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Year 2003 (May)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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May

1 May 2003
8.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Philippe Jordan
1 May 2003
8.00pm
Adieu Bessy
Chant de bonheur
Le Chant des Bretons
Le Coucher du soleil
Je crois en vous
Le Matin
La Mort d’Ophélie
Le Pêcheur
Les Nuits d’été
Weill Recital Hall, New York, USA
Kenneth Tarver (tenor)
Tamara Anna Cislowska (piano)
1 May 2003 Symphonie fantastique Clark Studio Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts,
New York, USA
A puppet show to Berlioz’s music by Basil Twist
2 May 2003
7.30pm


pre-concert talk at 6.30

 

Messe Solennelle

 


 

The Esplanade – Theatres On The Bay, Singapore
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Hallelujah Chorus, Singapore Symphony Chorus
Singapore Bible College Chorale
The Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Singapore
conductor: Lim Yau
Nancy Yuen (soprano)
Kip Wilborn (tenor), Howard Quilla Croft (baritone)
2 May 2003
8.00pm
Overture Carnaval romain

 

Sønderjyllandshallen, Aabenraa, Denmark
Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
conductor: Iona Brown 
2 May 2003
8.00pm


Les Troyens

Excerpts: Choruses and Ballet Music

Berlioz Festival

Popejoy Hall, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
conductor: Guillermo Figueroa
2 May 2003
8.00pm
Overture Carnaval romain

 

Deutsches Haus, Flensburg, Denmark
Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester
conductor: Iona Brown
2 May 2003 Symphonie fantastique Clark Studio Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, USA
A puppet show to Berlioz’s music by Basil Twist
3 May 2003
2.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Clark Studio Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts,
New York, USA
A puppet show to Berlioz’s music by Basil Twist

3 May 2003
6.00pm 


Les Troyens

Excerpts: Choruses and Ballet Music 

Berlioz Festival

Popejoy Hall, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
conductor: Guillermo Figueroa
3 May 2003
7.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Stammhaus, Radebeul, Germany
Orchester der Landesbühnen Radebeul
conductor: Wolfgang Wappler
3 May 2003
7.30pm
Grande Messe des morts
(Requiem)

 


Bicentenary concert

Lake Street Armoury, St. Catharines, Canada
Chorus Niagara
The Mississauga Choral Society
Cellar Singers of Orillia
with an orchestra of 80 musicians
conductor: Robert Cooper
Albert Greer (tenor)
4 May 2003
2.00pm and 8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Clark Studio Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts,
New York, USA
A puppet show to Berlioz’s music by Basil Twist
4 May 2003
2.30pm
Symphonie fantastique

 

Royal Theatre, Victoria (British Columbia), Canada
Victoria Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Timothy Vernon
4 May 2003
3.00pm
Grande Messe des morts
(Requiem)

 


Bicentenary concert

Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, Canada
Chorus Niagara
The Mississauga Choral Society
Cellar Singers of Orillia
with an orchestra of 80 musicians
conductor: Robert Cooper
Albert Greer (tenor)
4 May 2003
4.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Theater, Meissen, Germany
Orchester der Landesbühnen Radebeul
conductor: Wolfgang Wappler
4 May 2003
4.30pm
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale

 

1840 version 

Parc des expositions, La Rochelle, France
Orchestre d’Harmonie de la Ville de La Rochelle
Orchestre d’Harmonie de l’École Nationale
de Musique et de Danse de l’agglomération de La Rochelle
Orchestre Sainte Cécile de Lagord
Orchestre d’Harmonie de Chatelaillon
conductor: Jean-Louis Martin
Franck Théaudin (trombone solo) 
4 May 2003
7.30pm
Roméo et Juliette
(3 excerpts)
Barbican Centre, London, UK
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Sir Colin Davis

5 May 2003
8.00pm

Symphonie Fantastique

 

Royal Theatre, Victoria (British Columbia), Canada
Victoria Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Timothy Vernon
5 May 2003
8.00pm
Chant de bonheur
Élégie en prose
Les Nuits d’été
(excerpts)
Alte Oper, Mozart Saal, Frankfurt, Germany
Christopher Maltman (baritone) 
Graham Johnson (piano)
6 May 2003
7.15pm

pre-concert talk: 6.00-6.30

La Damnation de Faust

 

 

staged performance

Theatre Royal, Nottingham, UK
Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North
conductor: Frédéric Chaslin 
Rafael Rojas (Faust)
Alastair Miles (Méphistophélès)
Lilli Paasikivi (Marguerite )
Paul Gibson (Brander)
6 May 2003
8.00pm
Harold en Italie
Le Chant des chemins de fer
L’Invitation à la Valse
(Weber, orchestration Berlioz)
Hymne des Marseillais
(La Marseillaise) 
(R. de Lisle, orchestration Berlioz)
Hexagone, Meylan, France
Orchestre régional du Dauphiné
Chorale Méli-Meylan (chorus master: Denis Cordelle) 
Chorale Mosaïque (Crolles) (chorus master: Jean-Marie Verhaegen)
conductor: Éric Villevière
Catherine Simon (viola)
JP Franceshi (tenor)
6 May 2003
8.00pm
Te Deum Philharmonie, Großer Saal, Berlin, Germany
Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester
Karl-Forster-Chor Berlin
Knaben des Staats- und Domchors 
conductor: Barbara Rucha
Clemens Biber (tenor)
7 May 2003
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Dvořákova síň, Prague, Czech Republic
Česká filharmonie
conductor: Ken-ichiro Kobayashi
7 May 2003
7.30pm
Harold en Italie Arts Centre, Wessex Hall, Poole, UK
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Gianandrea Noseda
Alexander Korsantya (viola)
7 May 2003
7.30pm
Lélio, ou Le Retour à la vie Dvořákova síň, Prague, Czech Republic
Česká filharmonie
Český filharmonický sbor
conductor: Ken-ichiro Kobayashi 
chorus master: Petr Fiala
Jan Tøíska (narrator), Tomáš Èerný  tenor)
Aleš Briscein (tenor), Ivan Kusnjer (baritone) 
8 May 2003
7.00pm

 


Read a review of this performance by Alastair Bruce

Les Troyens 

(Acts III, IV and V)

(see January and February for acts I, II)

 

Sung in English
(Hugh Macdonald’s translation)

Coliseum, London, UK
The English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus
conductor: Paul Daniel
Susan Parry (Dido), John Daszak (Aeneas)
Anna Burford (Anna), Victoria Simmonds (Ascanius)
Colin Lee (Iopas), Clive Bayley (Narbal)
Iain Paterson (Pantheus) 
Toby Stafford-Allen (First Trojan Soldier)
Graeme Danby (Second Trojan Soldier)
Hylas (not announced)
8 May 2003
7.30pm
Lélio, ou Le Retour à la vie Dvořákova síň, Prague, Czech Republic
Česká filharmonie
Český filharmonický sbor
conductor: Ken-ichiro Kobayashi 
chorus master: Petr Fiala
Jan Tøíska (narrator), Tomáš Èerný  tenor)
Aleš Briscein (tenor), Ivan Kusnjer (baritone) 
8 May 2003
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Dvořákova síň, Prague, Czech Republic
Česká filharmonie
conductor: Ken-ichiro Kobayashi
8 May 2003
7.30pm
Chant de bonheur
Élégie en prose
Les Nuits d’été
(excerpts)
Wigmore Hall, London, UK
Christopher Maltman (baritone) 
Graham Johnson (piano)
8 May 2003
7.30pm
Harold en Italie University Great Hall, Exeter, UK
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Gianandrea Noseda
Alexander Korsantya (viola)
8 May 2003 
8.00pm
Grande Messe des morts
(Requiem)
Dom, Speyer, Germany
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
conductor: Roger Norrington
Toby Spence (tenor)
8 May 2003 
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Semperoper, Dresden, Germany
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
conductor: Kent Nagano 
8 May 2003
8.00pm

 

Grande Messe des morts
(Requiem)

 

Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, USA
Dallas Symphony Chorus
Conductor: Andrew Litton
Stanford Olsen (tenor)
9 May 2003
8.00pm 
Grande Messe des morts 
(Requiem)
Stuttgarter Liederhalle, Beethovensaal, Stuttgart, Germany
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
conductor: Roger Norrington
Toby Spence (tenor)
9 May 2003 
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Semperoper, Dresden, Germany
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
conductor: Kent Nagano 
9 May 2003
8.00pm

 

Grande Messe des morts
(Requiem)

 

Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, USA
Dallas Symphony Chorus
conductor: Andrew Litton
Stanford Olsen (tenor)
9 May 2003
8.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire
Symphonie fantastique
Opéra, Nice, France
Orchestre philharmonique de Nice
conductor: Serge Baudo
9 May 2003
8.30pm


Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
Herminie
Dieu! que viens-je d’entendre
(from Béatrice et Bénédict)
Symphonie fantastique
La Grange au Lac, Évian, France
Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse
conductor: Michel Plasson
Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano) 
9 May 2003
8.30pm

 

Herminie


Théâtre, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Orchestre National de Lille
conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus
Véronique Gens (soprano)
10 May 2003 
11.00am
Symphonie fantastique Semperoper, Dresden, Germany
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
conductor: Kent Nagano 
10 May 2003
4.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire
Symphonie fantastique
Opéra, Nice, France
Orchestre philharmonique de Nice
conductor: Serge Baudo

10 May 2003
6.00pm

 

 

 

 

Les Troyens 

(Acts III, IV and V)

(see January and February above for acts I, II)

 

Sung in English
(Hugh Macdonald’s translation)

Coliseum, London, UK
The English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus
conductor: Paul Daniel
Susan Parry (Dido), John Daszak (Aeneas)
Anna Burford (Anna), Victoria Simmonds (Ascanius)
Colin Lee (Iopas), Clive Bayley (Narbal)
Iain Paterson (Pantheus) 
Toby Stafford-Allen (First Trojan Soldier)
Graeme Danby (Second Trojan Soldier)
Hylas (not announced)
10 May 2003
7.30pm
"Homage to Hector Berlioz"

La Belle Voyageuse
Le Matin
L’Origine de la harpe
La Belle Isabeau
Les Nuits d’été
(excerpts)
La Mort de Cléopâtre
D’amour l’ardente flamme

(from La Damnation de Faust)

selected arias from:
Béatrice et Bénédict, Bevenuto Cellini and Les Troyens

Joseph-Keilberth-Saal, Erlenweg 2, Karlsruhe, Germany
Amaru Soren (piano)
Marie Basson (soprano)
Estelle Dussort (soprano)
Mélanie Moussay (soprano)
Rosemara Ribeiro (mezzo-soprano)

10 May 2003
8.00pm
Béatrice et Bénédict Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Neue Philharmonie Westfalen
conductor: Samuel Bächli
Mark Adler (Bénédict)
Anke Sieloff / Marie-Belle Sandis (Béatrice) 
Nicolai Karnolsky (Don Pedro) 
Anna Agathonos (Ursule) 
Regine Hermann / Noriko Ogawa-Yatake (Héro) 
Erin Caves / Nyle P. Wolfe (Claudio) 
Joachim Gabriel Maass (Somarone) 
10 May 2003
8.00pm

 

Grande Messe des morts
(Requiem)

 

Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, USA
Dallas Symphony Chorus
conductor: Andrew Litton
Stanford Olsen (tenor)
10 May 2003
8.00pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain 

 

City Hall Concert Hall, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Sinfonietta
conductor: Yip Wing-sie 
10 May 2003
8:00pm 

 

Overture Le Corsaire  
Overture Le Carnaval romain  
La Mort de Cléopâtre
Symphonie fantastique
Carnegie Hall, New York, USA
The Met Orchestra
conductor: James Levine
Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano)
10 May 2003
8.00pm
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale 
(first version for military/symphonic band)
Kulturhaus, Laupheim (state of Baden-Württemberg), Germany
Musikverein Stadtkapelle Laupheim
conductor: Prof. Dr. David Whitwell
10 May 2003
8.00pm
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Staatstheater, Cottbus, Germany
Philharmonisches Orchester Cottbus
conductor: Sebastian Weigle
10 May 2003 Grande Messe des morts
(Requiem)

 


Bicentenary concert

Fisher Auditorium, Barrie Central Collegiate, Barrie, Canada
Chorus Niagara
The Mississauga Choral Society
Cellar Singers of Orillia
with an orchestra of 80 musicians
conductor: Robert Cooper
Albert Greer (tenor)
11 May 2003
3:00pm 

Overture to Benvenuto Cellini 
Harold en Italie
Symphonie fantastique
Carnegie Hall, New York, USA
The Met Orchestra
conductor: James Levine
soloist: Michael Ouzounian (viola)
11 May 2003
7.00pm
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Staatstheater, Cottbus, Germany
Philharmonisches Orchester Cottbus
conductor: Sebastian Weigle
11 May 2003
7.30pm
Overture Le Corsaire Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
Philharmonia Orchestra
conductor: Alexander Lazarev
11 May 2003
9.00pm

 

 

Roméo et Juliette

Excerpts: 
La Reine Mab (Scherzo)
Roméo seul
Scène d’amour

Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Sir Colin Davis


12 May 2003
6.00pm

 

 

Roméo et Juliette

Excerpts: 
La Reine Mab ( Scherzo)
Roméo seul
Scène d’amour

Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Sir Colin Davis


12 May 2003
7.30pm
Melodies

 

Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Graham Johnson (piano)
12 May 2003
8.00pm
Harold en Italie Congresshalle, Saarbruecken, Germany
Saarländisches Staatsorchester
conductor: Philippe Bender
Ekkehart Fritzsch (viola)
12 May 2003
8.30pm
Herminie Nouveau Siècle, Lille, France
Orchestre National de Lille
conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus
Véronique Gens (soprano)
13 May 2003
7.30pm
Les Nuits d’été Theater, Greifswald, Germany
Philharmonisches Orchester Vorpommern
conductor: Koji Kawamoto
Anette Gerhardt (soprano)
13 May 2003
8.00pm
Harold en Italie Congresshalle, Saarbruecken, Germany
Saarländisches Staatsorchester
conductor: Philippe Bender
Ekkehart Fritzsch (viola)
13 May 2003
8.30pm
Herminie Nouveau Siècle, Lille, France
Orchestre National de Lille
conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus
Véronique Gens (soprano)
14 May 2003
7.00pm
Les Troyens 

(Acts III, IV and V)

(see January and February above for acts I, II)

 

Sung in English
(Hugh Macdonald’s translation)

Coliseum, London, UK
The English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus
conductor: Paul Daniel
Susan Parry (Dido), John Daszak (Aeneas)
Anna Burford (Anna), Victoria Simmonds (Ascanius)
Colin Lee (Iopas), Clive Bayley (Narbal)
Iain Paterson (Pantheus) 
Toby Stafford-Allen (First Trojan Soldier)
Graeme Danby (Second Trojan Soldier)
Hylas (not announced)
14 May 2003
7.15pm

pre-concert talk: 6.00-6.30

La Damnation de Faust

 

 

staged performance

Lyric Theatre, The Lowry Centre, Salford Quays, UK
Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North
conductor: Frédéric Chaslin 
Rafael Rojas (Faust)
Alastair Miles (Méphistophélès)
Lilli Paasikivi (Marguerite )
Paul Gibson (Brander)
14 May 2003
7.30pm
Les Nuits d’été Theater, Stralsund, Germany
Philharmonisches Orchester Vorpommern
conductor: Koji Kawamoto
Anette Gerhardt (soprano)
14 May 2003
7.30pm

 

 

Grande Messe des morts
(Requiem)

 

 

Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria
Wiener Symphoniker
Wiener Singakademie
Chor der Preßburger Philharmonie
conductor: Georges Prêtre
Paul Groves (tenor)
14 May 2003
7.30pm
Te Deum Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, UK
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir
conductor: John Nelson 
John Tessier (tenor)
14 May 2003 
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Lucerne (venue not announced), Switzerland
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
conductor: Kent Nagano 
14 May 2003
8.15pm
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini Palau de la Música, Sala Iturbi, Valencia, Spain
Kungliga Filharmoniska Orkestern i Stockholm
conductor: Alan Gilbert
15 May 2003
12.30pm
Un bal 
(from Symphonie fantastique,
piano transcription for four hands

Sara la baigneuse
piano version for soprano and baritone

Ballet music
from the last three acts of Les Troyens
piano transcription

"Regards de Fantin-Lantour 
sur l’œuvre de Berlioz"

Auditorium, Grenoble museum, Grenoble, France
Jacqueline Barbe et Brigitte Mélo (piano)
Angèle Garabédian (soprano)
Michel Denoufoux (bass-baritone)
15 May 2003
7.30pm
Te Deum Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, UK
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir
conductor: John Nelson 
John Tessier (tenor)
15 May 2003
7.30pm

 

 

Grande Messe des morts
(Requiem)

 

 

Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria
Wiener Symphoniker
Wiener Singakademie
Chor der Preßburger Philharmonie
conductor: Georges Prêtre
Paul Groves (tenor)
15 May 2003
7.30pm
Les Nuits d’été Theater, Stralsund, Germany
Philharmonisches Orchester Vorpommern
conductor: Koji Kawamoto
Anette Gerhardt (soprano)
15 May 2003 
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Bâle (venue not announced), Switzerland
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
conductor: Kent Nagano 
15 May 2003
8.00pm
Herminie Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Orchestre National de Lille
conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus
V
éronique Gens (soprano)
15 May 2003
8.30pm

 

 

Messe Solennelle

 


Église de l’Annonciation, Lyon, France
Chœur Universitaire de Lyon
Orchestre Rhône­Alpes (period instruments)
conductors: Rémy Fombon and Jean­François Le Maréchal
Florence Couderc (soprano)
Jean Delescluse (tenor), Renaud Delaigue (bass) 
15 May 2003 Le Ballet des ombres 
Improvisation
and Chœur à boire
(from Béatrice et Bénédict)
Opéra, Shanghai, China
Solistes de Lyon - Bernard Tétu
Philippe Cassard (piano)
conductor: Bernard Tétu
16 May 2003
7.00pm

 

 

 

Les Troyens 

(Acts III, IV and V)

(see January and February above for acts I, II)

 

Sung in English
(Hugh Macdonald’s translation)

Coliseum, London, UK
The English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus
conductor: Paul Daniel
Susan Parry (Dido), John Daszak (Aeneas)
Anna Burford (Anna), Victoria Simmonds (Ascanius)
Colin Lee (Iopas), Clive Bayley (Narbal)
Iain Paterson (Pantheus) 
Toby Stafford-Allen (First Trojan Soldier)
Graeme Danby (Second Trojan Soldier)
Hylas (not announced)
16 May 2003
7.30pm
La Mort de Cléopâtre
Symphonie fantastique
Großer Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, Austria
Wiener Philharmoniker
conductor: Valery Gergiev
Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano)
16 May 2003
8.00pm
Herminie Le Phénix, Valenciennes, France
Orchestre National de Lille
conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus
V
éronique Gens (soprano)
16 May 2003
8.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire Beethovenhalle, Bonn, Germany
Orchester der Beethovenhalle
conductor: Marc Soustrot
16 May 2003
8.00pm
Béatrice et Bénédict Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Neue Philharmonie Westfalen
conductor: Samuel Bächli
Mark Adler (Bénédict)
Anke Sieloff / Marie-Belle Sandis (Béatrice) 
Nicolai Karnolsky (Don Pedro) 
Anna Agathonos (Ursule) 
Regine Hermann / Noriko Ogawa-Yatake (Héro) 
Erin Caves / Nyle P. Wolfe (Claudio) 
Joachim Gabriel Maass (Somarone) 
16 May 2003 
8.30pm
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini 

 

The Arsenal Concert Hall, Metz, France
Orchestre National de Lorraine
conductor: Jacques Mercier
16 May 2003 Le Ballet des ombres 
Improvisation and Chœur à boire
(from Béatrice et Bénédict)
Opéra, Shanghai, China
Solistes de Lyon - Bernard Tétu
Philippe Cassard (piano)
conductor: Bernard Tétu
16 May 2003

 

 

Overture Carnaval romain
Fantaisie sur la Tempête de Shakespeare


Venerque (Haute-Garonne), France
Orchestre symphonique des universités de Toulouse
Chœur des universités de Toulouse

venue and conductor: not announced

17 May 2003
12.00 noon
Overture Le Corsaire
La Mort de Cléopâtre
Symphonie fantastique

Berlioz Bicentenary 

Sala Nezahualcóyotl, Centro Universitario, Mexico City, Mexico
Orquesta Filarmónica de la Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México,
conductor: Zuohuang Chen
Amelia Sierra (soprano)
17 May 2003
3.30pm

 

La Mort de Cléopâtre
Symphonie fantastique

 

Großer Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, Austria
Wiener Philharmoniker
conductor: Valery Gergiev
Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano)
17 May 2003
6.00pm

 

Les Nuits d’été


Festival de l’Épau

Abbaye de l’Épau, abbatiale, Le Mans, France
Ensemble orchestral de Paris
conductor: Bernard Calmel
Guillemette Laurens (mezzo-soprano)
17 May 2003
7.30pm
"Homage to Hector Berlioz"

La Belle Voyageuse
Le Matin
L’Origine de la harpe
La Belle Isabeau
Les Nuits d’été
(excerpts)
La Mort de Cléopâtre
D’amour l’ardente flamme

(from La Damnation de Faust)

selected arias from:
Béatrice et Bénédict, Bevenuto Cellini and Les Troyens

Joseph-Keilberth-Saal, Erlenweg 2, Karlsruhe, Germany
Amaru Soren (at the piano)
Marie Basson (soprano)
Estelle Dussort (soprano)
Mélanie Moussay (soprano)
Rosemara Ribeiro (mezzo-soprano)
17 May 2003
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique

 

Großer Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, Austria
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
conductor: Kent Nagano
18 May 2003
11.00am

 

La Mort de Cléopâtre
Symphonie fantastique

 

Großer Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, Austria
Wiener Philharmoniker
conductor: Valery Gergiev
Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) 
18 May 2003
12.00 noon
Overture Le Corsaire
La Mort de Cléopâtre
Symphonie fantastique

Berlioz Bicentenary

Sala Nezahualcóyotl, Centro Universitario, Mexico City, Mexico
Orquesta Filarmónica de la Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México,
conductor: Zuohuang Chen
Amelia Sierra (soprano)
18 May 2003
6.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire Beethovenhalle, Bonn, Germany
Orchester der Beethovenhalle
conductor: Marc Soustrot
18 May 2003
6.00pm
Melodies

Festival "Nuits romantiques du lac du Bourget" 

Théâtre du Casino, Aix-les-Bains, France
Felicity Lott (soprano)
Maciej Pikulski (piano)
18 May 2003
6.30pm

 

 

Messe Solennelle

 


Église de l’Annonciation, Lyon, France
Chœur Universitaire de Lyon
Orchestre Rhône­Alpes (period instruments)
conductors: Rémy Fombon and Jean­François Le Maréchal
Florence Couderc (soprano)
Jean Delescluse (tenor), Renaud Delaigue (bass) 

18 May 2003
7.30pm

Symphonie fantastique

 

Großer Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, Austria
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
conductor: Kent Nagano
18 May 2003
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique

Prague Spring

Obecní dům, Prague, Czech Republic
Česká filharmonie
conductor: Neeme Järvi
20 May 2003
7.30pm

 

La Mort de Cléopâtre
Symphonie fantastique

 

Großer Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, Austria
Wiener Philharmoniker
conductor: Valery Gergiev
Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano)
20 May 2003
8.00pm

 

 

Messe Solennelle

 


Prague Spring

Obecní dům, Prague, Czech Republic
Symfonický orchestr hl. m. Prahy FOK
Pražský filharmonický sbor, 
conductor: Serge Baudo
Martina Zadro (soprano), Hervé Lamy (tenor)
Igor Gavrilov (bass-baritone)
21 May 2003
8.30pm

 

 

Harold en Italie
Le Chant des chemins de fer
L’Invitation à la Valse
(Weber, orchestration Berlioz)
Hymne des Marseillais
(La Marseillaise)
(R. de Lisle, orchestration Berlioz)
Amphidice, L’Université Stendhal Grenoble 3 Campus,
Saint-Martin-d’Hères, France
Orchestre régional du Dauphiné
Chorale Méli-Meylan (chorus master: Denis Cordelle) 
Chorale Mosaïque (Crolles) (chorus master: Jean-Marie Verhaegen)
conductor: Éric Villevière
Catherine Simon (viola)
JP Franceshi (tenor)
21 May 2003
8.30pm



Messe Solennelle

 


Église de l’Annonciation, Lyon, France
Chœur Universitaire de Lyon
Orchestre Rhône­Alpes (period instruments)
conductors: Rémy Fombon and Jean­François Le Maréchal
Florence Couderc (soprano)
Jean Delescluse (tenor), Renaud Delaigue (bass) 
21 May 2003

 


Grande Messe des morts
(Requiem)

 

 

Carnegie Hall, New York, USA
The Collegiate Choral
The Riverside Choral Society
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
conductor: Robert Bass
Vinson Cole (tenor)
22 May 2003
7.15pm

 

 

La Damnation de Faust

 

 

staged performance

Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Opera North
conductor: Frédéric Chaslin 
Rafael Rojas (Faust)
Alastair Miles (Méphistophélès)
Lilli Paasikivi (Marguérite )
Paul Gibson (Brander)
22 May 2003
8.00pm

Introduction to the concert at 7.15 in the Schumann-Eck

Symphonie fantastique

 

 

Gewandhaus, Großer Saal, Leipzig, Germany
Gewandhausorchester
conductor: Herbert Blomstedt

23 May 2003
7.00pm
Les Troyens 

(Acts III, IV and V)

(see January and February above for acts I, II)

 

Sung in English
(Hugh Macdonald’s translation)

Coliseum, London, UK
The English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus
conductor: Paul Daniel
Susan Parry (Dido), John Daszak (Aeneas)
Anna Burford (Anna), Victoria Simmonds (Ascanius)
Colin Lee (Iopas), Clive Bayley (Narbal)
Iain Paterson (Pantheus) 
Toby Stafford-Allen (First Trojan Soldier)
Graeme Danby (Second Trojan Soldier)
Hylas (not announced)
23 May 2003
8.00pm

Introduction to the concert at 7.15 in the Schumann-Eck

Symphonie fantastique

 

 

Gewandhaus, Großer Saal, Leipzig, Germany
Gewandhausorchester
conductor: Herbert Blomstedt

 

23 May 2003
8.00pm

 

Harold en Italie


Tonhalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
conductor: Sian Edwards
Yuri Bashmet (viola)
23 May 2003
8.00pm
Symphonie Fantastique

 

Princess Theatre, Launceston, Australia
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor: David Porcelijn
23 May 2003
9.00pm
Melodies

Un printemps à la villa Médicis
Berlioz et les musiques de la Méditerranée

One spring at the villa Médicis
Berlioz and Mediterranean music

Villa Médicis, salle à manger des pensionnaires, Rome, Italy
Susan Manoff (piano)
Georgina de Bayser (cello)
Jérôme Corréas (baritone)
Clotilde de Bayser (narrator)
23 May 2003 Marche Hongroise
(from la Damnation de Faust
Adieu des bergers à la Sainte Famille
(from L’Enfance du Christ
Marche des pèlerins
(from Harold en Italie)
Un Bal
(from Symphonie fantastique)
Villard de Lans, France
Students of the École Musicale Itinérante des Quatre Montagnes

 

 

No further details available

23 May 2003

 


Rêverie et Caprice
Intrata di Rob-Roy MacGregor
Tristia
Huit Scènes de Faust

Berlioz, cet inconnu

Église du Sacré-Cœur, Grenoble, France
Orchestre symphonique universitaire de Grenoble
Chorale À Cœur Joie
conductor: Patrick Souillot
chorus master: Francine Bessac
24 May 2003
7.30pm
Overture Le Corsaire

 

Romsey Abbey, Southampton, UK
City of Southampton Orchestra
conductor: Neil Ferris
24 May 2003
8.00pm
Béatrice et Bénédict Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Neue Philharmonie Westfalen
conductor: Samuel Bächli
Mark Adler (Bénédict)
Anke Sieloff / Marie-Belle Sandis (Béatrice)
Nicolai Karnolsky (Don Pedro)
Anna Agathonos (Ursule)
Regine Hermann / Noriko Ogawa-Yatake (Héro)
Erin Caves / Nyle P. Wolfe (Claudio)
Joachim Gabriel Maass (Somarone) 
24 May 2003
8.00pm
Symphonie Fantastique

 

Federation Concert Hall, Hobart, Australia
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor: David Porcelijn
24 May 2003
8.30pm
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale

open air concert

Place Saint-André, Grenoble, France
Orchestre à vent du Conservatoire national de Région de Grenoble 
conductor: Bernard Rouvière 
24 May 2003
8.30pm



Messe Solennelle

 


Église de l’Annonciation, Lyon, France
Chœur Universitaire de Lyon
Orchestre Rhône­Alpes (period instruments)
conductors: Rémy Fombon and Jean­François Le Maréchal
Florence Couderc (soprano)
Jean Delescluse (tenor), Renaud Delaigue (bass) 
25 May 2003
11.00am

 

Harold en Italie


Tonhalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
conductor: Sian Edwards
Yuri Bashmet (viola)
25 May 2003
6.00pm
La Damnation de Faust Historische Stadthalle am Johannisberg Wuppertal, Großer Saal,
Wuppertal, Germany
Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal
Chor der Konzertgesellschaft
conductor: George Hanson
chorus master: Marieddy Rossetto
not announced (Faust)
Dariusz Machej (Méphistophélès)
Marcel Rosca (Brander)
Ruth-Maria Nicolay (Marguerite) 
25 May 2003

 


Rêverie et Caprice
Intrata di Rob-Roy MacGregor
Tristia
Huit Scènes de Faust

Berlioz, cet inconnu

Église du Sacré-Cœur, Grenoble, France
Orchestre symphonique universitaire de Grenoble
Chorale À Cœur Joie
conductor: Patrick Souillot
chorus master: Francine Bessac
25 May 2003 L’Enfance du Christ Palais des Sports, Bordeaux, France
Chœur Symphonique de Bordeaux (300 choristers)
Orchestre des Hauts de Garonne
conductor and director of the chorus: Eliane Lavail
26 May 2003
8.00pm

 

Harold en Italie


Tonhalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
conductor: Sian Edwards
Yuri Bashmet (viola)
26 May 2003 L’Enfance du Christ Palais des Sports, Bordeaux, France
Chœur Symphonique de Bordeaux (300 choristers)
Orchestre des Hauts de Garonne
conductor and director of the chorus: Eliane Lavail
27 May 2003
11.00am

 

Harold en Italie


Tonhalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
conductor: Sian Edwards
Yuri Bashmet (viola)
27 May 2003
8.00pm
Grande Messe des morts
(Requiem)
Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Chorus
conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus
chorus master: Iwan Edwards
Stanford Olsen (tenor)
28 May 2003
8.00pm
Grande Messe des morts
(Requiem)
Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Chorus
conductor: Jean-Claude Casadesus
chorus master: Iwan Edwards
Stanford Olsen (tenor)
28 May 2003
8.00pm


Messe solennelle

 

 

Eurogress, Aachen, Germany
Choir from Collegium Musicum of the RWTH Aachen 
Krashna Musica Orchestra from Technical University Delft 

conductor and soloists not announced

29 May 2003
7.00pm
Symphonie fantastique

White Nights Festival

Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia
Met Orchestra
conductor: James Levine
29 May 2003
7.00pm
Les Troyens 

(Acts III, IV and V)

(see January and February above for acts I, II)

 

Sung in English
(Hugh Macdonald’s translation)

Coliseum, London, UK
The English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus
conductor: Paul Daniel
Susan Parry (Dido), John Daszak (Aeneas)
Anna Burford (Anna), Victoria Simmonds (Ascanius)
Colin Lee (Iopas), Clive Bayley (Narbal)
Iain Paterson (Pantheus) 
Toby Stafford-Allen (First Trojan Soldier)
Graeme Danby (Second Trojan Soldier)
Hylas (not announced)
29 May 2003
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique

 

Gallusova dvorana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Slovenska filharmonija
conductor: Patrick Fournillier
30 May 2003
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique

 

Gallusova dvorana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Slovenska filharmonija
conductor: Patrick Fournillier
31 May 2003
12.00 noon

 

La Mort de Cléopâtre


White Nights Festival

Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Met Orchestra
conductor: James Levine
Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano

31 May 2003
6.00pm

Les Troyens 

(Acts III, IV and V)

(see January and February above for acts I, II)

 

Sung in English
(Hugh Macdonald’s translation)

Coliseum, London, UK
The English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus
conductor: Paul Daniel
Susan Parry (Dido), John Daszak (Aeneas)
Anna Burford (Anna), Victoria Simmonds (Ascanius)
Colin Lee (Iopas), Clive Bayley (Narbal)
Iain Paterson (Pantheus) 
Toby Stafford-Allen (First Trojan Soldier)
Graeme Danby (Second Trojan Soldier)
Hylas (not announced)
31 May 2003
8.00pm

 

Symphonie fantastique


commemorating the Berlioz Bicentenary 

Pope Auditorium, Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus,
New York City, USA
The Lawyers’ Orchestra
conductor: David Bernard 
31 May 2003

 

 

Messe Solennelle

 

Berlioz Bicentenary

Palacio Euskalduna Jauregia, Bilbao, Spain
Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi
Orfeón Donostiarra
conductor: Cristian Mandeal
chorus master: José Antonio Sainz Alfaro

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