’Opéra National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon conductor: Noëlle Geny |
24 January 2009 8.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Stories from Shakespeare |
Peace Center Concert Hall, Greenville, USA Greenville Symphony Orchestra conductor: Edvard Tchivzhel |
24 January 2009 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Umstattd Hall, McKinley High School, Canton, OH, USA Canton Symphony Orchestra conductor: Gerhardt Zimmermann |
25 January 2009 3.00pm |
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Stories from Shakespeare |
Peace Center Concert Hall, Greenville, USA Greenville Symphony Orchestra conductor: Edvard Tchivzhel |
25 January 2009 6.00pm |
Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette) | Neckar Forum, Esslingen am Neckar,
Germany Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR conductor: Andrey Boreyko |
28 January 2009 8.00pm |
Mélodies (unspecified) | Salle Favart, Opéra-Comique, Paris,
France Natalie Manfrino (soprano) Bertrand Chamayou (piano) |
28 January 2009 | 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 |
29 January 2009 7.30pm |
Overture Le Corsaire |
Royal Festival Hall, London, UK Philharmonia Orchestra conductor: Tugan Sokhiev |
29 January 2009 8.00pm |
Chasse royale et orage (from Les Troyens) | Theater aan de Parade, ’s-Hertogenbosch,
Netherlands Het Brabants Orkest conductor: Alan Buribayev |
31 January 2009 2.30pm pre-concert talk by Agnès Terrier See review by Christian Wasselin (in French) |
Marche d’Isly Marche marocaine Both by Léopold de Meyer; orch: Berlioz First orchestral performance of Marche d’Isly since 1846 |
Opéra Comique, Paris, France Orchestre Ostinato conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud See also comments by Pierre-René Serna and Michel Austin on Marche d’Isly |
31 January 2009 8.15pm |
Chasse royale et orage (from Les Troyens) | Muziekcentrum Frits Philips,
Eindhoven, Netherlands Het Brabants Orkest conductor: Alan Buribayev |