Archive of performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
Classified by date
Year 2003 (December)
Bicentenary Month
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Classified by date
Year 2003 (December) Bicentenary Month |
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This page is a memento of major performances of Berlioz’s music during the month in which he was born in 1803.
The table below lists the performances in chronological order.
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December 2003
| 1 December 2003 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Jones Hall, Houston, USA Houston Symphony conductor: Hans Graf |
| 3 December 2003 7.15pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Symphonie fantastique and other unspecified works |
Grand Theatre, Shanghai, China Orchestre d’Harmonie de la Garde Républicaine Solistes de Lyon - Bernard Tétu (director: Bernard Tétu) conductor: François Boulanger |
| 3 December 2003 | Symphonie fantastique
(Liszt transcription) |
Juan March Foundation Concert Hall, Madrid, Spain Miguel Ituarte (piano) |
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4 December 2003 6.00pm |
Les Troyens | Opernhaus, Leipzig, Germany Gewandhausorchester, Chor der Oper Leipzig, Chor der Musikalischen Komödie Leipziger Ballett conductor: Marc Albrecht chorus master: Anton Tremmel staging: Guy Joosten, choreography: Andrew George Jon Ketilsson (Énée), Tommi Hakala (Chorèbe) Ain Anger (Panthée), James Moellenhoff (Narbal) Marika Schönberg (Ascagne) Nadja Michael (Cassandre), Cornelia Helfricht (Didon) Élodie Méchain (Anna), Erwin Noack (Priam) Tuomas Pursio (un Chef grec), Birger Radde (Helenus) Tommi Hakala (Soldat), Tuomas Pursio (Soldat) Thomas Oertel-Gormanns (le Dieu Mercure) Hendrikje Wangemann (Hécube) Ines Agnes Krautwurst (Andromaque) |
| 4 December 2003 7.15pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain Symphonie fantastique and other unspecified works |
Grand Theatre, Shanghai, China Orchestre d’Harmonie de la Garde Républicaine Solistes de Lyon - Bernard Tétu (director Bernard: Tétu) conductor: François Boulanger |
| 4 December 2003 8.00pm
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Les Nuits d’été (excerpts): Villanelle La Damnation de Faust (excerpts): Faust: Le vieil hiver a fait place au printemps... L’Enfance du Christ (excerpts): Récitant: Dans la crèche en ce temps... |
The Méridien, Nouméa, New Caledonia (South
Pacific)
Performers: Les Nuits d’été: La Damnation de Faust:
L’Enfance du Christ:
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4 December 2003 8.00pm |
Mysteries and marvels of L’Enfance du Christ "Hector Berlioz and his time" |
Christuskirche, Leverkusen, Germany Ensemble Carpe Diem soloists: F Masset, L Peintre, B Kuschmann |
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4 December 2003 8.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain
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Teatro Colón, Sala principal, Buenos Aires,
Argentina Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires conductor: Christof Escher |
| 4 December 2003
Read a review of this performance by Harry Saltzman |
Benvenuto Cellini
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Metropolitan Opera, New York, USA Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus conductor: James Levine director: Andrei Serban sets design: George Tsypin costumes: Georgi Alexi-Meskhishvili choreography: Nikolaus Wolcz Marcello Giordani (Cellini), Isabel Bayrakdarian (Teresa) Kristine Jepson (Ascanio), Alan Opie (Fieramosca) John Del Carlo (Giacomo Balducci) Robert Lloyd (Pope Clement VII) Bernard Fitch (Cabaretier), Galen Scott Bower (Pompeo) Eduardo Valdes (Francesco), Patrick Carfizzi (Bernardino) |
| 4 December 2003 | La Damnation de Faust | Kammermusiksaal, Berlin, Germany Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin conductor: Charles Dutoit Ruxandra Donose (Marguerite) Jonas Kaufmann (Faust) Willard White (Méphistophélès) Jonathan Lemalu (Brander) |
| 4 December 2003
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Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts)
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Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio, USA Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Neal Gittleman |
| 4 December 2003 |
Overture Le Corsaire Les Nuits d’été
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Ostrava, Czech Republic Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava conductor: André Bernard Karla Bytnarová (mezz-sop) |
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5 December 2003 7.30pm
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Overture Les Francs-Juges Symphonie fantastique
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Royal Northern College of Music, Brown
Shipley Concert Hall, Manchester, UK RNCM Symphony Orchestra conductor: Mark Shanahan |
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5 December 2003 8.00pm |
Mysteries and marvels of L’Enfance du Christ "Hector Berlioz and his time" |
Burg Linn, Krefield, Germany Ensemble Carpe Diem soloists: F Masset, L Peintre, B Kuschmann |
| 5 December 2003 8.00pm
pre-concert talk by |
La Damnation de Faust | National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland RTE National Symphony Orchestra RTE Philharmonic Choir conductor: Gerhard Markson chorus master: Mark Duley Peter Hoare (Faust) Gerard O’Connor (Méphistophélès) Darren Jeffery (Brander) Ann Murray (Marguerite, and a soprano vice) |
| 5 December 2003 8.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Palais du Pharo, Marseille, France Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille conductor: Cyril Diederich |
| 5 December 2003 8.00pm |
Le Corsaire Overture Les Nuits d’été Bicentenary concert |
Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, USA Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir Andrew Davis Susanne Mentzer (mezzo-soprano) |
| 5 December 2003 | Overture Le Corsaire Les Nuits d’été |
Ostrava (venue not announced),
Czech Republic Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava conductor: André Bernard Karla Bytnarová (mezzo-soprano) |
| 5 December 2003
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Overture Le Carnaval Romain Bicentenary concert |
Sala Filharmonii, Krakow, Poland Orkiestra Filharmonii Krakow conductor: Karl Sollak |
| 5 December 2003 | Les Nuits d’été | Opéra Berlioz, Le Corum,
Montpellier, France Orchestre national de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon conductor: Armin Jordan Nora Gubisch (mezzo-soprano) |
| 6 December 2003 5.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Opéra de Tours, Tours, France Orchestre symphonique région Centre-Tours |
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6 December 2003 7.30pm |
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini | Kulturpalast, Festsaal, Dresden,
Germany Dresdner Philharmonie conductor: Alan Buribayev |
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6 December 2003 7.30pm |
Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem)
Bicentenary concert |
Guildford Cathedral, Guildford, UK Wokingham Choral Society, Windsor and Eton Choral Society Festival Orchestra and Brass conductor: Aidan Oliver Huw Rhys-Evans (tenor) |
| 6 December 2003 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été (excerpts): Villanelle La Damnation de Faust (excerpts): Faust: Le vieil hiver a fait place au printemps... L’Enfance du Christ (excerpts): Récitant: Dans la crèche en ce temps... |
Eglise du Vœu, Nouméa, New Caledonia (South
Pacific)
Performers: Les Nuits d’été: La Damnation de Faust:
L’Enfance du Christ: |
| 6 December 2003 | Les Nuits d’été | Opéra Berlioz, Le Corum,
Montpellier, France Orchestre National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon conductor: Armin Jordan Nora Gubisch (mezzo-soprano) |
| 6 December 2003
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Overture Le Carnaval Romain Bicentenary concert |
Sala Filharmonii, Krakow, Poland Orkiestra Filharmonii Krakow conductor: Karl Sollak |
| 6 December 2003 |
Roméo et Juliette (orchestral excerpts) |
Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio, USA Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Neal Gittleman |
| 6 December 2003
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Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) |
Mount Argus Church, Harold’s Cross, Dublin. Ireland The Guinness Choir and Orchestra conductor and musical director: David Milne |
| 6 December 2003 | La Damnation de Faust | Kammermusiksaal, Berlin, Germany Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin conductor: Charles Dutoit Ruxandra Donose (Marguerite) Jonas Kaufmann (Faust) Willard White (Méphistophélès) Jonathan Lemalu (Brander) |
| 6 December 2003 | Chant des chemins de fer | Parvis de la gare Lille-Flandres, Lille, France Orchestre National de Lille Chœur régional Nord / Pas-de-Calais, Brighton Festival Chorus, Cantores de Bruges, conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus Jean-Pierre Furlan (tenor) |
| 6 December 2003 | Berlioz, l’écrivain face au compositeur
Excerpts from works by Berlioz (Les Nuits d’été A literary concert based on Berlioz’s Memoirs |
Campra Hall, Conservatoire, Aix
en Provence, France Compagnie Interlude |
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7 December 2003 11.00am |
Symphonie fantastique
"Hector Berlioz on his 200th birthday" |
Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany NDR Sinfonieorchester conductor: Christoph Eschenbach |
| 7 December 2003 2.30pm |
Le Corsaire Overture Les Nuits d’été Bicentenary concert |
Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, USA Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sir Andrew Davis Susanne Mentzer (mezzo-soprano) |
| 7 December 2003 5.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Opéra de Tours, Tours, France Orchestre symphonique région Centre-Tours |
| 7 December 2003 6.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été (excerpts): Villanelle La Damnation de Faust (excerpts): Faust: Le vieil hiver a fait place au printemps... L’Enfance du Christ (excerpts): Récitant: Dans la crèche en ce temps... |
Eglise du Vœu, Nouméa, New Caledonia (South
Pacific)
Performers: Les Nuits d’été: La Damnation de Faust:
L’Enfance du Christ: |
| 7 December 2003 | Symphonie fantastique | Megaro Moussikis, Athens, Greece French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Myung-Whun Chung |
| 7 December 2003 | La Damnation de Faust | Kammermusiksaal, Berlin, Germany Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin conductor: Charles Dutoit Ruxandra Donose (Marguerite) Jonas Kaufmann (Faust) Willard White (Méphistophélès) Jonathan Lemalu (Brander) |
| 7 December 2003 | Les Troyens | Opernhaus, Leipzig, Germany Gewandhausorchester, Chor der Oper Leipzig, Chor der Musikalischen Komödie Leipziger Ballett conductor: Marc Albrecht chorus master: Anton Tremmel staging: Guy Joosten, choreography: Andrew George Jon Ketilsson (Énée), Tommi Hakala (Chorèbe) Ain Anger (Panthée), James Moellenhoff (Narbal) Marika Schönberg (Ascagne) Nadja Michael (Cassandre), Cornelia Helfricht (Didon) Élodie Méchain (Anna), Erwin Noack (Priam) Tuomas Pursio (un Chef grec), Birger Radde (Helenus) Tommi Hakala (Soldat), Tuomas Pursio (Soldat) Thomas Oertel-Gormanns (le Dieu Mercure) Hendrikje Wangemann (Hécube) Ines Agnes Krautwurst (Andromaque) |
| 8 December 2003 7.30pm concert recorded for release on CD |
Benvenuto Cellini
concert performance |
Maison de Radio France, Salle
Olivier Messiaen, Paris, France Orchestre National de France Chœur de Radio France conductor: John Nelson chorus master: Philip White Gregory Kunde (Cellini), Patricia Ciofi (Teresa) Joyce DiDonato (Ascanio), Laurent Naouri (Balducci) Jean-François Lapointe (Fieramosca) Renaud Delaigue (Pope Clément), Eric Salha (Francesco) Eric Huchet (Cabaretier), Conan Nédélec (Pompeo) |
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8 December 2003 8.00pm |
Harold en Italie | Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin,
Germany Orchester Deutsche Oper Berlin conductor: Kazushi Ono Julian Rachlin (viola) |
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8 December 2003 8.00pm Live
broadcast on |
Symphonie fantastique
"Hector Berlioz on his 200th birthday" |
Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany NDR Sinfonieorchester conductor: Christoph Eschenbach |
| 8 December 2003 | Symphonie fantastique | Megaro Moussikis, Athens, Greece French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Myung-Whun Chung |
| 8 December 2003 | Benvenuto Cellini |
Metropolitan Opera, New York, USA Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus conductor: James Levine director: Andrei Serban sets design: George Tsypin costumes: Georgi Alexi-Meskhishvili choreography: Nikolaus Wolcz cast: Marcello Giordani (Cellini), Isabel Bayrakdarian (Teresa) Kristine Jepson (Ascanio), Alan Opie (Fieramosca) John Del Carlo (Giacomo Balducci) Robert Lloyd (Pope Clement VII) Bernard Fitch (Cabaretier), Galen Scott Bower (Pompeo) Eduardo Valdes (Francesco), Patrick Carfizzi (Bernardino) |
| 9 December 2003 8.00pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Salle Olivier Messiaen, Grenoble,
France Françoise Masset (soprano) Mirella Giardelli (piano) |
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9 December 2003 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique
"Hector Berlioz on his 200th birthday" |
Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany NDR Sinfonieorchester conductor: Christoph Eschenbach |
| 9 December 2003 8.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Nouveau Siècle, Lille, France Maîtrise Boréale Chœur Régional Nord/Pas-de-Calais Orchestre National de Lille conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus Monica Groop (Marie) Léonard Pezzino (récitant, centurion) Jean-Sébastien Bou (Joseph) Alain Vernhes (Hérode) René Schirrer (père de famille, Polydore) |
| 10 December 2003 7.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow, Russia Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Philharmonia conductor: Yuri Simonov |
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10 December 2003 7.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ |
Konzertsaal, Lucerne, Switzerland Luzerner Sinfonieorchester InVoice Luzern Mädchenchor Akademiechor Luzern, Luzerner Singknaben conductor: Alois Koch Hans-Jürg Rickenbacher (tenor) Lena Hauser (soprano) Peter Brechbühler (bass) Michael Pavlu (baritone), Samuel Zünd (bass) |
| 10 December 2003 8.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Nouveau Siècle, Lille, France Maîtrise Boréale Chœur Régional Nord/Pas-de-Calais Orchestre National de Lille conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus Monica Groop (Marie) Léonard Pezzino (récitant, centurion) Jean-Sébastien Bou (Joseph) Alain Vernhes (Hérode) René Schirrer (père de famille, Polydore) |
| 11 December 2003 12.30pm |
Berlioz rarities: 1 (in
early versions)
Le Fleuve du Tage Festival Berlioz |
Salle des fêtes, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France Les Solistes de Lyon - Bernard Tétu conductor: Bernard Tétu Susan Manoff (piano) Jean-François Hatton (melodium) Lars Ljungberg (castanets) Laurence Maufroy (guitar) |
| 11 December 2003 7.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict
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State Opera, Prague, The Czech
Republic Státní Opera Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Vincent Monteil staging and costume: Francois Terrone Pavla Vykopalova (Béatrice), Ludmila Vernerova (Héro) Jana Sykorova (Ursule), Tomas Cerny (Bénédict) Martin Barta (Claudio), Ivo Hrachovec (Don Pedro) Oldrich Kriz (Somarone) |
| 11 December 2003 7.30pm |
L’Invitation à la valse
(Weber, arr. Berlioz) Les Nuits d’été Symphonie fantastique part of Berlioz’s 200th birthday five-day programme of talks and music organised in Weimar |
Congress Centrum Neue Weimarhalle,
Weimar, Germany |
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11 December 2003 7.30pm
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Harold en Italie (Liszt transcription)
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Manoukian Cultural Centre, St. Yeghiche Armenian Church, London, UK Gérard Caussé (Viola) Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden (Piano) |
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11 December 2003 7.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ |
Konzertsaal, Lucerne, Switzerland Luzerner Sinfonieorchester InVoice Luzern Mädchenchor Akademiechor Luzern, Luzerner Singknaben conductor: Alois Koch Hans-Jürg Rickenbacher (tenor) Lena Hauser (soprano) Peter Brechbühler (bass) Michael Pavlu (baritone), Samuel Zünd (bass) |
| 11 December 2003 7.30pm concert recorded for release on CD
Live broadcast on |
Benvenuto Cellini
Paris 1 version |
Maison de Radio France, Salle
Olivier Messiaen,
Paris, France Orchestre National de France Chœur de Radio France conductor: John Nelson chorus master: Philip White Gregory Kunde (Cellini), Patricia Ciofi (Teresa) Joyce DiDonato (Ascanio), Laurent Naouri (Balducci) Jean-François Lapointe (Fieramosca) Renaud Delaigue (Pope Clément), Eric Salha (Francesco) Eric Huchet (Cabaretier), Conan Nédélec (Pompeo) |
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11 December 2003 8.00pm |
Hymne pour la consécration du nouveau tabernacle |
St Andrews on the Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand Cantoris Choir music director: Michael Vinten Marian Hawke (soprano) Helen Lear (mezzo-soprano) Brendon Mercer (tenor) Roger Wilson (bass baritone) Bruce Greenfield (piano) Max Kenworthy (organ) |
| 11 December 2003 8.00pm |
Tristia: – Méditation religieuse – La Mort d’Ophélie – Marche funèbre pour la dernière scène d’Hamlet |
Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris,
France Orchestre de Paris, Ensemble Les Éléments conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen Valdine Anderson (soprano) |
| 11 December 2003 8.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Théâtre des Champs Elysées,
Paris, France Maîtrise Boréale, Chœur Régional Nord/Pas-de-Calais Orchestre National de Lille conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus Monica Groop (Marie) Léonard Pezzino (récitant, centurion) Jean-Sébastien Bou (Joseph) Alain Vernhes (Hérode) René Schirrer (père de famille, Polydore) |
| 11 December 2003 8.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ
Bicentenary concert |
Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR Danish National Choir conductor: Marc Soustrot Toby Spence (Le récitant) Veronique Gens (Marie) Dietrich Henschel (Joseph) Stephen Milling (Hérode) Palle Knudsen (Polydorus) |
| 11 December 2003 8.00pm
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L’Enfance du Christ
Bicentenary concert |
Mission Church (Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help), Boston, USA Chorus pro Musica Music Director: Jeffrey Rink soloists: Gigi Mitchell-Velasco (Mary) John Ames (Herod and the Father) David Kravitz (Joseph) Rockland Osgood (Narrator) |
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11 December 2003 8.00pm |
Scène héroïque Tristia Sara la baigneuse Lélio "Hector Berlioz and his time" |
Forum, Leverkusen, Germany Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn Chor des Städtischen Musikvereins Düsseldorf conductor: R. Kofman soloists: F Dalls, P Rouillon, R Willcox, B Kuschmann |
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11 December 2003 8.00pm |
Overture Rob Roy La Mort de Cléopâtre Harold en Italie |
Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt conductor: Hugh Wolff Tabea Zimmermann (viola) Alexia Cousin (mezzo-soprano) |
| 11 December 2003 8.00pm pre-concert talk at 6.45 |
Roméo et Juliette |
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Chorus conductor: Pierre Boulez Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano) Matthew Polenzani (tenor) Robert Holl (bass) |
| 11 December 2003 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique Harold en Italie |
Église Saint-Louis des Invalides,
Paris, France Orchestre symphonique de la Garde républicaine conductor: François Boulanger Bruno Pasquier (viola) |
| 11 December 2003 8.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Salle Ravenne, Chartres, France Orchestre symphonique Région Centre-Tours conductor: Jean-Yves Ossonce |
| 11 December 2003 | Grande Messe des morts (Requiem)
Bicentenary concert |
Dom, Berlin, Germany Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo MDR-Chor Leipzig Rundfunkchor Berlin conductor: Marek Janowski |
| 11 December 2003 | La Damnation de Faust |
Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland Tonhalle-Orchester, Schweizer Kammerchor Kinderchor conductor: Charles Dutoit Jerry Hadley (Faust) Willard White (Méphistophélès) Jonathan Lemalu (Brander) Ruxandra Donose (Marguerite) |
| 11 December 2003 | Harold en Italie (Liszt transcription) Bicentenary concert |
Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain Sebastián Mariné (piano) Julia Malkova (viola) |
| 12 December 2003 12.30pm |
Berlioz rarities: 2 (in
early versions)
Prière du matin Festival Berlioz |
Salle des fêtes, Musée d’Orsay,
Paris, France Les Solistes de Lyon - Bernard Tétu conductor: Bernard Tétu Susan Manoff (piano) |
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12 December 2003 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland Orchester der Hochschule Musik und Theater Zürich conductor: Emmanuel Krivine |
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12 December 2003 7.30pm |
Fleurs des landes part of Berlioz’s 200th birthday five-day programme of talks and music organised in Weimar |
Festsaal Fürstenhaus, Weimar, Germany performers: Students and teachers of singing, guitar and keyboard classes of the Hochschule Franz Liszt Weimar Moderator: Prof. Dr. Detlef Altenburg |
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12 December 2003 7.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ
Bicentenary concert |
Westminster Cathedral, London, UK BBC Symphony Orchestra BBC Symphony Chorus conductor: Sir Andrew Davis Louise Winter (Mary) Mark Padmore (Centurion/Narrator) David Wilson-Johnson (Joseph/Polydorus) Peter Rose (Herod/Father of the family) |
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12 December 2003 8.00pm pre-concert talk by: |
Les Nuits d’été | Baden-Baden Theatre, Baden-Baden,
Germany Baden-Badener Philharmonie conductor: Pavel Baleff Ulrike Schneider (alto) |
| 12 December 2003 8.00pm pre-concert talk at 6.45 |
Roméo et Juliette |
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Chorus conductor: Pierre Boulez Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano) Matthew Polenzani (tenor), Robert Holl (bass) |
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12 December 2003 8.00pm |
Overture Rob Roy La Mort de Cléopâtre Harold en Italie |
Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt conductor: Hugh Wolff Tabea Zimmermann (viola) Alexia Cousin (mezzo-soprano) |
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12 December 2003 8.15pm |
La Mort d’Ophélie and other works inspired by Shakespeare |
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands Claron McFadden (soprano) Escher Trio (string trio) |
| 12 December 2003 8.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Opera Berlioz, Corum, Montpellier,
France Orchestre National Montpellier conductor: Stefan Anton-Reck |
| 12 December 2003 | Benvenuto Cellini |
Metropolitan Opera, New York, USA conductor: James Levine director: Andrei Serban sets design: George Tsypin costumes: Georgi Alexi-Meskhishvili choreography: Nikolaus Wolcz Marcello Giordani (Cellini) Isabel Bayrakdarian (Teresa) Kristine Jepson (Ascanio) Alan Opie (Fieramosca) John Del Carlo (Giacomo Balducci) Robert Lloyd (Pope Clement VII) |
| 12 December 2003 | Mysteries and marvels of L’Enfance du Christ |
Église, La Côte Saint-André,
France Ensemble Carpe Diem soloists: F Masset, L Peintre, B Kuschmann |
| 12 December 2003 | Les Nuits d’été |
Konserthuset, Göteborg, Sweden Göteborgs Symfoniker conductor: Mario Venzago Martina Dike (mezzo-soprano) |
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13 December 2003 5.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ
part of Berlioz’s 200th birthday five-day programme of talks and music organised in Weimar |
Konzertsaal, Musikgymnasiums Belvedere, Weimar, Germany Kammerchor der Hochschule Franz Liszt Weimar SAP-Kammerphilharmonie and soloists conductor: Prof. R. Geilert |
| 13 December 2003 5.00pm The concert was also for |
Airs from: Les Troyens La Damnation de Faust Roméo et Juliette
Bicentenary concert |
Teatro Comunale, Ferrara, Italy Gigliola Bonora (mezzo-soprano) With piano accompaniment |
| 13 December 2003 5.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Opera Berlioz, Corum, Montpellier,
France Orchestre National Montpellier conductor: Stefan Anton-Reck |
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13 December 2003 7.30pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Konzerthalle, Bad Salzuflen,
Germany Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie conductor: Frank Beermann |
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13 December 2003 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie | Kulturpalast, Festsaal, Dresden,
Germany Dresdner Philharmonie conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier Christina Biwank (viola) |
| 13 December 2003 8.00pm pre-concert talk at 6.45 |
Roméo et Juliette |
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Chorus conductor: Pierre Boulez Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano) Matthew Polenzani (tenor) Robert Holl (bass) |
| 13 December 2003 8.00pm |
Berlioz and Shakespeare,
a walking shadow Chœur d’ombres (Lélio) La Reine Mab (Roméo et Juliette) Sara la baigneuse Le Trébuchet Premiers transports (Roméo et Juliette) Sur les Lagunes Le Vin de Syracuse (Béatrice et Bénédict) La Mort d’Ophélie Chanson des brigands (Lélio) Course à l’abîme (La Damnation de Faust) Septet (Les Troyens) Le Ballet des ombres Festival Berlioz: a staged spectacle |
Salle des fêtes, Musée d’Orsay, Paris,
France Les Solistes de Lyon - Bernard Tétu conductor: Bernard Tétu text and production: André Fornier Philippe Cassard (piano) Jean-Claude Mathon (actor) |
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13 December 2003 8.30pm |
Mysteries and marvels of L’Enfance du Christ |
Église Saint-Nicolas, Villers-Cotterêts, France Ensemble Carpe Diem soloists: F Masset, L Peintre, B Kuschmann |
| 13 December 2003 | Berlioz, l’écrivain face au compositeur
Excerpts from works by Berlioz (Les Nuits d’été A literary concert based on Berlioz’s Memoirs |
Campra Hall, Conservatoire, Aix
en Provence, France Compagnie Interlude |
| 13 December 2003 | La Damnation de Faust |
Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland Tonhalle-Orchester, Schweizer Kammerchor Kinderchor conductor: Charles Dutoit Jerry Hadley (Faust) Willard White (Méphistophélès) Jonathan Lemalu (Brander) Ruxandra Donose (Marguerite) |
| 13 December 2003 | Les Nuits d’été |
Konserthuset, Göteborg, Sweden Göteborgs Symfoniker conductor: Mario Venzago Martina Dike (mezzo-soprano) |
|
14 December 2003 10.45am |
Melodies
Bicentenary concert |
Tonhalle, Kleiner Saal, Zurich, Switzerland Diana Moore (contralto) |
|
14 December 2003 2.15pm |
"De Mémoires van Hector Berlioz"
Rêverie et
caprice (for violin and piano) |
Dr. Anton Philipszaal, The Hague, Netherlands Porgy Franssen (presentation) Ensemble Cristofori: Valérie Guillorit (soprano) Graf Mourja (violin) Arthur Schoonderwoerd (piano) |
| 14 December 2003 4.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict | State Opera, Prague, The Czech
Republic Státní Opera Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Vincent Monteil staging and costume: Francois Terrone Pavla Vykopalova (Béatrice) Ludmila Vernerova (Héro) Jana Sykorova (Ursule) Tomas Cerny (Bénédict) Martin Barta (Claudio) Ivo Hrachovec (Don Pedro) Oldrich Kriz (Somarone) |
| 14 December 2003 5.00pm |
Sara la baigneuse Invitation à la valse Les Nuits d’été Der Freischütz (choral excerpts) (Weber, arr. Berlioz) Bicentenary concert |
Grand Amphi de Mathématique, Université d’Orsay, Paris, France Orchestre Ut 5e Chœur du Campus d’Orsay conductor: Javier Garcia Vigil chorus Master: Daniel Couderd Marie-Paule Dotti (soprano) |
| 14 December 2003 5.00pm |
Te Deum
Bicentenary concert |
Église Sainte Perpétue, Nîmes,
France Ensemble Polyphonique de Nîmes Chœur de Lozère Ensemble Instrumental "RES FACTA" Orchestre "PRO MUSICA" conductor: Marie-Claude Chevalier Robert Dumé (tenor) |
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14 December 2003 6.00pm |
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem)
Bicentenary concert |
Forum Grimaldi, salle des princes, Monaco Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo Rundfunkchor Berlin MDR-Chor conductor: Marek Janowski Daniil Shtoda (tenor) |
| 14 December 2003 7.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict (excerpts) Marche hongroise (La Damnation de Faust) La Marseillaise (arr. Berlioz) Symphonie funèbre et triomphale |
Bolshoi Zal Konservatorii, Moscow, Russia The Bolshoi Orchestra conductor: Alexandr Vedernikov |
| 14 December 2003 7.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ
For the 200th Birthday Anniversary of Hector Berlioz |
Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich,
Germany Münchner Rundfunkorchester Hungarian Radio Chorus conductor: Jesús López-Cobos Nora Gubisch, mezzosopran: Marie Steve Davislim, tenor: Récitant, Centurion Brett Polegato, baritone: Joseph, Polydorus Jérôme Varnier, bass: Herode / Père de la famille |
| 14 December 2003 7.30pm |
Marche funèbre pour la dernière scène d’Hamlet Harold en Italie part of Berlioz’s 200th birthday five-day programme of talks and music organised in Weimar |
Congress Centrum Neue Weimarhalle,
Weimar, Germany Staatskapelle Weimar Opernchor des Deutschen Nationaltheaters Weimar Julian Rachlin (viola) conductor: Jac van Steen |
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14 December 2003 7.30pm |
Harold en Italie | Kulturpalast, Festsaal, Dresden,
Germany Dresdner Philharmonie conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier Christina Biwank (viola) |
| 14 December 2003 8.00pm |
Berlioz and Shakespeare,
a walking shadow Chœur d’ombres (Lélio) La Reine Mab (Roméo et Juliette) Sara la baigneuse Le Trébuchet Premiers transports (Roméo et Juliette) Sur les Lagunes Le Vin de Syracuse (Béatrice et Bénédict) La Mort d’Ophélie Chanson des brigands (Lélio) Course à l’abîme (La Damnation de Faust) Septet (Les Troyens) Le Ballet des ombres Festival Berlioz: a staged spectacle |
Salle des fêtes, Musée d’Orsay, Paris,
France Les Solistes de Lyon - Bernard Tétu conductor: Bernard Tétu text and production: André Fornier Philippe Cassard (piano) Jean-Claude Mathon (actor) |
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14 December 2003 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique | Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany NDR Sinfonieorchester conductor: Christoph Eschenbach |
| 14 December 2003 | La Damnation de Faust |
Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland Tonhalle-Orchester, Schweizer Kammerchor Kinderchor conductor: Charles Dutoit Jerry Hadley (Faust) Willard White (Méphistophélès) Jonathan Lemalu (Brander) Ruxandra Donose (Marguerite) |
| 14 December 2003 | Scène héroïque Tristia Lélio "Hector Berlioz and his time" |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn, Germany Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn Chor des Städtischen Musikvereins Düsseldorf conductor: Roman Kofman soloists: F Dalls, P Rouillon, R Willcox, B Kuschmann |
| 14 December 2003 | L’Enfance du Christ | Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich, Germany Münchner Rundfunkorchester conductor: Jésus López-Cobos Steve Davislim (tenor) Nora Gubisch (mezzo-soprano) Brett Polegato (bar), Jérôme Varnier (bass) |
| 15 December 2003 7.30pm |
Marche funèbre pour la dernière scène d’Hamlet Harold en Italie part of Berlioz’s 200th birthday five-day programme of talks and music organised in Weimar |
Congress Centrum Neue Weimarhalle,
Weimar, Germany Staatskapelle Weimar Opernchor des Deutschen Nationaltheaters Weimar Julian Rachlin (viola) conductor: Jac van Steen |
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15 December 2003 8.15pm |
"De Mémoires van Hector Berlioz"
Rêverie et
caprice (for violin and piano) |
Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands Porgy Franssen (presentation) Ensemble Cristofori: Valérie Guillorit (soprano) Graf Mourja (violin) Arthur Schoonderwoerd( piano) |
| 15 December 2003 | Benvenuto Cellini |
Metropolitan Opera, New York, USA Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus conductor: James Levine director: Andrei Serban sets design: George Tsypin costumes: Georgi Alexi-Meskhishvili choreography: Nikolaus Wolcz Marcello Giordani (Cellini), Isabel Bayrakdarian (Teresa) Kristine Jepson (Ascanio), Alan Opie (Fieramosca) John Del Carlo (Giacomo Balducci) Robert Lloyd (Pope Clement VII) Bernard Fitch (Cabaretier), Galen Scott Bower (Pompeo) Eduardo Valdes (Francesco), Patrick Carfizzi (Bernardino) |
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16 December 2003 8.00pm |
Unspecified works
Chamber concert |
Rolf-Liebermann-Studio, Hamburg,
Germany performers: members of the NDR Sinfonieorchester |
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16 December 2003 8.15pm |
"De Mémoires van Hector Berlioz"
Rêverie et caprice (for
violin and piano) |
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands Porgy Franssen (presentation) Ensemble Cristofori: Valérie Guillorit (soprano) Graf Mourja (violin) Arthur Schoonderwoerd (piano) |
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17 December 2003 8.15pm |
"De Mémoires van Hector Berlioz"
Rêverie et caprice (for
violin and piano) |
De Vereeniging, Nijmegen, Netherlands Porgy Franssen (presentation) Ensemble Cristofori: Valérie Guillorit (soprano) Graf Mourja (violin) Arthur Schoonderwoerd (piano) |
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17 December 2003 8.15pm |
Harold en Italie (excerpts): Marche des pèlerins Sérénade (arrangement: Hugh Macdonald) "Hommage aan Berlioz 1803-2003" |
Vredenburg, kleine zaal, Utrecht, Netherlands Isabelle van Keulen (viola) Ronald Brautigam (piano) |
| 18 December 2003 7.00pm |
Béatrice et Bénédict | State Opera, Prague, The Czech
republic Státní Opera Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Vincent Monteil staging and costume: Francois Terrone Pavla Vykopalova (Béatrice), Ludmila Vernerova (Héro) Jana Sykorova (Ursule), Tomas Cerny (Bénédict) Martin Barta (Claudio), Ivo Hrachovec (Don Pedro) Oldrich Kriz (Somarone) |
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18 December 2003 8.15pm |
"De Mémoires van Hector
Berlioz"
Rêverie et caprice (for violin and piano) "Hommage aan Berlioz 1803-2003" |
Vredenburg, kleine zaal, Utrecht,
Netherlands Porgy Franssen (presentation) Ensemble Cristofori: Valérie Guillorit (soprano) Graf Mourja (violin) Arthur Schoonderwoerd (piano) |
| 18 December 2003 8.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Église de l’Annonciation, Lyon,
France Orchestre symphonique Lyon-Villeurbanne Chœur d’oratorio de Lyon conductor: Bernard Tétu |
| 18 December 2003 8.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Palais de la musique et des
congrès, salle Érasme,
Strasbourg, France Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg Chœur de l’Opéra national du Rhin conductor: Frédéric Chaslin chorus master: Michel Capperon Benjamin Butterfield (tenor) Elsa Maurus (mezzo-soprano) Alain Vernhes (baritone) Jean-François Lapointe (baritone) René Schirrer (baritone) |
| 18 December 2003 | Benvenuto Cellini |
Metropolitan Opera, New York, USA Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus conductor: James Levine director: Andrei Serban sets design: George Tsypin costumes: Georgi Alexi-Meskhishvili choreography: Nikolaus Wolcz Marcello Giordani (Cellini), Isabel Bayrakdarian (Teresa) Kristine Jepson (Ascanio), Alan Opie (Fieramosca) John Del Carlo (Giacomo Balducci) Robert Lloyd (Pope Clement VII) Bernard Fitch (Cabaretier), Galen Scott Bower (Pompeo) Eduardo Valdes (Francesco), Patrick Carfizzi (Bernardino) |
| 19 December 2003 7.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust
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Komaba Eminence Hall, Tokyo, Japan Orchestre et Chœurs du Festival Berlioz conductor: Marguerite France Hideyuki Aochi (Faust), Sumie Nakajima (Marguerite) Satoshi Kimura (Méphistophélès) Kenji Saiki (Brander) |
| 19 December 2003 7.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust
staged performance |
Teatr Wielki, Moniuszko Auditorium, Warsaw,
Poland Orkiestra Teatru Wielkiego Chór Teatru Wielkiego Soloists of the Teatru Wielkiego conductor: Jacek Kaspszyk chorus master: Bogdan Gola |
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19 December 2003 8.00pm |
Overture Le Roi Lear La Mort de Cléopâtre Roméo et Juliette (excerpts): Roméo seul Grande Fête chez Capulet Scène d’amour La Reine Mab
La Damnation de Faust (excerpts): "Hector Berlioz on his 200th birthday" |
Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany NDR Sinfonieorchester conductor: Christoph Eschenbach Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano)
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19 December 2003 8.15pm
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Overture Le Carnaval Romain Herminie Les Troyens (excerpts): Chasse royale et orage Danse des almées Danse des nubiennes Pas d’esclaves nubiennes Marche troyenne "Hommage aan Berlioz 1803-2003" |
Vredenburg, grote zaal, Utrecht, Netherlands Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland conductor: Edo de Waard Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano) |
| 19 December 2003 8.30pm |
L’Enfance du Christ | Palais de la musique et des
congrès, salle Érasme,
Strasbourg, France Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg Chœur de l’Opéra national du Rhin conductor: Frédéric Chaslin chorus master: Michel Capperon Benjamin Butterfield (tenor) Elsa Maurus (mezzo-soprano) Alain Vernhes (baritone) Jean-François Lapointe (baritone) René Schirrer (baritone) |
| 19 December 2003 8.45pm |
Sara la baigneuse Invitation à la valse Les Nuits d’été Der Freischütz (choral excerpts) (Weber, arr. Berlioz) Bicentenary concert |
Oratoire du Louvre, Paris, France Orchestre Ut 5e Chœur du Campus d’Orsay conductor: Javier Garcia Vigil chorus Master: Daniel Couderd Marie-Paule Dotti (soprano) |
| 19 December 2003 |
Roméo et Juliette
Bicentenary concert |
Sala Koncertowa, Warsaw, Poland Orkiestra Symfoniczna i Chór FN conductor: Antoni Wit chorus master: Henryk Wojnarowski Sylvie Sulle (alto) Guy Fletcher (tenor) Fernand Bernadi (bass) |
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20 December 2003 7.30pm |
Overture Le Roi Lear La Mort de Cléopâtre Roméo et Juliette (excerpts): Roméo seul Grande Fête chez Capulet Scène d’amour La Reine Mab
La Damnation de Faust (excerpts): "Hector Berlioz on his 200th birthday" |
Musik- und Kongresshalle, Lübeck, Germany NDR Sinfonieorchester conductor: Christoph Eschenbach Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprrano) |
| 20 December2003 7.30pm |
Adieux des Bergers à La Sainte
Famille (L’Enfance du Christ) |
San Juan Community Theatre, Puerto Rico, USA San Juan Singers |
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20 December 2003 8.15pm |
Harold en Italie | Dr. Anton Philipszaal, The Hague, Netherlands Residentie Orkest conductor: Ilan Volkov Mikhail Zemtsov (viola) |
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20 December 2003 8.15pm |
L’Enfance du Christ
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Vredenburg, grote zaal, Utrecht, Netherlands Radio Symfonie Orkest, Nederlands Concertkoor conductor: Marc Soustrot Nora Gubisch (Marie) Gilles Cachemaille (Joseph, Polydorus) John Bröcheler (Hérode) Jean-Luc Viala (Récitant, Centurion) Frédéric Caton (Père de famille) |
| 20 December 2003 8.45pm |
L’Enfance du Christ |
Teatro delle Muse, Ancone, Italy Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana Coro Lirico Marchigiano "V. Bellini" conductor: Keri-Lynn Wilson soloists: Rossana Rinaldi, Gianfranco Montresor |
| 20 December 2003 | Berlioz, l’écrivain face au compositeur
Excerpts from works by Berlioz (Les Nuits d’été A literary concert based on Berlioz’s Memoirs |
Campra Hall, Conservatoire, Aix
en Provence, France Compagnie Interlude |
| 20 December 2003 |
Roméo et Juliette
Bicentenary concert |
Sala Koncertowa, Warsaw, Poland Orkiestra Symfoniczna i Chór FN conductor: Antoni Wit chorus master: Henryk Wojnarowski Sylvie Sulle (alto) Guy Fletcher (tenor) Fernand Bernadi (bass) |
| 20 December 2003 | L’Enfance du Christ |
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles Philharmonic Los Angeles Master Chorale conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen Vinson Cole (tenor) Susanne Mentzer (soprano) Gilles Cachemaille (baritone) Nmon Ford (baritone) |
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21 December 2003 11.00am
Live broadcast on Radio 4 from1.30pm |
Orphée et Eurydice
(Gluck/Berlioz) excerpts: "Hommage aan Berlioz 1803-2003" |
Vredenburg, grote zaal, Utrecht, Netherlands Radio Kamerorkest Groot Omroepkoor conductor: Frans Brüggen Nathalie Stutzmann (Orphée) Virginie Pochon (Eurydice) Lenneke Ruiten (Amour) |
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21 December 2003 11.00am |
Overture Le Carnaval Romain Herminie Les Troyens (excerpts): Chasse royale et orage Danse des almées Danse des nubiennes Pas d’esclaves nubiennes Marche troyenne |
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland conductor: Edo de Waard Mireille Delunsch (soprano) |
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21 December 2003 2.15pm |
Petit oiseau (from Fleurs des landes) "Hommage aan Berlioz 1803-2003" |
Vredenburg, kleine zaal, Utrecht,
Netherlands Françoise Masset (soprano) Howard Crook (tenor) Jérôme Corréas (baritone) Arthur Schoonderwoerd (fortepiano) |
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21 December 2003 3.00pm
Broadcast on Radio 4 |
L’Enfance du Christ
"Hommage aan Berlioz 1803-2003" |
Vredenburg, grote zaal, Utrecht, Netherlands Nederlands Radio Symfonie Orkest Nederlands Concertkoor conductor: Marc Soustrot Nora Gubisch (Marie) Gilles Cachemaille (Joseph, Polydorus) John Bröcheler (Hérode) Jean-Luc Viala (Récitant, Centurion) Frédéric Caton (Père de famille) |
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21 December 5.00pm |
Adieux des Bergers à La Sainte
Famille (L’Enfance du Christ) |
San Juan Community Theatre, Puerto Rico, USA San Juan Singers |
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21 December 2003 6.00pm |
L’Enfance du Christ
Bicentenary concert |
Beethovenhalle, Bonn, Germany Beethoven Orchester Bonn Philharmonischer Chor der Stadt Bonn conductor: Roman Kofman chorus master: Thomas Neuhoff James Taylor (tenor) Florian Mock (tenor) Véronique Gens (soprano) Detlef Roth (baritone) Reuben Willcox (baritone) Jean-Philippe Courtis (bass) |
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21 December 2003 8.00pm |
Overture Le Roi Lear La Mort de Cléopâtre La Damnation de Faust (excerpts): Roméo seul Grande Fête chez Capulet Scène d’amour La Reine Mab
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts): "Hector Berlioz on his 200th birthday" |
Glocke, Bremen, Germany NDR Sinfonieorchester conductor: Christoph Eschenbach Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano) |
| 21 December 2003 8.45pm |
L’Enfance du Christ |
Teatro delle Muse, Ancone, Italy Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana Coro Lirico Marchigiano "V. Bellini" conductor: Keri-Lynn Wilson soloists: Rossana Rinaldi, Gianfranco Montresor |
| 21 December 2003 | L’Enfance du Christ |
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles Philharmonic Los Angeles Master Chorale conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen Vinson Cole (tenor) Susanne Mentzer (soprano) Gilles Cachemaille (baritone), Nmon Ford (baritone) |
| 21 December 2003 | Les Troyens | Opernhaus, Leipzig, Germany Gewandhausorchester, Chor der Oper Leipzig Chor der Musikalischen Komödie, Leipziger Ballett conductor: Marc Albrecht chorus master: Anton Tremmel staging: Guy Joosten, choreography: Andrew George Jon Ketilsson (Énée), Tommi Hakala (Chorèbe) Ain Anger (Panthée), James Moellenhoff (Narbal) Marika Schönberg (Ascagne) Nadja Michael (Cassandre), Cornelia Helfricht (Didon) Élodie Méchain (Anna), Erwin Noack (Priam) Tuomas Pursio (un Chef grec), Birger Radde (Helenus) Tommi Hakala (Soldat), Tuomas Pursio (Soldat) Thomas Oertel-Gormanns (le Dieu Mercure) Hendrikje Wangemann (Hécube) Ines Agnes Krautwurst (Andromaque) |
| 22 December 2003 | L’Enfance du Christ |
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles Philharmonic Los Angeles Master Chorale conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen Vinson Cole (tenor) Susanne Mentzer (soprano) Gilles Cachemaille (baritone), Nmon Ford (baritone) |
| 24 December 2003
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Benvenuto Cellini |
Metropolitan Opera, New York, USA Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus conductor: James Levine director: Andrei Serban sets design: George Tsypin costumes: Georgi Alexi-Meskhishvili choreography: Nikolaus Wolcz Marcello Giordani (Cellini), Isabel Bayrakdarian (Teresa) Kristine Jepson (Ascanio), Alan Opie (Fieramosca) John Del Carlo (Giacomo Balducci) Robert Lloyd (Pope Clement VII) Bernard Fitch (Cabaretier), Galen Scott Bower (Pompeo) Eduardo Valdes (Francesco), Patrick Carfizzi (Bernardino) |
| 26 December 2003 | Les Troyens | Opernhaus, Leipzig, Germany Gewandhausorchester, Chor der Oper Leipzig Chor der Musikalischen Komödie, Leipziger Ballett conductor: Marc Albrecht chorus master: Anton Tremmel staging: Guy Joosten, choreography: Andrew George Jon Ketilsson (Énée), Tommi Hakala (Chorèbe) Ain Anger (Panthée), James Moellenhoff (Narbal) Marika Schönberg (Ascagne) Nadja Michael (Cassandre), Cornelia Helfricht (Didon) Élodie Méchain (Anna), Erwin Noack (Priam) Tuomas Pursio (un Chef grec), Birger Radde (Helenus) Tommi Hakala (Soldat), Tuomas Pursio (Soldat) Thomas Oertel-Gormanns (le Dieu Mercure) Hendrikje Wangemann (Hécube) Ines Agnes Krautwurst (Andromaque) |
| 27 December 2003
This performance was |
Benvenuto Cellini
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Metropolitan Opera, New York, USA Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra conductor: James Levine director: Andrei Serban sets design: George Tsypin costumes: Georgi Alexi-Meskhishvili choreography: Nikolaus Wolcz Marcello Giordani (Cellini), Isabel Bayrakdarian (Teresa) Kristine Jepson (Ascanio), Peter Coleman-Wright (Fieramosca) John Del Carlo (Giacomo Balducci) Robert Lloyd (Pope Clement VII) Bernard Fitch (Cabaretier), Galen Scott Bower (Pompeo) Eduardo Valdes (Francesco), Patrick Carfizzi (Bernardino) |
| 28 December, 2003 7.00pm |
Harold en Italie Overture to Benvenuto Cellini Overture Rob Roy Overture Le Corsaire Overture Le Carnaval romain |
Grand Hall, Moscow Tchaikovsky
Conservatory,
Moscow, Russia Moscow State Symphony Orchestra conductor: Pavel Kogan Yuri Bashmet (viola) |
| 28 December 2003 | Les Troyens | Nationaltheater Mannheim, Mannheim,
Germany Nationaltheater Mannheim Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Axel Kober chorus master: Bernhard Schneider Michail Agafonov (Enée) Kathleen Broderick (Didon) Susan Maclean (Cassandre) Anna (Ceri Williams) Chorèbe (Thomas Berau/Ian Vayne) Narbal (Tomasz Konieczny/Tobias Schabel) Iopas (Stanley Jackson/Xavier Moreno) |
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31 December 2003 7.00pm |
Overture Le Carnaval romain | Kurhaus, Hamm, Germany Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie conductor: Frank Beermann |
| 31 December 2003 7.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust
semi-staged production
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National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan Taipei Symphony Orchestra Taipei Philharmonic Chorus conductor: Chien Wen-pin Justin Lavender (Faust) John Cheek (Méphistophélès) Chen Pei-chi (Marguerite) Tsai Wen-hao (Brander) |
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