Back-to-Back Berlioz
A Calendar of Anniversary Performances around New York this Season
Friday, February 07, 2003
February 10-March 27 (times vary)
Les Troyens
The Metropolitan Opera, New York
James Levine, conductor
Deborah Voigt (Cassandre); Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (Didon); Ben Heppner (Enée);
Dwayne Croft (Chorèbe)
Tickets: $25-$195; Information: 212-362-6000
February
14 at 8pm
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem)
New York Philharmonic
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Westminster Choir
Joseph Flummerfelt, choral director
Avery Fisher Hall
Tickets: $25-$88; Information: 212-721-6500
February 14
Hector Berlioz Symposium: featuring an orchestral reading at 10am of the first
and final movements of Symphonie Fantastique by the MSM Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Manhattan School of Music
Free Admission; Information: 212-749-2802, Ex. 4428
February 28 & March 2
Le Carnaval romain Overture; Les Nuits d'été; Symphonie fantastique
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Zdenek Macal, conductor
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark
March 2 at 5pm
Messe Solennelle
The St. Cecilia Chorus and Orchestra
David Randolph, conductor
Church of the Heavenly Rest, Fifth Ave. & 90th Street
Tickets: $15, Information: 646-638-2538
March 4
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
Philadelphia Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Carnegie Hall
Tickets: $25 - $89; Information: 212-247-7800
March
4-9
"Fantastic Voyages: The Genius of Hector Berlioz," a three-part concert
series featuring Symphonie Fantastique and Harold en Italie (March 4); Roméo
et Juliette (March 7); La damnation de Faust (March 9).
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall
Tickets: $32, $45; $55; Information: 212-721-6500
March 8 at 10am
Berlioz Symposium; moderated by David Cairns
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center
Free Admission
March 5, 12, 19
"Hector Berlioz: A Fantastic Life," a three part lecture series
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Tickets: $50 for all three lectures; tickets to a single lecture go on sale
Feb. 24; Information: 212-570-3949
April 9, 10, 12
Béatrice et Bénédict concert performance
New York Philharmonic
Westminster Symphonic Choir
Sir Colin Davis, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall
Tickets: $25-$88 Information: 212-721-6500
April
24-May 4
Symphonie fantastique A Puppet show to Berlioz's music by Basil Twist
Clark Studio Theater, Lincoln Center
Tickets: $38
May 10
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini; Morte de Cleopatre; Symphonie fantastique
The Met Orchestra
James Levine, conductor
Olga Borodina, mezzo-soprano
Carnegie Hall
Tickets: $39-$177 Information: 212-247-7800
May 11
Corsaire; Harold in Italy; Symphonie fantastique
The Met Orchestra
James Levine, conductor
Carnegie Hall
Tickets: $39-$152 Information: 212-247-7800
May 21
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem)
Collegiate Choral, The Riverside Choral Society, Orchestra of St. Luke's
Robert Bass, Conductor
Vinson Cole, Tenor
Carnegie Hall
Tickets go on sale March 21
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