Forthcoming performances of Berlioz’s music around the world
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Year 2008 (December)
The table below lists the performances in chronological order.
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December
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2 December 2008 7.30pm |
Romeo and Juliet
Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Leatherhead Theatre, Leatherhead,
UK Independent Ballet Wales artistic director: Darius James principal dancers: Richard Read, Iselin Eie Bowen, Oliver Eastwood, Lauren Poulton Further information: http://www.welshballet.co.uk/tour.htm |
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3 December 2008 7.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Lighthouse, Poole, UK Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conductor: Kirill Karabits |
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4 December 2008 7.30pm |
Romeo and Juliet
Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
The Brindley, Runcorn,
UK Independent Ballet Wales artistic director: Darius James principal dancers: Richard Read, Iselin Eie Bowen, Oliver Eastwood, Lauren Poulton Further information: http://www.welshballet.co.uk/tour.htm |
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4 December 2008 8.00pm |
La Damnation de Faust
Staged production, This new production was reconceived for the
Metropolitan Opera |
Lincoln Center, New York City, New York, USA The Metropolitan Opera conductor: James Levine/TBA production: Robert Lepage set designer: Carl Fillion costume designer: Karin Erskine lighting designer: Sonoyo Nishikawa choreographers: Johanne Madore and Alain Gautier video designers: Holger Foerterer and Boris Firquet Marguerite: Susan Graham Faust: Marcello Giordani Méphistophélès: John Relyea Further information: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/ |
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5 December 2008 1.00pm |
Romeo and Juliet
Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
The Brindley, Runcorn,
UK Independent Ballet Wales artistic director: Darius James principal dancers: Richard Read, Iselin Eie Bowen, Oliver Eastwood, Lauren Poulton Further information: http://www.welshballet.co.uk/tour.htm |
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5 December 2008 7.30pm |
La Damnation de Faust |
Concert Hall (Horsecross), Perth, Scotland, UK Royal Scottish National Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus conductor: Stéphane Denève Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano) Gregory Kunde (tenor) Nicolas Cavallier (bass) Further information: http://www.rsno.org.uk |
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5 December 2008 8.30pm |
Ô mon cher fils, donne cette herbe tendre... (duo from part I of L’Enfance du Christ)
A Night Before Christmas |
Peacock Lounge, Huddersfield, UK David Heathcote (baritone) Sarah Helsby-Hughes (soprano) Susanna Hewitt (piano) Further information: call 01484 432328 |
| 5 December 2008 | Herminie |
Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Luxembourg Le Cercle de l’harmonie conductor: Jérémie Rohrer staging: Juliette Deschamps Anna-Caterina Antonacci (soprano) |
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6 December 2008 7.30pm pre-concert talk by Michael Tumelty at 6.45 |
La Damnation de Faust |
Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, UK Royal Scottish National Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus conductor: Stéphane Denève Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano) Gregory Kunde (tenor) Nicolas Cavallier (bass) Further information: http://www.rsno.org.uk |
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6 December 2008 8.00pm |
Romeo and Juliet
Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
Town Hall, Stourbridge, UK Independent Ballet Wales artistic director: Darius James principal dancers: Richard Read, Iselin Eie Bowen, Oliver Eastwood, Lauren Poulton Further information: http://www.welshballet.co.uk/tour.htm |
| 7 December 2008 | Benvenuto Cellini
New production |
Staatstheater Nürnberg, Nürnberg,
Germany Staatstheater Nürnberg Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Guido Johannes Rumstadt Chorus master: Edgar Hykel producer and choreographer: Laura Scozzi sets: Barbara de Limburg cast: Benvenuto Cellini: Christopher Lincoln / Jean-Francis Monvoisin Giacomo Balducci: Rainer Zaun Fieramosca: Melih Tepretmez Teresa: Hrachuhí Bassénz Ascanio: Jordanka Milkova / Anna Alàs i Jové Pape Clément VII Guido Jentjens Francesco: Kalle Koiso-Kanttila Bernardino: Vladislav Solodyagin Pompeo: Jeong-Kyu Kim Further information: www.staatstheater.nuernberg.de |
| 7 December 2008 | Herminie |
Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Luxembourg Le Cercle de l’harmonie conductor: Jérémie Rohrer staging: Juliette Deschamps Anna-Caterina Antonacci (soprano) |
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8 December 2008 7.30pm |
Overture Le Roi Lear |
Royal Festival Hall, London, UK Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conductor: Sir Simon Rattle Further information: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/ |
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8 December 2008 7.30pm |
Romeo and Juliet
Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette |
The Plough, Torrington, UK Independent Ballet Wales artistic director: Darius James principal dancers: Richard Read, Iselin Eie Bowen, Oliver Eastwood, Lauren Poulton Further information: http://www.welshballet.co.uk/tour.htm |
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9 December 2008 7.30pm |
Overture Le Roi Lear |
Royal Festival Hall, London, UK Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conductor: Sir Simon Rattle Further information: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/ |
| 10 December 2008 | Symphonie funèbre et triomphale | Cathédrale, Chartres, France Orchestre de la Garde républicaine conductor: François Boulanger |
| 11 December 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Hamer Hall, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conductor: Oleg Caetani Further information: http://www.mso.com.au |
| 11 December 2008 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) |
Auditorio Beluarte, Pamplona, Spain Orquesta sinfonica de Navarra conductor: François-Xavier Roth |
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11 December 2008 8.30pm |
Tristia | RAI Auditorium, Turin, Italy Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai Coro Filarmonico di Praga conductor: Christian Arming chorus master: Lukas Vasilek Further information: www.orchestrasinfonica.rai.it/ |
| 11 December 2008 | Symphonie funèbre et triomphale | Eglise Saint-Louis des Invalides,
Paris, France Orchestre de la Garde républicaine conductor: François Boulanger |
| 12 December 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Hamer Hall, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conductor: Oleg Caetani Further information: http://www.mso.com.au |
| 12 December 2008 8.00pm |
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) |
Auditorio Beluarte, Pamplona, Spain Orquesta sinfonica de Navarra conductor: François-Xavier Roth |
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12 December 2008 8.15pm |
Les Nuits d’été | Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht,
Netherlands Radio Kamer Filharmonie conductor: Jaap van Zweden Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo-soprano) Further information: www.hetzondagochtendconcert.nl |
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12 December 2008 9.00pm |
Tristia | RAI Auditorium, Turin, Italy Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai Coro Filarmonico di Praga conductor: Christian Arming chorus master: Lukas Vasilek Further information: www.orchestrasinfonica.rai.it/ |
| 13 December 2008 6.00pm |
Obertura El carnaval romano [Overture Le Carnaval romain] |
Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli, México, Mexico Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México conductor: Gernot Schulz |
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13 December 2008 7.30pm |
L’Adieu des Bergers (from L’Enfance du Christ)
The Glory of Christmas |
Trinity Church, North Finchley, London, UK Finchley Chamber Choir Finchley Chamber Orchestra conductor: David Lardi Further information: 020 8446 6101 |
| 13 December 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Hamer Hall, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conductor: Oleg Caetani Further information: http://www.mso.com.au |
| 13 December 2008 8.15pm |
Overture Le Roi Lear |
Palau de la Música de Valencia, Valencia, Spain Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor: Simon Rattle |
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14 December 2008 11.00am |
Les Nuits d’été | Concertgebouw, Amsterdam,
Netherlands conductor: Jaap van Zweden Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo-soprano) Further information: www.hetzondagochtendconcert.nl |
| 14 December 2008 12.30pm |
Obertura El carnaval romano [Overture Le Carnaval romain] |
Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli, México, Mexico Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México conductor: Gernot Schulz |
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14 December 2008 7.30pm |
Overture Le Roi Lear | Wiener Konzerthaus, Großer
Saal, Vienna, Austria Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchester conductor: Sir Simon Rattle Further information: http://konzerthaus.at/ |
| 14 December 2008 | Benvenuto Cellini
New production |
Staatstheater Nürnberg, Nürnberg,
Germany Staatstheater Nürnberg Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Guido Johannes Rumstadt Chorus master: Edgar Hykel producer and choreographer: Laura Scozzi sets: Barbara de Limburg cast: Benvenuto Cellini: Christopher Lincoln / Jean-Francis Monvoisin Giacomo Balducci: Rainer Zaun Fieramosca: Melih Tepretmez Teresa: Hrachuhí Bassénz Ascanio: Jordanka Milkova / Anna Alàs i Jové Pape Clément VII Guido Jentjens Francesco: Kalle Koiso-Kanttila Bernardino: Vladislav Solodyagin Pompeo: Jeong-Kyu Kim Further information: www.staatstheater.nuernberg.de |
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15 December 2008 7.30pm |
Overture Les Francs-Juges | Wiener Konzerthaus, Großer
Saal, Vienna, Austria Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchester conductor: Sir Simon Rattle Further information: http://konzerthaus.at/ |
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18 December 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Fabio Luisi Further information: http://www.cso.org |
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19 December 2008 1.30pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Fabio Luisi Further information: http://www.cso.org |
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19 December 2008 7.30pm |
Overture Le Roi Lear |
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conductor: Sir Simon Rattle Further information: http://www.thsh.co.uk |
| 19 December 2008 8.30pm |
La infancia de Cristo [L’Enfance du Christ] |
Teatro de la Maestranza, Salas del Arenal S.A, Seville, Spain Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla Coro de la A.A. del Teatro de la Maestranza conductor: John Nelson John Tessier (tenor) Zandra McMaster (mezzo-soprano) Armando Noguera (baritone) Renaud Delaigue (bass) Bertrand Grunenwald (bass) Further information: www.rossevilla.com |
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20 December 2008 8.00pm |
Symphonie fantastique |
Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor: Fabio Luisi Further information: http://www.cso.org |
| 20 December 2008 8.30pm |
La infancia de Cristo [L’Enfance du Christ] |
Teatro de la Maestranza, Salas del Arenal S.A, Seville, Spain Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla Coro de la A.A. del Teatro de la Maestranza conductor: John Nelson John Tessier (tenor) Zandra McMaster (mezzo-soprano) Armando Noguera (baritone) Renaud Delaigue (bass) Bertrand Grunenwald (bass) Further information: www.rossevilla.com |
| 22 December 2008 8.00pm pre-projection introduction with Franck Krawczyk at 7.00pm meeting with François Salès after the projection |
“Berlioz grésille dans la
poussière d’hiver”
Video creation after La Damnation de Faust |
Salle Favart, Opéra-Comique, Paris,
France producer: François Salès composer of the sound track: Franck Krawczyk
Further information: www.opera-comique.com |
| 22 December 2008 8.00pm |
Overture Les Francs-juges | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées,
Paris, France Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conductor: Sir Simon Rattle Further information: ww.orchestredeschampselysees.com |
| 25 December 2008 | Benvenuto Cellini
New production |
Staatstheater Nürnberg, Nürnberg,
Germany Staatstheater Nürnberg Orchestra and Chorus conductor: Guido Johannes Rumstadt Chorus master: Edgar Hykel producer and choreographer: Laura Scozzi sets: Barbara de Limburg cast: Benvenuto Cellini: Christopher Lincoln / Jean-Francis Monvoisin Giacomo Balducci: Rainer Zaun Fieramosca: Melih Tepretmez Teresa: Hrachuhí Bassénz Ascanio: Jordanka Milkova / Anna Alàs i Jové Pape Clément VII Guido Jentjens Francesco: Kalle Koiso-Kanttila Bernardino: Vladislav Solodyagin Pompeo: Jeong-Kyu Kim Further information: www.staatstheater.nuernberg.de |
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