The Hector Berlioz Website - Berlioz concerts in November 2008

Forthcoming performances of Berlioz’s music around the world

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Year 2008 (November)

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November

1 November 2008 2.30pm	Romeo and Juliet Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette	Civic Theatre, Chelmsford, USA 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
1 November 2008 8.00pm pre-performance talk by Alain Perroux at 6.45 live broadcast on RSR-Espace 2 Read also a review of this performance by Christian Wasselin (in French)	La Damnation de Faust (staged production) Part of the Grand Théâtre de Genève’s La trilogie du diable [The trilogy of the devil]: «La Damnation de Faust» «Der Freischütz» «Les contes d’Hoffmann»	Grand Théâtre, Geneva, Switzerland Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Chœur du Grand Théâtre Chœur Orpheus de Sofia Maîtrise du Conservatoire Populaire de Musique de Genève conductor: John Nelson set design: Olivier Py decors and costumes: Pierre-André Weitz Elina Garanca (Marguerite) Paul Groves (Faust) Willard White (Méphistophélès) René Schirrer (Brander) Further information: http://www.geneveopera.ch
1 November 2008 8.00pm	La Damnation de Faust	Symphony Center, Chicago, USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Chorus conductor: Charles Dutoit chorus director: Duain Wolfe Susanne Mentzer (mezzo-soprano) Gregory Kunde (tenor) David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) Jonathan Lemalu (bass) See also http://www.cso.org
1 November 2008 8.00pm concert prelude at 7.00	Symphonie fantastique	Holland Performing Arts Center, Omaha, NE, USA Omaha Symphony conductor: Thomas Wilkins Further information: http://www.omahasymphony.org/masterworks.asp
1 November 2008 8.00pm	Symphonie fantastique	Belk Theater, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Charlotte, USA Charlotte Symphony conductor: Thierry Fischer
1 November 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
2 November 2008 2.00pm	Béatrice et Bénédict	Brown Theater, Wortham Theater Center, Houston, USA Houston Grand Opera Chorus and Orchestra conductor: Michael Hofstetter director: Robin Tebbutt Joyce DiDonato (Béatrice), Norman Reinhardt (Bénédict) Ailish Tynan (Hero), Leann Sandel-Pantaleo (Ursule) Ryan McKinny (Don Pedro), Liam Bonner (Claudio) Donald Maxwell (Somarone) Further information: http://www.houstongrandopera.org/
2 November 2008 11.00am	Overture Le Carnaval romain	Konzertsaal, Landesmusikakdemie NRW, Heek-Nienborg, Germany Studioorchester of the Bundes Deutscher Liebhaberorchester NRW conductor: Tilo Lehmann Admission free Further information: www.landesmusikakademie-nrw.de
2 November 2008 7.30pm	Overture Le Carnaval romain	The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK Royal Scottish National Orchestra conductor: Stéphane Denève Further information: http://www.rsno.org.uk
2 November 2008 7.30pm	Overture Le Corsaire	Wiener Konzerthaus, Großer Saal, Vienna, Austria Orchestre National du Capitol de Toulouse conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
3 November 2008 7.30pm	Les Nuits d’été	Phönix-Halle, Mainz, Germany Junge Orchester der Großregion joined by student musicians from France, Belgium, L:uzembourg, Saarland and Mainzer Hochschule für Musik conductor: Guy van Waas Hélène Bernardy (soprano) Admission is free contact: gen-musik@uni-mainz.de
3 November 2008 8.00pm pre-concert talk at 7.00 in Kleinen Saal	Overture Le Corsaire	Laeiszhalle, Großer Saal, Hamburg, Gernany NDR Sinfonieorchester conductor: Andris Nelsons
3 November 2008 9.15pm	Symphonie fantastique	Verdi Hall, Milan Conservatoire, Milan, Italy Filarmonica della Scala conductor: Daniel Barenboim
4 November 2008 11.00am see below for performances	La Damnation de Faust Staged production, in collaboration with Ex Machina Open dressed rehearsal	Lincoln Center, New York City, New York, USA The Metropolitan Opera conductor: James Levine production: Robert Lepage set design: Carl Fillion costume design: Karin Erskine lighting design: Sonoyo Nishikawa choreography: Johanne Madore and Alain Gautier video design: Holger Foerterer and Boris Firquet Marguerite: Susan Graham Faust: Marcello Giordani Méphistophélès: John Relyea
4 November 2008 8.00pm pre-performance talk by Alain Perroux at 6.45	La Damnation de Faust (staged production) Part of the Grand Théâtre de Genève’s La trilogie du diable [The trilogy of the devil]: «La Damnation de Faust» «Der Freischütz» «Les contes d’Hoffmann»	Grand Théâtre, Geneva, Switzerland Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Chœur du Grand Théâtre Chœur Orpheus de Sofia Maîtrise du Conservatoire Populaire de Musique de Genève conductor: John Nelson set design: Olivier Py decors and costumes: Pierre-André Weitz Elina Garanca (Marguerite) Paul Groves (Faust) Willard White (Méphistophélès) René Schirrer (Brander) Further information: http://www.geneveopera.ch
4 November 2008 8.00pm	Symphonie fantastique	Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy Filarmonica della Scala conductor: Daniel Barenboim Further information: www.filarmonica.it and www.teatroallascala.org/en/index.html
4 November 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
5 November 2008 8.00pm	Symphonie fantastique	Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy Filarmonica della Scala conductor: Daniel Barenboim Further information: www.filarmonica.it and www.teatroallascala.org/en/index.html
5 November 2008 9.00pm	Overture Le Corsaire Symphonie fantastique	Teatro Comunale, Modena, Italy Orchestre National du Capitol de Toulouse conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
6 November 2008 7.30pm	Overture Le Carnaval romain	Rudolfinum, Dvořákova síň [Dvorák Hall], Prague, Czech Republic Česká filharmonie conductor: Manfred Honeck Further information: http://www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
6 November 2008 8.00pm	Romeo and Juliet Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette	Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford, 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
6 November 2008 8.00pm	Symphonie fantastique	Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy Filarmonica della Scala conductor: Daniel Barenboim Further information: www.filarmonica.it and www.teatroallascala.org/en/index.html
6 November 2008 8.00pm pre-concert talk at 6.45pm	Roméo et Juliette	Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich, Germany Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks conductor: Riccardo Muti Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) Pavol Breslik (tenor) Ildar Abdrazakov (bass)
6 November 2008 8.00pm concert prelude at 7.00pm in Hayes Hall see below for further performances	Symphonie fantastique The Romantic Ideal	Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, FL, USA Naples Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Jorge Mester Further information: www.thephil.org
7 November 2008 7.00pm	Symphonie fantastique	Main Hall, Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Kazumasa Watanabe Further information: http://www.suntory.com
7 November 2008 7.30pm	Overture Le Carnaval romain	Rudolfinum, Dvořákova síň [Dvorák Hall], Prague, Czech Republic Česká filharmonie conductor: Manfred Honeck Further information: http://www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
7 November 2008 8.00pm	Romeo and Juliet Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette	Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham, 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 November 2008 8.00pm pre-concert talk at 6.45pm	Roméo et Juliette	Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich, Germany Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks conductor: Riccardo Muti Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) Pavol Breslik (tenor) Ildar Abdrazakov (bass)
7 November 2008 8.00pm	Symphonie fantastique The Romantic Ideal	Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, FL, USA Naples Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Jorge Mester Further information: www.thephil.org
7 November 2008 8.00pm Read a review of this performance by Michael Miller.	La Damnation de Faust Staged production, in collaboration with Ex Machina This new production was reconceived for the Metropolitan Opera and is based on a co-production of the Saito Kinen Festival and the Opéra National de Paris	Lincoln Center, New York City, New York, USA The Metropolitan Opera conductor: James Levine production: Robert Lepage set design: Carl Fillion costume design: Karin Erskine lighting design: Sonoyo Nishikawa choreography: Johanne Madore and Alain Gautier video design: Holger Foerterer and Boris Firquet Marguerite: Susan Graham Faust: Marcello Giordani Méphistophélès: John Relyea Further information: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/
7 November 2008 8.30pm	Orphée et Eurydice Weber; Berlioz version	Théâtre Granit, Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France Ensemble Arcanes Ensemble Instrumental de Belfort conductor: Jean-Michel Montornès stage manager: Laure Donzé costumes: Coline Vergez Marie Kalinine (Orphée) Ariane Wohlhuter (Eurydice) Martine Barbe (Amour) Further information: www.theatre-granit.asso.fr
8 November 2008 8.30pm	Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust)	Mille club, Waldhambach, Alsace, France L’Harmonie de Waldhambach director: Rémy Geyer
8 November 2008 11.30am	Journée du diable en musique [Day of the devil in music] (see also below)	Grand Théâtre, Geneva, Switzerland Further information: http://www.geneveopera.ch
8 November 2008 7.30pm	Songs (unspecified) «The Five Seasons»	Wiener Konzerthaus, Großer Saal, Vienna, Austria Jessye Norman (soprano) Mark Markham (piano) Further information: http://konzerthaus.at/
8 November 2008 7.30pm	Orphée et Eurydice Weber; Berlioz version	Théâtre Granit, Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France Ensemble Arcanes Ensemble Instrumental de Belfort conductor: Jean-Michel Montornès stage manager: Laure Donzé costumes: Coline Vergez Marie Kalinine (Orphée) Ariane Wohlhuter (Eurydice) Martine Barbe (Amour) Further information: www.theatre-granit.asso.fr
8 November 2008 7.30pm	Béatrice et Bénédict	Brown Theater, Wortham Theater Center, Houston, USA Houston Grand Opera Chorus and Orchestra conductor: Michael Hofstetter director: Robin Tebbutt Joyce DiDonato (Béatrice), Norman Reinhardt (Bénédict) Ailish Tynan (Hero), Leann Sandel-Pantaleo (Ursule) Ryan McKinny (Don Pedro), Liam Bonner (Claudio) Donald Maxwell (Somarone) Further information: http://www.houstongrandopera.org/
8 November 2008 7.30pm	Harold en Italie	Victoria Hall, Sheffield, UK Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Ewa Strusinska Robin Ireland (viola) Further information: www.sheffieldphilharmonic.org.uk/
8 November 2008 7.30pm	Harold en Italie	Townley Grammar School, Bexleyheath, London, UK Sidcup Symphony Orchestra conductor: James Ross soloist to be announced Further information: www.sidcupsymphony.org.uk
8 November 2008 8.00pm	Symphonie fantastique The Romantic Ideal	Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, FL, USA Naples Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Jorge Mester Further information: www.thephil.org
8 November 2008 8.00pm pre-performance talk by Alain Perroux at 6.45	La Damnation de Faust (staged production) Part of the Grand Théâtre de Genève’s La trilogie du diable [The trilogy of the devil]: «La Damnation de Faust» «Der Freischütz» «Les contes d’Hoffmann»	Grand Théâtre, Geneva, Switzerland Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Chœur du Grand Théâtre Chœur Orpheus de Sofia Maîtrise du Conservatoire Populaire de Musique de Genève conductor: John Nelson set design: Olivier Py decors and costumes: Pierre-André Weitz Elina Garanca (Marguerite) Paul Groves (Faust) Willard White (Méphistophélès) René Schirrer (Brander) Further information: http://www.geneveopera.ch
8 November 2008 8.00pm	Le Ballet des Ombres Wild Things	Samueli Theater, Costa Mesa, CA, USA John Alexander Singers (Pacific Chorale’s professional chamber choir) conductor: John Alexander
9 November 2008 5.00pm	Le Ballet des Ombres Wild Things	Samueli Theater, Costa Mesa, CA, USA John Alexander Singers (Pacific Chorale’s professional chamber choir) conductor: John Alexander
10 November 2008 7.30pm	Symphonie fantastique (one movement only, unspecified) Big Ideas	Orchestra Hall, Chicago, USA Chicago Sinfonietta conductor: Leslie B. Dunner
10 November 2008 8.00pm	La Damnation de Faust Staged production, in collaboration with Ex Machina This new production was reconceived for the Metropolitan Opera and is based on a co-production of the Saito Kinen Festival and the Opéra National de Paris	Lincoln Center, New York City, New York, USA The Metropolitan Opera conductor: James Levine production: Robert Lepage set design: Carl Fillion costume design: Karin Erskine lighting design: Sonoyo Nishikawa choreography: Johanne Madore and Alain Gautier video design: Holger Foerterer and Boris Firquet Marguerite: Susan Graham Faust: Marcello Giordani Méphistophélès: John Relyea Further information: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/
11 November 2008 7.30pm	Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem)	Musikverein, Großer Saal, Vienna Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien Wiener Singakademie conductor: Bertrand de Billy Yann Beuron (tenor) Further information: http://www.musikverein.at/
12 November 2008 7.30pm	Romeo and Juliet Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette	Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, 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
12 November 2008 7.30pm	Béatrice et Bénédict	Brown Theater, Wortham Theater Center, Houston, USA Houston Grand Opera Chorus and Orchestra conductor: Michael Hofstetter director: Robin Tebbutt Joyce DiDonato (Béatrice), Norman Reinhardt (Bénédict) Ailish Tynan (Hero), Leann Sandel-Pantaleo (Ursule) Ryan McKinny (Don Pedro), Liam Bonner (Claudio) Donald Maxwell (Somarone) Further information: http://www.houstongrandopera.org/
12 November 2008 8.00pm	Béatrice et Bénédict	Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland CIM Opera Theater (director: David Bamberger) The CIM Orchestra conductor: Harry Davidson stage manager: David Bamberger Chelsea Coyne (Béatrice), Hee Chang Shin ( Bénédict) Ann Coffman (Hero), Ann Anderson (Ursule) John Gray Watson (Somaron), Robert Pierce (Claudio) Richard Ollarsaba (Don Pedro) Further information: http://www.cim.edu/conEvSeries.php#November
13 November 2008 7.00pm	Songs (unspecified) The Five Seasons	Philharmonic Hall, Krakow, Poland Jessye Norman (soprano) Mark Markham (piano)
13 November 2008 7.30pm	Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem)	Wiener Konzerthaus, Großer Saal, Vienna, Austria Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien Wiener Singakademie conductor: Bertrand de Billy Yann Beuron (tenor) Further information: http://konzerthaus.at/
13 November 2008 8.00pm	Symphonie fantastique	Auckland Town Hall, New Zealand Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conductor: Lionel Bringuier
13 November 2008 8.00pm	Béatrice et Bénédict	Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland CIM Opera Theater (director: David Bamberger) The CIM Orchestra conductor: Harry Davidson stage manager: David Bamberger Chelsea Coyne (Béatrice), Hee Chang Shin ( Bénédict) Ann Coffman (Hero), Ann Anderson (Ursule) John Gray Watson (Somaron), Robert Pierce (Claudio) Richard Ollarsaba (Don Pedro) Further information: http://www.cim.edu/conEvSeries.php#November
13 November 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
14 November 2008 7.30pm	Romeo and Juliet Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette	Stiwt Theatre, Wrexham, 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
14 November 2008 7.30pm	Béatrice et Bénédict	Brown Theater, Wortham Theater Center, Houston, USA Houston Grand Opera Chorus and Orchestra conductor: Michael Hofstetter director: Robin Tebbutt Joyce DiDonato (Béatrice), Norman Reinhardt (Bénédict) Ailish Tynan (Hero), Leann Sandel-Pantaleo (Ursule) Ryan McKinny (Don Pedro), Liam Bonner (Claudio) Donald Maxwell (Somarone) Further information: http://www.houstongrandopera.org/
14 November 2008 8.00pm	Marche hongroise (from La Damnation de Faust) Le spectre de la rose (from Les Nuits d’été) Adieu, fière cité... Dido’s aria and recitative (from Les Troyens) Special Concert In aid of FAI – Fondo per l’Ambiente Italiano	Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London conductor: Vladimir Spivakov Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano) Further information: http://www.teatroallascala.org
14 November 2008 8.00pm	Béatrice et Bénédict	Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland CIM Opera Theater (director: David Bamberger) The CIM Orchestra conductor: Harry Davidson stage manager: David Bamberger Chelsea Coyne (Béatrice), Hee Chang Shin ( Bénédict) Ann Coffman (Hero), Ann Anderson (Ursule) John Gray Watson (Somaron), Robert Pierce (Claudio) Richard Ollarsaba (Don Pedro) Further information: http://www.cim.edu/conEvSeries.php#November
14 November 2008 8.00pm	La Damnation de Faust Staged production, in collaboration with Ex Machina This new production was reconceived for the Metropolitan Opera and is based on a co-production of the Saito Kinen Festival and the Opéra National de Paris	Lincoln Center, New York City, New York, USA The Metropolitan Opera conductor: James Levine production: Robert Lepage set design: Carl Fillion costume design: Karin Erskine lighting design: Sonoyo Nishikawa choreography: Johanne Madore and Alain Gautier video design: Holger Foerterer and Boris Firquet Marguerite: Susan Graham Faust: Marcello Giordani Méphistophélès: John Relyea Further information: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/
14 November 2008 8.00pm	Hymne des Marseillais Overture to Les Francs-juges Chasse royale et orage (from Les Troyens)	Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles Philharmonic Los Angeles Master Chorale conductor: Thomas Adès Mary Nessinger (mezzo-soprano)
15 November 2008 7.30pm	Symphonie fantastique	St John Fisher High School, Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK North Staffs Symphony Orchestra conductor: Peter Stallworthy Further information: http://www.nsso.org.uk/
15 November 2008 7.30pm	Overture Le Corsaire	King James’ School, Knaresborough, UK Leeds Symphony Orchestra conductor: Martin Binks
15 November 2008 7.30pm	Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Brent Symphony Orchestra Charity Concert	St John’s Wood Church, London, UK Brent Symphony Orchestra conductor: Levon Parikian Further information: http://www.brentso.org.uk/
15 November 2008 8.30pm "Get together with Gianandrea Noseda" at 7.45	Harold en Italie	Teatro Reggio Torino, Turin, Italy Orchestra del Regio conductor: Gianandrea Noseda Danilo Rossi (viola) Further information: http://www.teatroregio.torino.it
15 November 2008 8.00pm	Béatrice et Bénédict	Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland CIM Opera Theater (director: David Bamberger) The CIM Orchestra conductor: Harry Davidson stage manager: David Bamberger Chelsea Coyne (Béatrice), Hee Chang Shin ( Bénédict) Ann Coffman (Hero), Ann Anderson (Ursule) John Gray Watson (Somaron), Robert Pierce (Claudio) Richard Ollarsaba (Don Pedro) Further information: http://www.cim.edu/conEvSeries.php#November
15 November 2008 8.00pm	Hymne des Marseillais Overture to Les Francs-juges Chasse royale et orage (from Les Troyens)	Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles Philharmonic Los Angeles Master Chorale conductor: Thomas Adès Mary Nessinger (mezzo-soprano)
15 November 2008 8.00pm	Symphonie fantastique	Trinity Lutheran Church, Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra conductor: Allan R Scott
16 November 2008 3.00pm	Choral works (unspecified) Ode à Bacchus	Salle des fêtes de Vertheuil, Vertheuil, Magny-en-Vexin, France Ariana-Médoc de Moulis Vocal Ensemble Sarabande de La Force en Dordogne Vocal Ensemble conductor: René Rey Further information: pagesperso-orange.fr/lestourelles/
16 November 2008 2.00pm	Hymne des Marseillais Overture to Les Francs-juges Chasse royale et orage (from Les Troyens)	Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA Los Angeles Philharmonic Los Angeles Master Chorale conductor: Thomas Adès Mary Nessinger (mezzo-soprano)
18 November 2008 8.00pm	La Damnation de Faust Staged production, in collaboration with Ex Machina This new production was reconceived for the Metropolitan Opera and is based on a co-production of the Saito Kinen Festival and the Opéra National de Paris	Lincoln Center, New York City, New York, USA The Metropolitan Opera conductor: James Levine production: Robert Lepage set design: Carl Fillion costume design: Karin Erskine lighting design: Sonoyo Nishikawa choreography: Johanne Madore and Alain Gautier video design: Holger Foerterer and Boris Firquet Marguerite: Susan Graham Faust: Marcello Giordani Méphistophélès: John Relyea Further information: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/
19 November 2008 8.00pm	La Mort de Cléopâtre	Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France Ensemble Orchestral de Paris conductor: John Nelson Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano) Further information: www.theatrechampselysees.fr
19 November 2008 8.00pm	Grande Messe des morts (Requiem)	St. Johanniskirche, Lüneburger, Germany Johanniskantorei Lüneburg St.-Marien-Kantorei Uelzen Mitglieder der Hamburger Sinfoniker conductor: Erik Matz Jörg Brückner (tenor)
21 November 2008 8.00pm	Grande Messe des morts (Requiem)	St.-Marien-Kirche, Uelzen, Germany Johanniskantorei Lüneburg St.-Marien-Kantorei Uelzen Mitglieder der Hamburger Sinfoniker conductor: Erik Matz Jörg Brückner (tenor)
22 November 2008 1.00pm This performance will be broadcast live from the Met stage into select movie theatres in the US and abroad.	La Damnation de Faust Staged production, in collaboration with Ex Machina This new production was reconceived for the Metropolitan Opera and is based on a co-production of the Saito Kinen Festival and the Opéra National de Paris	Lincoln Center, New York City, New York, USA The Metropolitan Opera conductor: James Levine production: Robert Lepage set design: Carl Fillion costume design: Karin Erskine lighting design: Sonoyo Nishikawa choreography: Johanne Madore and Alain Gautier video design: Holger Foerterer and Boris Firquet Marguerite: Susan Graham Faust: Marcello Giordani Méphistophélès: John Relyea Further information: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/
22 November 2008 4.00pm	Overture to Benvenuto Cellini	Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France Orchestre d’harmonie de la Garde républicaine Orchestre Pasdeloup conductor: Wolfgang
22 November 2008 7.30pm	Harold en Italie	St Martin’s Church, Ealing, London, UK Ealing Symphony Orchestra conductor: John Gibbons Juliet Jopling (viola) Further information: http://www.ealingso.org.uk/
22 November 2008 7.30pm	Overture Le Corsaire	Great Hall of Leeds Grammar School, UK Leeds Symphony Orchestra conductor: Martin Binks
22 November 2008 8.00pm pre-concert discussion one hour before concert	Overture Le Corsaire	Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall, Fort Myers, FL, USA Southwest Florida Symphony conductor: Michael Hall Further information: http://swflso.org/
22 November 2008 8.00pm	Symphonie fantastique	Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA BYU Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Kory Katseanes Further information: http://www.byuarts.com/
22 November 2008 8.00pm	Harold en Italie	Grosser Saal, Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble conductor: Marc Minkowski Antoine Tamestit (viola) Further information: http://www.alteoper.de
23 November 2008 2.30pm pre-concert discussion one hour before concert	Overture Le Corsaire	Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall, Fort Myers, FL, USA Southwest Florida Symphony conductor: Michael Hall Further information: http://swflso.org/
23 November 2008 6.30pm	Harold en Italie La Mort de Cléopâtre Berlioz en fastes	Galerie des Batailles, Château de Versailles, Versaille, France Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble conductor: Marc Minkowski Antoine Tamestit (viola) Sylvie Brunet (soprano)
23 November 2008 7.00pm	Symphonie fantastique	Moody Gardens Hotel – Ballroom, Galveston, Texas, USA Galveston Symphony Orchestra conductor: Richard W. Pickar Further information: www.galvestonsymphony.org
23 November 2008 7.30pm	Romeo and Juliet Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette	Castle Hall, Hertford, 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
23 November 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
25 November 2008 8.30pm	La Damnation de Faust Staged production, in collaboration with Ex Machina This new production was reconceived for the Metropolitan Opera and is based on a co-production of the Saito Kinen Festival and the Opéra National de Paris	Lincoln Center, New York City, New York, USA The Metropolitan Opera conductor: James Levine production: Robert Lepage set design: Carl Fillion costume design: Karin Erskine lighting design: Sonoyo Nishikawa choreography: Johanne Madore and Alain Gautier video design: Holger Foerterer and Boris Firquet Marguerite: Susan Graham Faust: Marcello Giordani Méphistophélès: John Relyea Further information: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/
27 November 2008 7.30pm	Romeo and Juliet Ballet set to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette	Georgian Theatre, Richmond, 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
28 November 2008 1.30pm	Symphonie fantastique	Symphony Hall, Boston, MA, USA Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor: Seiji Ozawa
28 November 2008 7.30pm	Overture Le Corsaire	St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales, UK Orchestra Europa conductor: Vasily Petrenko
28 November 2008 8.30pm	Symphone fantastique	Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Orquesta filarmonica de Gran Canaria conductor: Pedro Halffter Further information: www.ofgrancanaria.com
29 November 2008 12.30pm This performance will be broadcast live on several radio stations around the world.	La Damnation de Faust Staged production, in collaboration with Ex Machina This new production was reconceived for the Metropolitan Opera and is based on a co-production of the Saito Kinen Festival and the Opéra National de Paris	Lincoln Center, New York City, New York, USA The Metropolitan Opera conductor: James Levine production: Robert Lepage set design: Carl Fillion costume design: Karin Erskine lighting design: Sonoyo Nishikawa choreography: Johanne Madore and Alain Gautier video design: Holger Foerterer and Boris Firquet Marguerite: Susan Graham Faust: Marcello Giordani Méphistophélès: John Relyea Further information: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/
29 November 2008 3.00pm	Symphonie fantastique	Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester conductor: Daniel Harding Further information: www.sr.se/berwaldhallen
29 November 2008 7.30pm	Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict	Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, UK BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Simon Wright Further information: www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/philharmonic/
29 November 2008 7.30pm	Overture Le Carnaval romain Les Nuits d’été Soirée Française	All Saints Church, Hillingdon, Middlesex, UK Hillingdon Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Peter J Williams Sylvie Bedouelle (mezzo soprano)
29 November 2008 7.45pm	Symphonie fantastique	All Saints Church, London, UK Dulwich Symphony Orchestra conductor: Julian Williamson Further information: www.dulwichsymphonyorchestra.org.uk
29 November 2008 8.00pm	Symphonie fantastique Romantisme à la française	Salle J.-Antonio-Thompson, Trois-Rivières, Canada Orchestre symphonique de Québec conductor: Yoav Talmi Further information: http://www.ostr.ca
29 November 2008 8.30pm	Symphonie fantastique	Symphony Hall, Boston, MA, USA Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor: Seiji Ozawa
29 November 2008	Symphonie fantastique	La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina Orquesta del Teatro Argentino conductor: Guillermo Figueroa Further information: teatroargentino.ic.gba.gov.ar/teatro/orquesta.html

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