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Year 2019 (February)

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1 February 2019
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City, UT
Utah Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Thierry Fischer
1 February 2019
7.30pm
Les Nuits d’été City Hall, Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
conductor: François Leleux
Carolyn Sampson, soprano
1 February 2019
8.30pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain Palacio de Congresos de Cáceres, Cáceres, Spain
Orquesta de Extremadura
conductor: Pablo González
1 February 2019
8.30pm
Le Ballet des ombres Centre œcuménique Saint-Marc, Grenoble, France
Chœur Arcanum
conductor: Nila Djadavjee
Laurence Garcin (piano)
2 February 2019
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City, UT
Utah Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Thierry Fischer
2 February 2019
8.30pm
Le Ballet des ombres Centre œcuménique Saint-Marc, Grenoble, France
Chœur Arcanum
conductor: Nila Djadavjee
Laurence Garcin (piano)
3 February 2019
2.00pm
Les Troyens

in French, surtitle in French and English
Opéra Bastille, Paris, France
Orchestre et Chœurs de l’Opéra national de Paris
conductor: Philippe Jordan
chorus master: José Luis Basso
stage design: Dmitri Tcherniakov
decors: Dmitri Tcherniakov
costumes: Elena Zaytseva
lighting: Gleb Filshtinsky
cast:
La Prise de Troie
Cassandre: Stéphanie d’Oustrac
Ascagne: Michèle Losier
Hécube: Véronique Gens
Énée: Bryan Hymel
Chorèbe: Stéphane Degout
Panthée: Christian Helmer
Ghost of Hector: Thomas Dear
Priam: Paata Burchuladze
A Greek capatin: Jean-Luc Ballestra
Hellenus Jean-François Marras
Polyxène: Sophie Claisse

Les Troyens à Carthage
Didon: Elīna Garanča
Anna: Aude Extrémo
Ascagne: Michèle Losier
Énée: Bryan Hymel
Iopas: Cyrille Dubois
Hylas: Bror Magnus Tødenes
Narbal: Christian Van Horn
Two Trojan soldiers: Jean-Luc Ballestra, Tomislav Lavoie
Ghost of Cassandre: Stéphanie d’Oustrac
Ghost of Chorèbe: Stéphane Degout
Ghost of Hector: Thomas Dear
Ghost of Priam: Paata Burchuladze
Mercure: Bernard Arrieta
3 February 2019
7.00pm
La Damnation de Faust Philharmonie de Paris, Grande Salle Pierre-Boulez, Paris, France
Orchestre National de France
Chœur de Radio France (chorus master: Martina Bati)
Maîtrise de Radio France (chorus master: Sofi Jeannin)
conductor: Charles Dutoit
John Osborn: Faust
Kate Lindsey: Marguerite
Nahuel di Pierro: Méfphistophélès
Edwin Crossley-Mercer: Brander
6 February 2019
6.00pm
Les Troyens

in French, surtitle in French and English
Opéra Bastille, Paris, France
Orchestre et Chœurs de l’Opéra national de Paris
conductor: Philippe Jordan
chorus master: José Luis Basso
stage design: Dmitri Tcherniakov
decors: Dmitri Tcherniakov
costumes: Elena Zaytseva
lighting: Gleb Filshtinsky
cast:
La Prise de Troie
Cassandre: Stéphanie d’Oustrac
Ascagne: Michèle Losier
Hécube: Véronique Gens
Énée: Bryan Hymel
Chorèbe: Stéphane Degout
Panthée: Christian Helmer
Ghost of Hector: Thomas Dear
Priam: Paata Burchuladze
A Greek capatin: Jean-Luc Ballestra
Hellenus Jean-François Marras
Polyxène: Sophie Claisse

Les Troyens à Carthage
Didon: Elīna Garanča
Anna: Aude Extrémo
Ascagne: Michèle Losier
Énée: Bryan Hymel
Iopas: Cyrille Dubois
Hylas: Bror Magnus Tødenes
Narbal: Christian Van Horn
Two Trojan soldiers: Jean-Luc Ballestra, Tomislav Lavoie
Ghost of Cassandre: Stéphanie d’Oustrac
Ghost of Chorèbe: Stéphane Degout
Ghost of Hector: Thomas Dear
Ghost of Priam: Paata Burchuladze
Mercure: Bernard Arrieta
6 February 2019
7.30pm
Overture Le Corsaire Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary, Canada
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Karl Hirzer
8 February 2019
7.30pm
Sara la baigneuse
La Mort d’Ophélie
Rêverie et Caprice
Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Utah Symphony Chorus
University of Utah Choirs
conductor: Thierry Fischer
Chorus director: Barlow Bradford
Philippe Quint (violin)
9 February 2019
6.00pm
Les Troyens

in French, surtitle in French and English
Opéra Bastille, Paris, France
Orchestre et Chœurs de l’Opéra national de Paris
conductor: Philippe Jordan
chorus master: José Luis Basso
stage design: Dmitri Tcherniakov
decors: Dmitri Tcherniakov
costumes: Elena Zaytseva
lighting: Gleb Filshtinsky
cast:
La Prise de Troie
Cassandre: Stéphanie d’Oustrac
Ascagne: Michèle Losier
Hécube: Véronique Gens
Énée: Bryan Hymel
Chorèbe: Stéphane Degout
Panthée: Christian Helmer
Ghost of Hector: Thomas Dear
Priam: Paata Burchuladze
A Greek capatin: Jean-Luc Ballestra
Hellenus Jean-François Marras
Polyxène: Sophie Claisse

Les Troyens à Carthage
Didon: Elīna Garanča
Anna: Aude Extrémo
Ascagne: Michèle Losier
Énée: Bryan Hymel
Iopas: Cyrille Dubois
Hylas: Bror Magnus Tødenes
Narbal: Christian Van Horn
Two Trojan soldiers: Jean-Luc Ballestra, Tomislav Lavoie
Ghost of Cassandre: Stéphanie d’Oustrac
Ghost of Chorèbe: Stéphane Degout
Ghost of Hector: Thomas Dear
Ghost of Priam: Paata Burchuladze
Mercure: Bernard Arrieta
9 February 2019
7.30pm
Sara la baigneuse
La Mort d’Ophélie
Rêverie et Caprice
Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Utah Symphony Chorus
University of Utah Choirs
conductor: Thierry Fischer
Chorus director: Barlow Bradford
Philippe Quint (violin)
9 February 2019
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Koger Center for the Arts, on the University of South Carolina campus, Columbia, SC, USA
South Carolina Philharmonie
conductor: Morihiko Nakahara
9 February 2019
7.30pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain TCU Place, Sid Buckwold Theatre, Saskatoon, Canada
Saskatoon Youth Orchestra
music director: Eric Paetkau
10 February 2019
5.00pm
La Damnation de Faust Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK
The Hallé
Hallé Choir
Hallé Children’s Choir
Trebles of the Hallé Youth Training Choir
conductor: Sir Mark Elder
Faust: David Butt Philip, tenor
Marguerite: Rinat Shaham, mezzo-soprano
Méphistophélès: Laurent Naouri, bass-baritone
Brander: David Soar, bass
12 February 2019
6.00pm
Les Troyens

in French, surtitle in French and English
Opéra Bastille, Paris, France
Orchestre et Chœurs de l’Opéra national de Paris
conductor: Philippe Jordan
chorus master: José Luis Basso
stage design: Dmitri Tcherniakov
decors: Dmitri Tcherniakov
costumes: Elena Zaytseva
lighting: Gleb Filshtinsky
cast:
La Prise de Troie
Cassandre: Stéphanie d’Oustrac
Ascagne: Michèle Losier
Hécube: Véronique Gens
Énée: Bryan Hymel
Chorèbe: Stéphane Degout
Panthée: Christian Helmer
Ghost of Hector: Thomas Dear
Priam: Paata Burchuladze
A Greek capatin: Jean-Luc Ballestra
Hellenus Jean-François Marras
Polyxène: Sophie Claisse

Les Troyens à Carthage
Didon: Elīna Garanča
Anna: Aude Extrémo
Ascagne: Michèle Losier
Énée: Bryan Hymel
Iopas: Cyrille Dubois
Hylas: Bror Magnus Tødenes
Narbal: Christian Van Horn
Two Trojan soldiers: Jean-Luc Ballestra, Tomislav Lavoie
Ghost of Cassandre: Stéphanie d’Oustrac
Ghost of Chorèbe: Stéphane Degout
Ghost of Hector: Thomas Dear
Ghost of Priam: Paata Burchuladze
Mercure: Bernard Arrieta
14 February 2019
7.00pm
Benvenuto Cellini Mariinsky Theatre, Concert Hall, St Petersburg, Russia
Opera Company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
Choir: The Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers
Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
Musical Preparation: Natalia Mordashova
Set Designer: Zinovy Margolin
Anastasia Kalagina: Teresa, soprano
Sergei Semishkur: Benvenuto Cellini, tenor
Yulia Matochkina: Ascanio, mezzo-soprano
Gennady Bezzubenkov: Pape Clément VII, bass
14 February 2019
7.00pm
Roméo et Juliette (excerpt) Kennedy Center, Concert Hall, Washington, USA
National Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Gianandrea Noseda
14 February 2019
7.30pm
Un bal (from Symphonie fantastique)

2019 Cliburn Festival: Iconic Paris, City of Love
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Forth Worth, Texas, USA
Rolston String Quartet
14 February 2019
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich, Germany
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Kent Nagano
14 February 2019
Overture Le Carnaval romain
Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts)
Bacau, Romania
Philharmonic Orchestra Mihail Jora of Bacau
conductor: Alain PârisBacau
Philharmonic Orchestra Mihail Jora of Bacau
conductor: Alain Pâris

The concert also includes Liszt Piano Concert No. 1
15 February 2019
7.30pm
L’Enfance du Christ






Concert to mark the 150th anniversary of Berlioz’s death
BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, Wales, UK
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
BBC National Chorus of Wales
conductor: Sir Andrew Davis
Dame Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Staples, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
Matthew Brook, bass-baritone
15 February 2019
7.30pm
La Damnation de Faust Wiener Konzerthaus, Großer Saal, Vienna, Austria
Wiener Symphoniker
Opernschule der Wiener Staatsoper, Kinderchor (director: Johannes Mertl)
Wiener Singakademie (director: Heinz Ferlesch)
conductor: Philippe Jordan
Kate Aldrich, mezzos-oprano (Marguerite)
Saimir Pirgu, tenor (Faust)
Florian Boesch, bass-baritone (Brander)
Michael Volle, bass (Méphistophélès)
15 February 2019
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich, Germany
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Kent Nagano
16 February 2019
11.00am
La belle Isabeau: conte pendant l’orage
Le ballet des ombres
Le chant des Bretons
Invitation à louer Dieu
Irlande (Neuf mélodies)

BBC RADIO 3’S BERLIOZ 150 EVENTS
Berlioz - The Ultimate Romantic: Choral Connections
St Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge, London, UK
BBC Singers
conductor: Nicolas Kruger
16 February 2019
7.30pm
La Damnation de Faust Wiener Konzerthaus, Großer Saal, Vienna, Austria
Wiener Symphoniker
Opernschule der Wiener Staatsoper, Kinderchor (director: Johannes Mertl)
Wiener Singakademie (director: Heinz Ferlesch)
conductor: Philippe Jordan
Kate Aldrich, mezzos-oprano (Marguerite)
Saimir Pirgu, tenor (Faust)
Florian Boesch, bass-baritone (Brander)
Michael Volle, bass (Méphistophélès)
16 February 2019
7.30pm
Béatrice et Bénédict (concert performance) Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK
BBC Philharmonic
Crouch End Festival Chorus
conductor: Ludovic Morlot
Daniela Mack: mezzo-soprano, Béatrice
Toby Spence: tenor, Bénédict
16 February2019
7.30pm
Overture Le Corsaire Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Christopher Lawrence
16 February 2019
8.00pm
Roméo et Juliette (excerpt) Kennedy Center, Concert Hall, Washington, USA
National Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Gianandrea Noseda
16 February 2019
8.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire
Overture Le Carnaval romain
Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD, USA
Balttimore Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Mario Venzago
16 February 2019 Fausts Verdammnis [La Damnation de Faust]

in French with German substitles
Opernhaus, Hanonver, Germany
Staatsoper Hannover
conductor: Ivan Repušić
chorus director: Lorenzo Da Rio, Heide Müller
director: Marie-Eve Signeyrole
stage design: Fabien Teigné
costume: Yashi
video: Baptiste Klein
dramarturgy: Klaus Angermann
Marguerite (Khatuna Mikaberidze / Monika Walerowicz)
Faust (Eric Laporte)
Méphistophélès (Shavleg Armasi / Tobias Schabel)
16 February 2019 Scène d’amour (from Roméo et Juliette) John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, USA
National Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Gianandrea Noseda
17 February 2019
3.00pm
Waverley Overture
Cléopâtre
Lélio ou retour á la vie
Glasgow City Halls, Glasgow, Sotland, UK
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
conductor: Joana Carneiro
Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano
Actor to be announced
Andrew Tortise, tenor
Sam Furness, tenor
Neal Davies, bass
17 February 2019
3.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire
Overture Le Carnaval romain
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, USA
Balttimore Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Mario Venzago
17 February 2019
7.30pm
Invitation à la valse
Les Nuits d’été
Symphonie fantastique



A Berlioz Celebration
Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, Essex, UK
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Douglas Boyd
Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano)
Jessica Dandy (mezzo-soprano)
Stuart Jackson (tenor)
James Newby (baritone)
19 February 2019 Fausts Verdammnis [La Damnation de Faust]

in French with German substitles
Opernhaus, Hanonver, Germany
Staatsoper Hannover
conductor: Ivan Repušić
chorus director: Lorenzo Da Rio, Heide Müller
director: Marie-Eve Signeyrole
stage design: Fabien Teigné
costume: Yashi
video: Baptiste Klein
dramarturgy: Klaus Angermann
Marguerite (Khatuna Mikaberidze / Monika Walerowicz)
Faust (Eric Laporte)
Méphistophélès (Shavleg Armasi / Tobias Schabel)
20 February 2019
7.30pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain Cadogan Hall, London, UK
Symphony Orchestra of India
conductor: Zane Dalal
20 February 2019
8.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire Grand Théâtre de Québec, Salle Louis-Fréchette, Québec, Canada
Orchestre symphonique de Québec
conductor: Bramwell Tovey
20 February 2019
8.30pm
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) Philharmonie de Paris, Grande Salle Pierre-Boulez, Paris, France
Orchestre de Paris
Orchestre de Conservatoire de Paris
Chœur de l’Orchestre de Paris (chorus master: Lionel Sow)
Orfeon Donstiarra Chorus (chorus master: Jose Antonio Sainz Alfaro)
conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Bryan Hymel (tenor)
21 February 2019
8.30pm
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) Philharmonie de Paris, Grande Salle Pierre-Boulez, Paris, France
Orchestre de Paris
Orchestre de Conservatoire de Paris
Chœur de l’Orchestre de Paris (chorus master: Lionel Sow)
Orfeon Donstiarra Chorus (chorus master: Jose Antonio Sainz Alfaro)
conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Bryan Hymel (tenor)
22 February 2019
8.00pm
La Damnation de Faust Halle aux Grains, Toulouse, France
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Chœur du Capitole (chef de chœur: Alfonso Caiani)
conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
Clémentine Margaine, mezzo-sporano, Marguerite
Benjamin Bernheim, tenor, Faust
John Relyea, basse, Méphistophélès
22 February 2019 Fausts Verdammnis [La Damnation de Faust]

in French with German substitles
Opernhaus, Hanonver, Germany
Staatsoper Hannover
conductor: Ivan Repušić
chorus director: Lorenzo Da Rio, Heide Müller
director: Marie-Eve Signeyrole
stage design: Fabien Teigné
costume: Yashi
video: Baptiste Klein
dramarturgy: Klaus Angermann
Marguerite (Khatuna Mikaberidze / Monika Walerowicz)
Faust (Eric Laporte)
Méphistophélès (Shavleg Armasi / Tobias Schabel)
23 February 2019
7.30pm
Te Deum Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Lynn Philharmonia
Master Chorale of South Florida (director: Brett Karlin)
Girl Choir of South Florida (director: Lindsey Novitske)
conductor: Guillermo Figueroa
Rafael Davila, tenor
Joshua Cessna, organ
24 February 2019
3.00pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain Gideon S. Ives Auditorium, Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center, Bloomington, MN, USA
Bloomington Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Manny Laureano
24 February 2019
4.00pm
Te Deum Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Lynn Philharmonia
Master Chorale of South Florida (director: Brett Karlin)
Girl Choir of South Florida (director: Lindsey Novitske)
conductor: Guillermo Figueroa
Rafael Davila, tenor
Joshua Cessna, organ
27 February 2019
8.30pm
Harold en Italie Philharmonie de Paris, Grande Salle Pierre-Boulez, Paris, France
Orchestre de Paris
conductor: Daniel Harding
Antoine Tamestit (viola)
28 February 2019
7.30pm
Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) Bennett Auditorium, on the University of Southern Mississippi campus, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
University of Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Michael Miles
28 February 2019
8.30pm
Harold en Italie Philharmonie de Paris, Grande Salle Pierre-Boulez, Paris, France
Orchestre de Paris
conductor: Daniel Harding
Antoine Tamestit (viola)

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