Forthcoming performances of Berlioz’s music around the world

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Year 2009 (February)

The table below lists the performances in chronological order. 

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February

1 February 2009
11.00am
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) Liederhalle, Beethovensaal, Stuttgart, Germany
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
conductor: John Nelson
1 February 2009
3.00pm
Chasse royale et orage
(from Les Troyens)
Chassé Theater, Breda, Netherlands
Het Brabants Orkest
conductor: Alan Buribayev

Further information: www.brabantsorkest.nl

2 February 2009
7.30pm
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) Liederhalle, Beethovensaal, Stuttgart, Germany
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
conductor: John Nelson
5 February 2009
7.30pm
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Benaroya Hall, Seattle, USA
Seattle Symphony
conductor: Gerard Schwarz

Further information: http://www.seattlesymphony.org/

5 February 2009
8.00pm
Béatrice et Bénédict

(concert performance)

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Orchestre National de France
Choeur de Radio France
conductor: Sir Colin Davis
chorus master: Matthias Brauer
Joyce Di Donato (mezzo-soprano)
To be announced (tenor)
Nathalie Manfrino (soprano)
Elodie Méchain (mezzo-soprano)
Nicolas Cavallier (basse)
Christophe Fel (bass)
Jean-Philippe Lafont (baritone)

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

5 February 2009
8.15pm
La Mort de Cléopâtre
Symphonie fantastique
De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest
conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano)

Further information: www.rpho.nl

6 February 2009
8.15pm
La Mort de Cléopâtre
Symphonie fantastique
De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest
conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano)

Further information: www.rpho.nl

6 February 2009
8.30pm
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict
Les Nuits d’été
Halle aux Grains, Toulouse, France
Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse
conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano)

Further information: www.onct.mairie-toulouse.fr

6 February 2009 Overture Le Carnaval romain Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City, USA
Utah Symphony
conductor: Hugh Wolff
7 February 2009
8.00pm
Béatrice et Bénédict

(concert performance)

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Orchestre National de France
Choeur de Radio France
conductor: Sir Colin Davis
chorus master: Matthias Brauer
Joyce Di Donato (mezzo-soprano)
To be announced (tenor)
Nathalie Manfrino (soprano)
Elodie Méchain (mezzo-soprano)
Nicolas Cavallier (basse)
Christophe Fel (bass)
Jean-Philippe Lafont (baritone)

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

7 February 2009
8.00pm
La Damnation de Faust Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France
Chœur and Orchestre symphonique de Paris
conductor: Xavier Ricour
stage design and lighting: Wissam Arbache
Marie Gautrot (Marguerite)
Luca Lombardo (Faust)
Matthieu Lécroart (Méphistophélès)
Soloist for the role of Brander has not yet been announced.

Further information: http://www.choeursymphonique.org/

7 February 2009
8.00pm
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Benaroya Hall, Seattle, USA
Seattle Symphony
conductor: Gerard Schwarz

Further information: http://www.seattlesymphony.org/

7 February 2009
8.15pm
La Mort de Cléopâtre
Symphonie fantastique
De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest
conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano)

Further information: www.rpho.nl

7 February 2009 Overture Le Carnaval romain Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City, USA
Utah Symphony
conductor: Hugh Wolff
8 February 2009
2.00pm
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Benaroya Hall, Seattle, USA
Seattle Symphony
conductor: Gerard Schwarz

Further information: http://www.seattlesymphony.org/

8 February 2009
2.15pm
La Mort de Cléopâtre
Symphonie fantastique
De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest
conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano)

Further information: www.rpho.nl

8 February 2009
4.00pm
La Damnation de Faust Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France
Chœur and Orchestre symphonique de Paris
conductor: Xavier Ricour
stage design and lighting: Wissam Arbache
Marie Gautrot (Marguerite)
Luca Lombardo (Faust)
Matthieu Lécroart (Méphistophélès)
Soloist for the role of Brander has not yet been announced.

Further information: http://www.choeursymphonique.org/

8 February 2009 Les Troyens

Sung in French with German surtitles

Opernhaus, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Staatstheater Stuttgart Orchestra and Chorus
conductor: John Nelson
chorus masters: Michael Alber and Johannes Knecht
director: Joachim Schlömer
cast:
Enée: Ki-Chun Park
Cassandre: Barbara Schneider-Hofstetter
Didon: Christiane Iven
Anna: Ceri Williams
Chorèbe: Shigeo Ishino
Panthée / Mercure: Wolfgang Newerla
Narbal: Karl-Friedrich Dürr
Iopas: Matthias Klink
Priam: Wolfgang Probst
Ascagne: Li-Young Lim
Hylas: Michael Nowak
Lombre: dHector Adam Kim
Un soldat: Steffen Balbach / Matthias Nenner
Un chef grec: Daniel Kaleta
Hécube: Naomi Ishizu / Megumi Adachi
Helénus: Hee-Tae Kim / Shoung Ho Shin
Astyanax: Joshua Yates / Lucca Lauser / Ruben Papp
Polyxène: Viviana Escalé
Andromaque: Inés Hernández
Le fantôme dHector: Marco Volta

Further information: www.staatstheater-stuttgart.de/

13 February 2009
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Music Hall, Cincinnati, USA
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
13 February 2009
8.00pm
Les Orages désirés

New production

Romantic opera about the life of Berlioz
Libretto by Christian Wasselin
Music by Gérard Condé

premiered on 22 November 2003

Grand Théâtre de Reims, Reims, France
Orchestre Lyrique de Région Avignon-Provence
conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud
director: Sugeeta Fribourg
Berlioz: Anne Rodier
Nancy: Anne Lecoutour
Mother: Nathalie Espalier
Estelle: Txelin Victorès Benavente
Father: Florian Westphal
Colonel Marmion  Jean Goyetche
Corsino: Jean-Michel Caune

Further information: mairie-avignon.fr/fr/culture/tourisme/opera.php

13 February 2009 Scène d’amour
(from Roméo et Juliette)
Jack Singer Concert Hall, Epcor Centre, Calgary, Canada
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Roberto Minczuk
14 February 2009
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Music Hall, Cincinnati, USA
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
14 February 2009
8.00pm
Les Orages désirés

New production

Romantic opera about the life of Berlioz
Libretto by Christian Wasselin
Music by Gérard Condé

premiered on 22 November 2003

Grand Théâtre de Reims, Reims, France
Orchestre Lyrique de Région Avignon-Provence
conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud
director: Sugeeta Fribourg
Berlioz: Anne Rodier
Nancy: Anne Lecoutour
Mother: Nathalie Espalier
Estelle: Txelin Victorès Benavente
Father: Florian Westphal
Colonel Marmion  Jean Goyetche
Corsino: Jean-Michel Caune

Further information: mairie-avignon.fr/fr/culture/tourisme/opera.php

14 February 2009 Scène d’amour
(from Roméo et Juliette)
Jack Singer Concert Hall, Epcor Centre, Calgary, Canada
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Roberto Minczuk
15 February 2009 Les Troyens

Sung in French with German surtitles

Opernhaus, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Staatstheater Stuttgart Orchestra and Chorus
conductor: John Nelson
chorus masters: Michael Alber and Johannes Knecht
director: Joachim Schlömer
cast:
Enée: Ki-Chun Park
Cassandre: Barbara Schneider-Hofstetter
Didon: Christiane Iven
Anna: Ceri Williams
Chorèbe: Shigeo Ishino
Panthée / Mercure: Wolfgang Newerla
Narbal: Karl-Friedrich Dürr
Iopas: Matthias Klink
Priam: Wolfgang Probst
Ascagne: Li-Young Lim
Hylas: Michael Nowak
Lombre: dHector Adam Kim
Un soldat: Steffen Balbach / Matthias Nenner
Un chef grec: Daniel Kaleta
Hécube: Naomi Ishizu / Megumi Adachi
Helénus: Hee-Tae Kim / Shoung Ho Shin
Astyanax: Joshua Yates / Lucca Lauser / Ruben Papp
Polyxène: Viviana Escalé
Andromaque: Inés Hernández
Le fantôme dHector: Marco Volta

Further information: www.staatstheater-stuttgart.de/

17 February 2009
7.30pm
Les Nuits d’été Wigmore Hall, London, UK
Toby Spence (tenor)
Graham Johnson (piano)

Further information: http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/

19 February 2009
8.30pm
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) RAI Auditorium, Turin
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai
conductor: Andrej Boreyko

Further information: www.orchestrasinfonica.rai.it/

20 February 2009
9.00pm
Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) RAI Auditorium, Turin
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai
conductor: Andrej Boreyko

Further information: www.orchestrasinfonica.rai.it/

21 February 2009
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Victor Theatre, Evansville, IN, USA
Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Alfred Savia

Further information: www.evansvillephilharmonic.org

21 February 2009
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique The Whiting, Flint, MI, USA
Flint Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Enrique Diemecke

Further information: www.flintinstituteofmusic.org/fso.html

22 February 2009
7.30pm
Te Deum Barbican Hall, London, UK
London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Chorus
conductor: Sir Colin Davis
Colin Lee (tenor)

Further information: http://lso.co.uk/

22 February 2009 Les Troyens

Sung in French with German surtitles

Opernhaus, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Staatstheater Stuttgart Orchestra and Chorus
conductor: John Nelson
chorus masters: Michael Alber and Johannes Knecht
director: Joachim Schlömer
cast:
Enée: Ki-Chun Park
Cassandre: Barbara Schneider-Hofstetter
Didon: Christiane Iven
Anna: Ceri Williams
Chorèbe: Shigeo Ishino
Panthée / Mercure: Wolfgang Newerla
Narbal: Karl-Friedrich Dürr
Iopas: Matthias Klink
Priam: Wolfgang Probst
Ascagne: Li-Young Lim
Hylas: Michael Nowak
Lombre: dHector Adam Kim
Un soldat: Steffen Balbach / Matthias Nenner
Un chef grec: Daniel Kaleta
Hécube: Naomi Ishizu / Megumi Adachi
Helénus: Hee-Tae Kim / Shoung Ho Shin
Astyanax: Joshua Yates / Lucca Lauser / Ruben Papp
Polyxène: Viviana Escalé
Andromaque: Inés Hernández
Le fantôme dHector: Marco Volta

Further information: www.staatstheater-stuttgart.de/

23 February 2009
7.30pm
Te Deum Barbican Hall, London, UK
London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Chorus
conductor: Sir Colin Davis
Colin Lee (tenor)

Further information: http://lso.co.uk/

26 February 2009
8.00pm
Épisode de la vie d’un artiste (integrated version)

1. Symphonie fantastique
2. Lélio, ou le Retour à la vie

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées 
and Radio France coproduction

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Orchestre National de France
Choeur de Radio France
conductor: Riccardo Muti
chorus master: Matthias Brauer
Gérard Depardieu (récitant)

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

26 February 2009
8.00pm
La Damnation de Faust Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
Toronto Children’s Chorus
conductor: Charles Dutoit
Susanne Mentzer (mezzo-soprano)
Gregory Kunde (tenor)
Sir Willard White (bass-baritone)
Jonathan Lemalu (bass)

Further information www.tso.ca/season/index.cfm

26 February 2009 Overture Le Carnaval romain Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami, FL, USA
New York Philharmonic
conductor: Lorin Maazel
26 February 2009 Les Nuits d’été (selection) University at Albany Performing Arts Center, Albany, USA
Kara Cornell (mezzo-soprano)
Michael Clement (piano)
27 February 2009 L’Enfance du Christ

New production

Opéra de Toulon Provence Mediterranée, Toulon, France
Orchestr and Chorus of the Opéra de Toulon Provence Mediterranée
producer Frédéric Andrau
costumes: Luc Londiveau
lighting: Ivan Mathis
conductor: to be announced
Avi Klemberg (narrator, a centurion)
Blandine Staskiewicz (Marie)
Thomas Dolié (Joseph, Polydorus)
Paul Gay (Hérode); Jean-Marie Frémeau (père de famille)

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

28 February 2009
7.30pm
Overture Le Corsaire Thalia Mara Hall, Jackson, USA
Mississippi Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Crafton Beck
28 February 2009
8.00pm
La Damnation de Faust Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
Toronto Children’s Chorus
conductor: Charles Dutoit
Susanne Mentzer (mezzo-soprano)
Gregory Kunde (tenor)
Sir Willard White (bass-baritone)
Jonathan Lemalu (bass)

Further information www.tso.ca/season/index.cfm

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