Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
The table below lists the performances in chronological order.
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| 1 June 2012 7.00pm Recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3 at 2.00pm on 10 June 2012 |
Les Nuits d’été St David’s Cathedral Festival |
St David’s Cathedral, St Davids,
Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK BBC National Orchestra of Wales conductor: Sian Edwards Anna Stephany (mezzo-soprano) |
| 1 June 2012 7.30pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini | Frauenthal Theater, Muskegon, Michigan, USA West Michigan Symphony conductor: Scott Speck |
| 2 June 2012 7.30pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini | Frauenthal Theater, Muskegon, Michigan, USA West Michigan Symphony conductor: Scott Speck |
| 2 June 2012 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Konzerttheater, Großer Saa, Coesfeld, Germany Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz conductor: Karl-Heinz Steffens |
| 5 June 2012 5.30pm |
Villanelle Spectre de la rose L’Île Inconnue (from Les nuits d’été) Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival |
The Inn at 202 Dover, Easton, Maryland, USA Christine Brandes (soprano) Lydia Brown (piano) |
| 5 June 2012 7.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust Festspillene i Bergen [Bergen International Festival] |
Grieghallen, Griegsalen, Bergen, Norway Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester Bergen Filharmoniske Kor Collegiûm Mûsicûm Kor Vest Bergen Guttekor Den Nye Operas Barnekor conductor: Sir Andrew Davis chorus master: Håkon Matti Skrede Christine Rice (Marguerite) Paul Groves (Faust) Bryn Terfel (Méphistophélès) Håvard Stensvold (Brander) |
| 6 June 2012 6.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust Festspillene i Bergen [Bergen International Festival] |
Grieghallen, Griegsalen, Bergen, Norway Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester Bergen Filharmoniske Kor Collegiûm Mûsicûm Kor Vest Bergen Guttekor Den Nye Operas Barnekor conductor: Sir Andrew Davis chorus master: Håkon Matti Skrede Christine Rice (Marguerite) Paul Groves (Faust) Bryn Terfel (Méphistophélès) Håvard Stensvold (Brander) |
| 6 June 2012 7.30-9.30pm |
Tackling Les Troyens - Insights
Evening In conjunction with the new production of Les Troyens at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden (25, 28 June; 1, 5, 8, 11 July) |
Linbury Studio Theatre at Royal
Opera House, London, UK The Music Director of the Royal Opera, Antonio Pappano, singers and music staff focus on the music of Berlioz’s epic opera. |
| 6 June 2012 7.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Musikverein, Großer Saal, Vienna, Austria Wiener Virtuosen Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano) |
| 7 June 2012 7.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Concert Hall, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC,
USA National Symphony Orchestr: conductor: Christoph Eschenbach |
| 8 June 2012 7.30pm |
Cléopâtre Roméo et Juliette (selections) Shakespeare in Music |
Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver, CO, USA Colorado Symphony Orchestra conductor: Andrés Cárdenes Michelle DeYoung (mezzo soprano) |
| 8 June 2012 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Concert Hall, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC,
USA National Symphony Orchestr: conductor: Christoph Eschenbach |
| 8 June 2012 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Harold en Italie Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale |
Palais des Beaux-Arts / Salle Henry Le Bœuf,
Brussels, Belgium Orchestre National de Belgique Musique Royale des Guides Philharmonischer Chor der Stadt Bonn conductor: Stefan Blunier Gérard Caussé (viola) |
| 9 June 2012 7.30pm |
Cléopâtre Roméo et Juliette (selections) Shakespeare in Music |
Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver, CO, USA Colorado Symphony Orchestra conductor: Andrés Cárdenes Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano) |
| 9 June 2012 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Kulturpalast, Festsaal, Dresden, Germany Dresdener Philharmonie conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos |
| 9 June 2012 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique (2nd movement: Un bal) |
Parc de l’Ile Verte (Parc des
trois tours), Grenoble, France Ensemble Epsilon: Franck Pulcini (trumpet) Jean-Pierre Cenedese (horn) Bruno Flahou (trombone) Thierry Thibault (tuba) In partnership with the Festival Berlioz at La Côte Saint André |
| 9 June 2012 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Concert Hall, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC,
USA National Symphony Orchestr: conductor: Christoph Eschenbach |
| 9 June 2012 8.30pm [Rehearsals throughout the afternoon] |
Symphonie fantastique “Symphony in a Day” (final concert of the MSO’s 5-day Education Week) |
Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne,
Australia Musicians of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra joined by 105 amateurs conductor: Benjamin Northey facilitator: Paul Rissmann |
| 9 June 2012 8.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été Festival de Saint-Denis |
Maison d’éducation de la Légion
d’honneur, Saint-Denis, Paris, France Nora Gubisch (mezzo-soprano) Alain Altinoglu (piano) |
| 10 June 2012 2.30pm |
Cléopâtre Roméo et Juliette (selections) Shakespeare in Music |
Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver, CO, USA Colorado Symphony Orchestra conductor: Andrés Cárdenes Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano) |
| 10 June 2012 6.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Lélio, ou le retour à la vie |
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo conductor: Roberto Abbado soloists: Markus Werba, Mario Zeffiri narrator: Toni Servillo |
| 10 June 2012 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Verizon
Hall, Philadelphia, USA Philadelphia Youth Orchestra conductor: Louis Scaglione |
| 10 June 2012 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Kulturpalast, Festsaal, Dresden, Germany Dresdener Philharmonie conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos |
| 12 June 2012 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastiche Lélio, ou le retour à la vie |
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo conductor: Roberto Abbado soloists: Markus Werba, Mario Zeffiri narrator: Toni Servillo |
| 13 June 2012 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique Wörthersee Classics Festival 2012 |
Klagenfurt Konzerthaus Klagenfurt, Austria Tatarstan Symphony Orchestra conductor: Nicola Giuliani |
| 13 June 2012 8.00pm |
Orphée et Eurydice
Gluck, Berlioz version (1859), sung in Italian |
Grand Théâtre Massenet, Saint-Etienne, France Orchestre Symphonique Saint-Étienne Loire Chœur Lyrique Saint-Étienne Loire Ballet National de Marseille director: Frédéric Flamand conductor: Giuseppe Grazzioli with: Varduhi Abrahamian, Blandine Folio Perez, Ingrid Perruche, Maïlys de Villoutrey |
| 15 June 2012 8.00pm |
Orphée et Eurydice
Gluck, Berlioz version (1859), sung in Italian |
Grand Théâtre Massenet, Saint-Etienne, France Orchestre Symphonique Saint-Étienne Loire Chœur Lyrique Saint-Étienne Loire Ballet National de Marseille director: Frédéric Flamand conductor: Giuseppe Grazzioli with: Varduhi Abrahamian, Blandine Folio Perez, Ingrid Perruche, Maïlys de Villoutrey |
| 15 June 2012 8.00pm |
Waverley Overture | Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide,
Australia Adelaide Symphony Orchestra conductor: Nicholas McGegan |
| 16 June 2012 6.30pm |
Waverley Overture | Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide,
Australia Adelaide Symphony Orchestra conductor: Nicholas McGegan |
| 16 June 2012 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie | Tonhalle, Grosser Saal, Zürich, Switzerland Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich conductor: David Zinman Michel Rouilly (viola) |
| 16 June 2012 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique 60th anniversary gala concert |
Flint Center, Cupertino, CA, USA San Jose Youth Symphony conductor: Yair Samet |
| 17 June 2012 3.00pm |
Orphée et Eurydice
Gluck, Berlioz version (1859), sung in Italian |
Grand Théâtre Massenet, Saint-Etienne, France Orchestre Symphonique Saint-Étienne Loire Chœur Lyrique Saint-Étienne Loire Ballet National de Marseille director: Frédéric Flamand conductor: Giuseppe Grazzioli with: Varduhi Abrahamian, Blandine Folio Perez, Ingrid Perruche, Maïlys de Villoutrey |
| 17 June 2012 5.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Tonhalle, Grosser Saal, Zürich, Switzerland Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Switzerland conductor: David Zinman Michel Rouilly (viola) |
| 17 June 2012 | Works unspecified programme also includes works by Bellini, Dvorak, Franck, Gluck, Gounod, Hoffenbach, Massenet, Puccini, Rossini and, Saint Saëns Concert for the benefit of l’Enfant Bleu |
Notre Dame de Nazareth, Toulouse,
France Il Coretto: Anne Seignol (soprano) Monica Bello (mezzo-soprano) Philippe Faugère (tenor) Désiré Ramanich (bass) Katja Glauche (piano) |
| 19 June 2012 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie | Salle Equilibre, Fribourg, Switzerland Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich conductor: David Zinman Michel Rouilly (viola) |
| 19 June 2012 8.00pm |
Songs (unspecified) | Opéra, Strasbourg, France Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) |
| 21 June 2012 7.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust | Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, USA Seattle Symphony Northwest Boychoir Men of Vocalpoint! Seattle Seattle Symphony Chorale conductor: Ludovic Morlot director: Joseph Crnko Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano) Richard Leech (tenor) David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) Charles Robert Stephens (baritone) |
| 22 June 2012 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Brevard Music Center, Brevard, North Carolina,
USA Brevard Music Center Orchestra conductor: JoAnn Falletta |
| 22 June 2012 8.30pm |
La cave d’Auerbach à Leipzig (from La Damnation de Faust) Festival des Forêts |
Parc de la Brunerie, Choisy au Bac,
Compiègne, France Chœur de l’Armée française conductor: Aurore Tillac |
| 22 June 2012 8.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust New staged production St Galler Festspiele [St Gallen Festival] |
Klosterhof, St Gallen, Switzerland Sinfonieorchester St.Gallen Chor des Theaters St. Gallen conductor: Sébastien Rouland producer: Carlos Wagner sets: Rifail Ajdarpasic Marguerite: Elena Maximova / Katja Starke Faust: Giorgio Berrugi Méphistophélès: Mirco Palazzi / Wade Kernot |
| 23 June 2012 8.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust | Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA USA Seattle Symphony Northwest Boychoir Men of Vocalpoint! Seattle Seattle Symphony Chorale conductor: Ludovic Morlot director: Joseph Crnko Ruxandra Donose ( mezzo-soprano) Richard Leech (tenor) David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) Charles Robert Stephens (baritone) |
| 23 June 2012 8.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust New staged production St Galler Festspiele [St Gallen Festival] |
Klosterhof, St Gallen, Switzerland Sinfonieorchester St.Gallen Chor des Theaters St. Gallen conductor: Sébastien Rouland producer: Carlos Wagner sets: Rifail Ajdarpasic Marguerite: Elena Maximova / Katja Starke Faust: Giorgio Berrugi Méphistophélès: Mirco Palazzi / Wade Kernot |
| 23 June 2012 8.30pm |
Les Nuits d’été La Mort d’Ophélie The Midsummer Festival |
Théâtre éphémère, Château d’Hardelot,
Condette, France Stéphanie d’Oustrac (mezzo-soprano) Pascal Jourdan (piano) |
| 24 June 2012 4.00pm |
Orphée et Eurydice
Gluck, Berlioz version (1859), sung in Italian |
Opéra Royal, Château de Versailles,
Versailles, France Orchestre Symphonique Saint-Étienne Loire Chœur Lyrique Saint-Étienne Loire Ballet National de Marseille director: Frédéric Flamand conductor: Giuseppe Grazzioli with: Varduhi Abrahamian, Blandine Folio Perez, Ingrid Perruche, Maïlys de Villoutrey |
| 24 June 2012 5.00pm |
“Mythos Faust” Music by Hector Berlioz, Louis Vierne, Thierry Escaich, Franz Schubert, Petr Eben und Edwin H. Lemare St Galler Festspiele [St Gallen Festival] |
Kathedrale, St Gallen, Switzerland Willibald Guggenmos (organ) |
| 25 June 2012 8.00pm Live broadcast on BBC Radio 3 |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) City of London Festival 2012 |
St Paul’s Cathedral, London, UK London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Sir Colin Davis Barry Banks (tenor) |
| 25 June 2012 8.00pm |
Orphée et Eurydice
Gluck, Berlioz version (1859), sung in Italian |
Opéra Royal, Château de Versailles,
Versailles, France Orchestre Symphonique Saint-Étienne Loire Chœur Lyrique Saint-Étienne Loire Ballet National de Marseille director: Frédéric Flamand conductor: Giuseppe Grazzioli with: Varduhi Abrahamian, Blandine Folio Perez, Ingrid Perruche, Maïlys de Villoutrey |
| 25 June 2012 | Les Troyens
New production |
Royal Opera House Covent Garden,
London, UK Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Antonio Pappano producer: David McVicar choreographer: Andrew George sets: Es Devlin costumes: Moritz Junge lighting: Wolfgang Göbbel cast: Cassandre: Anna Caterina Antonacci Ascagne: Barbara Senator Hécube: Pamela Helen Stephen Chorèbe: Fabio Capitanucci Enée: Bryan Hymel Panthée: Ashley Holland Ghost of Hector: Jihoon Kim Priam: Gwynne Howell Trojan Soldier/ The God Mercury: Daniel Grice Greek Captain: Lukas Jakobski Helenus: Ji Hyun Kim Didon Eva-Maria: Westbroek Anna: Hanna Hipp Iopas: Ji-Min Park Hylas: Ed Lyon Narbal: Brindley Sherratt |
| 26 June 2012 8.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) City of London Festival 2012 |
St Paul’s Cathedral, London, UK London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conductor Sir Colin Davis Barry Banks (tenor) |
| 26 June 2012 8.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust New staged production St Galler Festspiele [St Gallen Festival] |
Klosterhof, St Gallen, Switzerland Sinfonieorchester St.Gallen Chor des Theaters St. Gallen conductor: Sébastien Rouland producer: Carlos Wagner sets: Rifail Ajdarpasic Marguerite: Elena Maximova / Katja Starke Faust: Giorgio Berrugi Méphistophélès: Mirco Palazzi / Wade Kernot |
| 28 June 2012 7.00pm |
“Berlioz Projekt” Songs by Berlioz St Galler Festspiele [St Gallen Festival] |
Kirche St. Laurenzen, St Gallen, Switzerland Simone Riksman (soprano) Terhi Kaarina Lampi (mezzo-soprano) Nik Kevin Koch (tenor) David Maze (baritone) Stéphane Fromageot (piano) Fernando Gomes (cello) Zoltán Holb (horn) |
| 28 June 2012 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New
Zealand Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conductor: John Nelson |
| 28 June 2012 8.30pm
Read a review of this performance by Christian Wasselin (in French) |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) Festival de Saint-Denis 2012 |
Basilique-Cathédrale de Saint-Denis, Paris,
France Orchestre National de France Chœur de Radio France The Monteverdi Choir conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner chorus master: Matthias Brauer Michael Spyres (tenor) Co-production: Festival de Saint-Denis / Radio France |
| 28 June 2012
Read a review of this performance by Pierre-René Serna (in French) |
Les Troyens
New production |
Royal Opera House Covent Garden,
London, UK Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Antonio Pappano producer: David McVicar choreographer: Andrew George sets: Es Devlin costumes: Moritz Junge lighting: Wolfgang Göbbel cast: Cassandre: Anna Caterina Antonacci Ascagne: Barbara Senator Hécube: Pamela Helen Stephen Chorèbe: Fabio Capitanucci Enée: Bryan Hymel Panthée: Ashley Holland Ghost of Hector: Jihoon Kim Priam: Gwynne Howell Trojan Soldier/ The God Mercury: Daniel Grice Greek Captain: Lukas Jakobski Helenus: Ji Hyun Kim Didon Eva-Maria: Westbroek Anna: Hanna Hipp Iopas: Ji-Min Park Hylas: Ed Lyon Narbal: Brindley Sherratt |
| 29 June 2012 | La Damnation de Faust New staged production St Galler Festspiele [St Gallen Festival] |
Klosterhof, St Gallen, Switzerland Sinfonieorchester St.Gallen Chor des Theaters St. Gallen conductor: Sébastien Rouland producer: Carlos Wagner sets: Rifail Ajdarpasic Marguerite: Elena Maximova / Katja Starke Faust: Giorgio Berrugi Méphistophélès: Mirco Palazzi / Wade Kernot |
| 30 June 2012 8.30pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) Festival de Saint-Denis 2012 |
Basilique-Cathédrale de Saint-Denis, Paris,
France Orchestre National de France Chœur de Radio France The Monteverdi Choir conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner chorus master: Matthias Brauer Michael Spyres (tenor) Co-production: Festival de Saint-Denis / Radio France |
| 30 June 2012 8.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust New staged production St Galler Festspiele [St Gallen Festival] |
Theater St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland Sinfonieorchester St.Gallen Chor des Theaters St. Gallen conductor: Sébastien Rouland producer: Carlos Wagner sets: Rifail Ajdarpasic Marguerite: Elena Maximova / Katja Starke Faust: Giorgio Berrugi Méphistophélès: Mirco Palazzi / Wade Kernot |
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