Forthcoming performances of Berlioz’s music around the world

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Year 2009 (March)

The table below lists the performances in chronological order. 

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March

1 March 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/

6 March 2009
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
London Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Further information: http://www.lpo.co.uk/

6 March 2009
7.30pm
Overture Les Francs-Juges Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales, UK
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
conductor: Thierry Fischer
7 March 2009
2.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Pershore Abbey, Pershore, Worcestershire, UK
Worcester Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Neil Aston
7 March 2009
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK
London Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

Further information: http://www.lpo.co.uk/

7 March 2009
7.30pm
Overture Le Corsaire Cranmer Methodist Church, Wolverhampton, UK
Wolverhampton Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Peter Morris
Further information: www.wolsymorc.org.uk/
8 March 2009
11.00am
Phantastische Erscheinungen eines Themas von Berlioz für großes Orchester
[Fantastic Appearances of a Theme by Hector Berlioz for large orchestra]

composer: Walter Braunfels

Liederhalle, Beethovensaal, Stuttgart, Germany
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
conductor: Manfred Honeck

9 March 2009
7.30pm

Phantastische Erscheinungen eines Themas von Berlioz für großes Orchester
[Fantastic Appearances of a Theme by Hector Berlioz for large orchestra]

composer: Walter Braunfels

Liederhalle, Beethovensaal, Stuttgart, Germany
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
conductor: Manfred Honeck
9 March 2009
7.30pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain Symphony Center, Chicago, USA
New York Philharmonic
conductor: Lorin Maazel

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

12 March 2009
7.30pm

pre-concert talk at 6.15pm
"To Hell and Back"

La Damnation de Faust Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO)
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Youth Chorus
conductor: Ludovic Morlot
soloists to be announced

Further information: http://www.cbso.co.uk

12 March 2009
8.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire Flint Center, Cupertino, CA, USA
San Francisco Symphony
conductor: James Conlon

Further information: http://www.flintcenter.com

12 March 2009
8.15pm
Symphonie fantastique De Harmonie, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Noord Nederlands Orkest
conductor: Arild Remmereit

Further information: www.nno.nu

13 March 2009
9.45am 

(abridged production for school children)

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

Opéra d’Avignon, Avignon, France
Orchestre Lyrique de Région Avignon-Provence
conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud
director: Sugeeta Fribourg
Berlioz: Anne Rodier
Nanci: 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 March 2009
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique De Lawei, Drachten, Netherlands
Noord Nederlands Orkest
conductor: Arild Remmereit

Further information: www.nno.nu

14 March 2009
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique TCU Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Wayne Toews

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

14 March 2009
8.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA
San Francisco Symphony
conductor: James Conlon

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

14 March 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

Opéra d’Avignon, Avignon, France
Orchestre Lyrique de Région Avignon-Provence
conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud
director: Sugeeta Fribourg
Berlioz: Anne Rodier
Nanci: 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 March 2009
8.15pm
Symphonie fantastique De Oosterpoort, Groningen, Netherlands
Noord Nederlands Orkest
conductor: Arild Remmereit

Further information: www.nno.nu

14 March 2009 Overture Rob Roy E. J. Thomas Hall, Akron, OH, USA
Akron Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Daniel Hege
14 March 2009 Roméo et Juliette (excerpts) Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, USA
The Pasadena Symphony
conductor: Jorge Mester

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

15 March 2009
3.00pm
Te Deum Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
North Carolina Master Chorale
Raleigh Boychoir
Accompanied by a large orchestra
conductor: Alfred E. Sturgis
Wade Henderson (tenor)
Susan McClaskey Lohr (organ)

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

16 March 2009
7.30pm
Works unspecified

The programme includes music by Berlioz, Beethoven, Brahms, Elgar, Mahler, Mozart and Schutz

Sir Roger Norrington 75th Birthday Celebrations

Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Schutz Choir of London
conductor: Sir Roger Norrington
programme presented by Sir Nicholas Kenyon

Further information: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/

17 March 2009
7.30pm

pre-concert talk before each concert - David Curtis in conversation with soloists, composers and the audience

post-concert Conversation Club taking place in the Circle Bar 15 minutes
after the end of the performance

Les Nuits d’été

arr. Mathews

Civic Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
Orchestra of the Swan
conductor: David Curtis

 

 

 

 

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

19 March 2009
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Benaroya Hall, Seattle, USA
Seattle Symphony
conductor: Leonard Slatkin

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

19 March 2009
8.15pm
Les Nuits d’été Auditorium Pollini, Padova, Italy
Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto
conductor: Alexander Shelley
Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano)
20 March 2009
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Benaroya Hall, Seattle, USA
Seattle Symphony
conductor: Leonard Slatkin

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

21 March 2009
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Benaroya Hall, Seattle, USA
Seattle Symphony
conductor: Leonard Slatkin

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

20 March 2009
8.15pm
Les Nuits d’été Auditorium Pollini, Padova, Italy
Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto
conductor: Alexander Shelley
Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano)
22 March 2009
2.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Benaroya Hall, Seattle, USA
Seattle Symphony
conductor: Leonard Slatkin

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

25 March 2009
2.30pm

pre-concert talk before each concert - David Curtis in conversation with soloists, composers and the audience

post-concert Conversation Club taking place in the Circle Bar 15 minutes
after the end of the performance

Les Nuits d’été

arr. Mathews

Town Hall, Birmingham, UK
Orchestra of the Swan
conductor: David Curtis

 

 

 

Further information: http://www.orchestraoftheswan.org
and 
tel:  0121 780 3333

25 March 2009
9.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Teatro Fraschini, Pavia, Italy
George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Christian Mandeal
27 March 2009
6.00pm
«La symphonie dramatique, une trouvaille signée Berlioz»

 

A talk given by Francis Albou in connection with the performance of La Damnation de Faust at the Manège de Reims on 29 March

Caisse dEpargne, Reims, France

 

venue address: 12-14 rue Carnot, Reims

Further information: www.grandtheatredereims.com

27 March 2009
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
conductor: Myung-Whun Chung

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

27 March 2009
8.00pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain Palais des Beaux-Arts, Salle Henry Le Bœuf, Brussels, Belgium
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste
28 March 2009
11.00am
Symphonie fantastique Maison de Radio France, Salle Olivier Messiaen, Paris, France
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
conductor: Myung-Whun Chung

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

28 March 2009
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique De Montfort Hall, Leicester, UK
Bardi Orchestra
conductor: Claus Efland

Further information: www.demontforthall.co.uk/

28 March 2009
8.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Evan Mitchell
29 March 2009
2.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Evan Mitchell
29 March 2009
2.30pm
La Damnation de Faust Manège de Reims, Reims, France
Orchestre OstinatO
Musicians of the Orchestre du Grand Théâtre de Reims
Chœur Nicolas de Grigny (director: Jean-Marie Puissant)
Maîtrise de Reims
conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud
Marie Gautrot: Marguerite
Gérald Powers: Faust
Nicolas Courjal: Méphistophèles
Marc Souchet: Brander

Further information: www.grandtheatredereims.com

29 March 2009
3.00pm
Symphonie fantastique The Assembly Hall, Worthing, UK
Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Ian McCrae
30 March 2009
8.00pm

pre-concert talk in Komponistenfoyer at 7.30

La Reine Mab
Scène d
amour

(from Roméo et Juliette)

Dortmund Konzerthaus, Dortmund, Germany
Dortmunder Philharmonike
conductor: Ivan Meylemans

Further information: www.konzerthaus-dortmund.de/

31 March 2009
8.00pm

pre-concert talk in Komponistenfoyer at 7.30

La Reine Mab
Scène d
amour

(from Roméo et Juliette)

Dortmund Konzerthaus, Dortmund, Germany
Dortmunder Philharmonike
conductor: Ivan Meylemans

Further information: www.konzerthaus-dortmund.de/

31 March 2009
9.00pm
La Damnation de Faust Théâtre de Suresnes Jean Vilar, Suresnes, France
Orchestre OstinatO
Musicians of the Orchestre du Grand Théâtre de Reims
Chœur Nicolas de Grigny (director: Jean-Marie Puissant)
conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud
Marie Gautrot: Marguerite
Gérald Powers: Faust
Nicolas Courjal: Méphistophèles
Marc Souchet: Brander

Further information: http://www.theatre-suresnes.fr

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