Forthcoming performances of Berlioz’s music around the world

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The table below lists the performances in chronological order. 

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France

1 February 2012
8.00pm

2, 3 February 2012
7.00pm

“Childe, essai chorégraphique sur une symphonie de Berlioz”

Contemporary dance inspired by Harold en Italie

Maison de la Danse, Lyon
composer : Hector Berlioz
choreographer, dancer: Jesus Sevari
company : Absolutamente

Further information: 
http://www.maisondeladanse.com/la_programmation/spectacle/titre/jesus_sevari/

2 February 2012 “Roméo et Juliette”

Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette 

Théâtre Municipal, Bourg en Bresse
Malandain Ballet Biarritz
choreography: Thierry Malandain
decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo
director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié 
3 February 2012
8.30pm
Harold en Italie Le Théâtre, Scène conventionnée d’Auxerre, Bourgogne
Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne
conductor: Daniel Kawka
Lise Berthaud (viola)

Further information: http://www.orchestredijonbourgogne.fr/

4 February 2012
5.00pm
“Roméo et Juliette”

Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette 

Théâtre Aggloscènes, Théâtre Le Forum, Fréjus
Malandain Ballet Biarritz
choreography: Thierry Malandain
decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo
director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié 
4 February 2012
8.00pm
Harold en Italie Auditorium de Dijon, Dijon
Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne
conductor: Daniel Kawka
Lise Berthaud (viola)

Further information: http://www.orchestredijonbourgogne.fr/

4 February 2012 “Childe, essai chorégraphique sur une symphonie de Berlioz”

Contemporary dance inspired by Harold en Italie

Espace 1789, St-Ouen
composer : Hector Berlioz
choreographer, dancer: Jesus Sevari
company : Absolutamente

Further information: www.espace-1789.com/spectacles

7, 8 February 2012
8.30pm
“Childe, essai chorégraphique sur une symphonie de Berlioz”

Contemporary dance inspired by Harold en Italie

Micadanses, Paris
composer : Hector Berlioz
choreographer, dancer: Jesus Sevari
company : Absolutamente

Further information: www.espace-1789.com/spectacles

10 February 2012
8.30pm
“Roméo et Juliette”

Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette 

Maison de la Musique, Blaye-les-Mines
Malandain Ballet Biarritz
choreography: Thierry Malandain
decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo
director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié 

Co-organised by the Scène culturelle nationale d’Albi, the Syndict Mixte d’aménagement de la Découverte (SMAD), and the Association départementale de développement des Arts (Adda du Tarn)

Further information: call 05 63 53 85 56 or by email : accueil@sn-albi.fr

10 February 2012
8.30pm
Works unspecified

(programme probably includes the Trio for two flutes and harp from L’Enfance du Christ)

concert includes also music by Schütz, Charpentier, Vivaldi, Bach, Debussy, Ravel and Britten

« Autour de l’hiver »

Salle Paul Labal, Ramonville-Saint-Agne
Anne-Laure Touya (soprano)
Cécile Grabias and Cécile Le Merrer (flute)
Saori Sato(organ et piano)

concert organised by the Association musicale de Ramonville

16, 17 February 2012
8.30pm
“Roméo et Juliette”

Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette 

Théâtre le Gallia, Saintes
Malandain Ballet Biarritz
choreography: Thierry Malandain
decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo
director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié 
18 February 2012
3.00pm

19 February 2012
2.30pm

“Childe, essai chorégraphique sur une symphonie de Berlioz”

Contemporary dance inspired by Harold en Italie

La Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel
composer : Hector Berlioz
choreographer, dancer: Jesus Sevari
company : Absolutamente


venue address:
La Ferme du Buisson
Scène nationale de Marne-la-Vallée
Allée de la Ferme
77186 Noisiel

Further information: www.lafermedubuisson.com/CHILDE.html

26 February 2012 Roméo et Juliette Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
BBC Symphony Chorus
Schola Cantorum of Oxford
conductor: Mark Elder
Sonia Ganassi (mezzo-soprano)
John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Orlin Anastassov (bass)
2, 4, 6, 9, 11 March 2012 Orphée et Eurydice

Gluck, 1774; Berlioz version 1859

Angers Nantes Opéra – New Production

Théâtre Graslin, Nantes
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
Choeur d’Angers Nantes Opéra (chorus master: Sandrine Abello)
conductor: Andreas Spering
producer: Emmanuelle Bastet
with:
Julie Robard-Gendre (Orphée)
Hélène Guilmette (Eurydice)
Sophie Junker (l’Amour)

Further information: http://www.angers-nantes-opera.com/orphee.html

7 March 2012
7.00pm
Symphonie fantastique

Liszt transcription

Théâtre du Vellein, Villefontaine
Roger Muraro (piano)
18, 20, 22 March 2012 Orphée et Eurydice

Gluck, 1774; Berlioz version 1859

Angers Nantes Opéra – New Production 

Grand Théâtre, Angers
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
Choeur d’Angers Nantes Opéra (chorus master: Sandrine Abello)
conductor: Andreas Spering
producer: Emmanuelle Bastet
with:
Julie Robard-Gendre (Orphée)
Hélène Guilmette (Eurydice)
Sophie Junker (l’Amour)

Further information: http://www.angers-nantes-opera.com/orphee.html

31 March 2012
8.30pm
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini

 

“Noblesse Oblige”

Palais des Congrès et de la Culture du Mans, Le Mans
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
conductor: John Axelrod

Further information: http://www.onpl.fr/

1 April 2012
5.00pm

5 April 2012
8.30pm

Overture to Benvenuto Cellini

 

“Noblesse Oblige”

Centre de Congrès, Angers 
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
conductor: John Axelrod

Further information: http://www.onpl.fr/

3, 4 April 2012
8.30pm
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini

 

“Noblesse Oblige”

La Cité, Nantes
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
conductor: John Axelrod

Further information: http://www.onpl.fr/

14 April 2012 Rencontre: Roméo et Juliette

A talk in conjunction with a ballet production (see below)

Amphithéâtre, Opéra Bastille, Paris

Further information: http://www.operadeparis.fr

24 April 2012
8.30pm
Orphée et Eurydice

Gluck, Berlioz version 1866

Maison de la Culture (MC2), Auditorium, Grenoble
Orchestre de Pays de Savoie
conductor: Nicolas Chalvin
Solistes de Lyon-Bernard Tétu
with:
Cécile Van de Sant (mezzo-soprano)
Katia Velletaz (soprano)
Bénédicte Tauran (soprano)

Further information: http://www.mc2grenoble.fr/

25 April 2012
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Opéra Bastille, Paris
Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris
conductor: Michel Plasson

Further information: http://www.operadeparis.fr

7, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17 May 2012
7.30pm

13, 20 May 2012
2.30pm

Roméo et Juliette: ballet de l’opéra

2007 Opéra national de Paris production 

Opéra Bastille, Paris
Orchestre et Choeur de l’Opéra national de Paris
Les Etoiles, les Premiers Danseurs and the Corps de Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris
conductor: Vello Pähn
chorus master: Patrick Marie
choreography: Sasha Waltz
Stéphanie D’Oustrac (mezzo-soprano)
Yann Beuron (tenor)
Nicolas Cavallier (bass)

Further information: http://www.operadeparis.fr

9, 10, 11, 12 May 2012
8.00pm

13 May 2012
3.00pm

Orphée et Eurydice

Gluck; Berlioz version (1859), sung in French

Théâtre National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Bordeaux
Orchestre Symphonique du Conservatoire de Bordeaux
Chœur de l’Opéra national de Bordeaux
conductor: Geoffroy Jourdain
with the soloists of the Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra National de Paris
production: Opéra National de Paris

Further information: http://www.operadeparis.fr

12 May 2012
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Salle Pleyel, Paris
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
conductor: Tugan Sokhiev

Further information: http://www.sallepleyel.fr

14, 15 May 2012
9.00pm
“Roméo et Juliette”

Maurice Béjart’s ballet created in 1966 set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette 

Grande salle, Blagnac
Malandain Ballet Biarritz
choreography: Thierry Malandain
decor and costumes: Jorge Gallardo
director, conception and lighting: Jean-Claude Asquié

Further information: call 05 61 71 75 15

23 May 2012
8.00pm

direct broadcast on France Musique

Les Nuits d’été Opéra Bastille, Paris
Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris
conductor: Philippe Jordan
Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano)

Further information: http://www.operadeparis.fr

25 May 2012
8.00pm
Un bal (from Symphonie fantastique)

Ballet des Sylphes
Marche hongroise

(from La Damnation de Faust)

arranged for organ for four hands

Invitation à la danse –
Festival la Valse

Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon, Lyon
Marie-Ange Leurent (organ)
Eric Lebrun (organ)

 

Admission free


Further information: www.auditoriumlyon.com

13, 15 June 2012
8.00pm

17 June 2012
3.00pm

Orphée et Eurydice

Gluck, Berlioz version, sung in Italian 

Grand Théâtre Massenet, Saint-Etienne
Orchestre Symphonique SaintÉtienne Loire
Chœur Lyrique Saint-Étienne Loire
Ballet National de Marseille
director: Frédéric Flamand
conductor: Giuseppe Grazzioli 
with:
Varduhi Abrahamian, Blandine Folio Perez, Ingrid Perruche, Maïlys de Villoutrey

Further information: http://www.operatheatredesaintetienne.fr/

19 June 2012
8.00pm
Songs (unspecified) Opéra, Strasbourg
Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Further information: http://www.operanationaldurhin.eu

24 June 2012
4.00pm

25 June 2012
8.00pm

Orphée et Eurydice

Gluck, Berlioz version, sung in Italian 

Opéra Royal, Château de Versailles, Versailles
Orchestre Symphonique SaintÉtienne Loire
Chœur Lyrique Saint-Étienne Loire
Ballet National de Marseille
director: Frédéric Flamand
conductor: Giuseppe Grazzioli 
with:
Varduhi Abrahamian, Blandine Folio Perez, Ingrid Perruche, Maïlys de Villoutrey

Further information: http://www.chateauversaillesspectacles.fr/

28, 30 June 2012
8.30pm
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem)

 

 

 

 

Festival de Saint-Denis 2012

Basilique-Cathédrale de Saint-Denis, Paris
Orchestre National de France
Chœur de Radio France
The Monteverdi Choir
conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner
chorus master: Matthias Brauer
Michael Spyres (tenor)

Co-production: Festival de Saint-Denis / Radio France

Further information: http://www.festival-saint-denis.com/

5 July 2012
8.00pm
Roméo seul – Fête chez les Capulet
(from Roméo et Juliette)
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
Orchestre National de France
conductor: Didier Benetti

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